BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Washington Nationals   4/14/1956

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Robinson LF       6  2  4  2 .283     J.Temple 2B         4  2  1  0 .316  
  T.Phillips P        0  0  0  0 ----     G.Bell CF           2  1  1  0 .297  
  J.Logan SS          4  1  2  0 .413     R.Campanella C      4  0  1  1 .230  
D-D.Blasingame PH,SS  1  0  0  0 .333     J.Adcock 1B         4  1  1  3 .342  
  M.Mantle RF         4  2  3  3 .415     H.Kuenn SS          4  0  1  0 .288  
  K.Boyer 3B          5  2  3  1 .343     H.Simpson RF        3  0  0  0 .194  
  G.Hodges 1B         5  1  3  1 .280     R.Sievers LF        4  0  1  0 .250  
  J.Piersall CF       4  1  2  2 .353     R.Boone 3B          2  0  0  0 .233  
  G.Triandos C        4  0  0  0 .375     W.Spahn P           2  0  0  0 .250  
  B.Grim P            0  0  0  0 ----     R.Face P            1  0  0  0 .000  
C-D.Gernert PH        1  1  1  2 .250                                          
E-D.Williams LF       0  0  0  0 .333                                          
  F.Bolling 2B        5  0  0  0 .250                                          
  J.Antonelli P       2  0  0  0 .125                                          
A-B.Cerv PH           1  0  0  0 .231                                          
B-E.Bailey C          2  1  1  0 .220                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44 11 19 11                 Totals      30  4  6  4

A-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Cerv In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Grim In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Logan In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gernert In 9th Inning

Athletics....... 0 0 0  1 0 4  2 2 2  - 11 19  1
Nationals....... 1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4  6  2

Athletics (14-4)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Antonelli WIN(4-0)      6       4   4   3   4   5   1  72   3.00  A1 C6
B.Grim HOLD(1st)          2       1   0   0   1   1   0  26   4.76  C7 D4
T.Phillips                1       1   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.18  D5
Totals                    9       6   4   3   5   7   1

Nationals (10-8)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Spahn LOSS(2-2)         6 2/3  12   7   7   1   5   1 129   3.51  A1 D5
R.Face                    2 1/3   7   4   4   1   2   2  52   5.02  D6
Totals                    9      19  11  11   2   7   3

ATTENDANCE- 17,857 DATE- Wednesday, April 14th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9  Nationals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3  Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Antonelli, R.Campanella, H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- G.Hodges-3(5th), J.Piersall(5th), R.Campanella(2nd), H.Kuenn(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Mantle(1st)
HOME RUNS- F.Robinson(4th), M.Mantle(10th), D.Gernert(1st), J.Adcock(7th)
RBIs- F.Robinson-2(9th), M.Mantle-3(24th), K.Boyer(17th), G.Hodges(13th),
      J.Piersall-2(4th), D.Gernert-2(2nd), R.Campanella(9th), J.Adcock-3(17th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Logan
WALKS- M.Mantle, J.Piersall, G.Bell-2, H.Simpson, R.Boone-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Logan, M.Mantle, J.Piersall, F.Bolling-2, J.Antonelli, E.Bailey,
             R.Campanella-3, J.Adcock, H.Kuenn, R.Boone, W.Spahn
GIDP- G.Triandos, R.Boone, W.Spahn
PASSED BALLS- R.Campanella
2-out RBI- G.Hodges, M.Mantle-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Piersall, F.Bolling, G.Triandos-2, G.Hodges, R.Boone
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 9  Nationals: 1 for 6

Mickey Mantle jacked one out of the ballyard and had 3 RBI at Griffith Stadium
as the Kansas City Athletics beat the Washington Nationals by the count of 11
to 4.

Mantle provided much of the offense.  He tripled bringing in a run in the 6th
inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 7th inning
and delivered a base-hit in the 8th inning.  Kansas City ended up with 19
hits for the game while Washington had 6.  

Johnny Antonelli(4-0) went 6 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Warren
Spahn(2-2) absorbed the loss.  He gave up 7 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings of
work.  


SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Washington Nationals
F.Robins-A1  A1:G/53    B1:F/9     *6*:Si     D1:Si      E1:HR>1#   F1:Si
T.Philli-F3                                              b#         
                                                                    
J.Logan-A1   A2:G/53    *4*:K      C2:Sac/14  D2:Si      E2:Si      F2:G/43
D.Blasin-F2                        >12                              
                                                                    
M.Mantle-A1  A3:W>b1    B3:K       C3:PB>23   D3:HR>1#   E3:Si+E/6
                                   Tr>3#      b#         >13
                                                         
K.Boyer-A1   A4:F/8     B4:Si      C4:Si>3#   D4:Si      E4:FC/52>
                                                         3o 23
                                                         
G.Hodges-A1  *2*:E/2    B5:Do>1#   C5:Do>13   D5:Do>13   E5:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
J.Piersa-A1  A6:L/5     B6:K       C6:Do>3#   D6:W>b1    *9*:Si
                                   2#                    
                                                         
G.Triand-A1  A7:G-DP/6  *5*:G/3    C7:G/53    D7:F/9     E7:HR>1#
B.Grim-D8    43>1o                                       b#
D.Gerner-E7+                                             
F.Bollin-A1  *3*:K      B8:L/5     C8:F/7     *8*:K      E8:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
J.Antone-A1  A9:K       B9:G/43    *7*:G/3    D9:Si      E9:K
B.Cerv-C9                                                
E.Bailey-D8                                              

J.Temple-A1  A1:E/1     B1:F-DP/7  *6*:Si     *8*:P/6
                        3>1o                  
                                              
G.Bell-A1    A2:F/8     *4*:W>b1   C2:Si>13   D2:W>b1
                                              
                                              
R.Campan-A1  A3:Do>1#   B3:K       C3:K       D3:K
                                              
                                              
J.Adcock-A1  A4:G/13    B4:K       C4:HR>3#   D4:F/7
                                   1# b#      
                                              
H.Kuenn-A1   *2*:G/13   B5:F/9     C5:K       *9*:Do
                                              
                                              
H.Simpso-A1  A6:G/3     *5*:W>b1   C6:G/3     D6:G/63
                                              
                                              
R.Siever-A1  A7:G/43    B7:F/7     *7*:Si     D7:G/3>23
                                              
                                              
R.Boone-A1   *3*:W>b1   B8:W>12 b  C8:G-DP/6  D8:K
                        1          43>1o      
                                              
W.Spahn-A1   A9:K       B9:G-DP/1  C9:G/63
R.Face-C7               63>1o