BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 4/25/1956
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Robinson 2B 5 1 2 1 .313 W.Moon RF 5 1 1 0 .318
G-T.Lepcio PH,2B 1 0 1 1 .208 F.Bolling 2B 4 0 1 0 .294
D.Snider CF 2 2 0 0 .267 M.Mantle CF 2 0 1 1 .458
E.Banks SS 5 0 0 0 .233 C.Maxwell LF 3 0 0 0 .231
V.Wertz 1B 5 2 2 4 .364 G.Hodges 1B 1 0 0 0 .250
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 0 .185 A-M.Vernon 1B 3 0 1 0 .167
C.Furillo RF 4 0 1 0 .286 E.Bailey C 4 0 1 0 .294
E-M.Irvin PH,RF 0 1 0 0 .000 K.Boyer 3B 3 0 0 0 .400
J.Lemon LF 4 0 1 0 .118 H-J.Piersall PH 1 0 0 0 .263
B-B.Del Greco LF 1 0 0 0 .250 J.Logan SS 2 0 0 0 .462
S.Lopata C 3 2 3 2 .385 C-D.Blasingame PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .474
R.Roberts P 4 0 0 0 .000 F.Lary P 2 0 1 0 .250
F-N.Siebern PH 1 1 1 21.000 D-F.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .182
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 ----
I-B.Cerv PH 0 0 0 0 .333
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Totals 39 10 12 10 Totals 33 1 6 1
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Hodges In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Logan In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lary In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Furillo In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Boyer In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Grim In 9th Inning
INJURY: Gil Hodges INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
Cubs............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 - 10 12 0
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
Cubs (6-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Roberts WIN(1-0) 8 6 1 1 3 4 0 116 3.13 A1 D6
B.Miller 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0.00 D7
Totals 9 6 1 1 4 4 0
Athletics (7-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Lary LOSS(2-1) 7 9 6 5 6 7 3 131 3.43 A1 D9
J.Antonelli 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 16 1.93 E1 E5
B.Grim 0 2/3 2 3 3 3 0 0 26 10.13 E6
Totals 9 12 10 9 9 9 4
ATTENDANCE- 29,281 DATE- Sunday, April 25th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:11 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- J.Logan
DOUBLES- W.Moon(1st), F.Bolling(3rd)
TRIPLES- N.Siebern(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Robinson(3rd), V.Wertz-2(2nd), S.Lopata(4th)
RBIs- J.Robinson(4th), T.Lepcio(1st), V.Wertz-4(4th), S.Lopata-2(14th),
N.Siebern-2(2nd), M.Mantle(15th)
WALKS- D.Snider-4, E.Banks, E.Mathews, M.Irvin, S.Lopata-2, M.Mantle-2,
C.Maxwell, B.Cerv
STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, D.Snider, E.Banks, E.Mathews-2, J.Lemon-2, R.Roberts-2,
M.Vernon, E.Bailey, K.Boyer-2
GIDP- R.Roberts
WILD PITCHES- B.Miller
PASSED BALLS- E.Bailey
2-out RBI- V.Wertz-4, S.Lopata-2, N.Siebern-2, T.Lepcio
RLISP 2-out- R.Roberts-4, C.Furillo-2, C.Maxwell, E.Bailey, E.Banks-2, W.Moon
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 4 for 11 Athletics: 1 for 5
Vic Wertz cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs defeated the
Kansas City Athletics 10 to 1 at Municipal Stadium.
Wertz provided the offensive punch. He popped a two-run clout over the fence
in the 1st inning and bombed a two-run dinger in the 6th inning. Chicago-NL
finished with 12 hits while Kansas City ended up with 6.
The victory was credited to Robin Roberts(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 1
run. Frank Lary(2-1) was the losing pitcher. He served up 3 homeruns in his
7 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
J.Robins-A1 A1:K *2*:Si *4*:L/4 *6*:G/53 *8*:HR>b# F1:Si>3#
T.Lepcio-F1
D.Snider-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:W>12 b C2:G/43 D2:W>b1 E2:K F2:W>12 b
1 1
E.Banks-A1 A3:FO/2 B3:W>23 1 C3:G/43 D3:K E3:G/53 F3:PB>23
2 b1 12 G/63
V.Wertz-A1 A4:HR>1# B4:L/4 *5*:G/23 D4:HR>1# E4:G/43
b# b#
E.Mathew-A1 A5:Si B5:K C5:W>b1 D5:G/13 *9*:K
C.Furill-A1 A6:E/6>12 B6:F/8 C6:Si>13 *7*:G/53 E6:W>b1
M.Irvin-E6
J.Lemon-A1 A7:Si>23 *3*:P/2 C7:K D7:K E7:G/3>12
B.Del Gr-E1 12
S.Lopata-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:Si C8:IW>12 D8:HR>b# E8:IW>b1
23 12 b1
R.Robert-A1 A9:F/9 B9:G-DP/3 C9:K D9:K E9:Tr>2#
N.Sieber-E9 63>1o 1#
B.Miller-F4
W.Moon-A1 A1:Do B1:F/9 C1:F/9 D1:G/13 E1:WP>12
G/3
F.Bollin-A1 A2:G/43>2 B2:Do C2:P/6 *8*:G/43
3
M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si>3# B3:IW>b1 C3:G/3 D3:W>b1
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:Force/ B4:G/43 *6*:W>b1 D4:P/6
64>1o b1
G.Hodges-A1 A5:F/9 *4*:L/4 C5:K D5:Si>12
M.Vernon-A6
E.Bailey-A1 *2*:K B6:Si C6:Force/ D6:G/63
14>1o b1
K.Boyer-A1 A7:F/8 B7:K C7:K *9*:G/53
J.Piersa-D7
J.Logan-A1 A8:P/6 B8:L/5 *7*:L/4 D8:F/7
D.Blasin-C8
F.Lary-A1 *3*:L/5 *5*:Si C9:G/63 D9:W>b1
F.Robins-C9
J.Antone-D2+