BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Cincinnati Reds 4/27/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
W.Moon RF,LF 4 1 1 1 .333 N.Fox 2B 4 0 0 0 .264
G-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .225
D.Blasingame 2B,SS 3 1 0 0 .444 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 0 1 0 .378
M.Mantle CF,RF 5 1 1 0 .478 L.Doby CF 4 0 0 0 .317
C.Maxwell LF 2 2 1 3 .333 B.Virdon LF 4 0 0 0 .327
C-J.Piersall CF 1 1 1 0 .333 H.Bauer RF 4 1 2 1 .147
M.Vernon 1B 3 0 1 0 .167 D.Crandall C 4 0 0 0 .190
B-G.Hodges PR,1B 1 1 0 1 .250 G.McDougald 3B 2 0 1 0 .172
E.Bailey C 4 1 1 0 .231 R.Kline P 0 0 0 0 .000
E-G.Triandos PH,C 1 0 1 0 .500 A-B.Klaus PH 1 0 0 0 .500
K.Boyer 3B 5 0 2 2 .464 W.Burnette P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .458 D-E.Valo PH 1 1 1 1 .188
F-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .286 D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Lemon P 4 1 1 1 .143
H-F.Bolling 2B 0 0 0 0 .273
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Totals 38 9 11 8 Totals 32 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Kline In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Vernon In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Maxwell In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Burnette In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Logan In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Moon In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Lemon In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 - 9 11 0
Reds............ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 1
Athletics (7-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(2-0) 8 5 2 2 1 3 2 114 1.06 A1 D3
C.Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.35 D4
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 3 2
Reds (6-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Kline LOSS(1-1) 5 3 5 4 3 0 1 90 5.50 A1 C5
W.Burnette 3 5 3 3 1 3 1 56 7.71 C6 E2
D.Bessent 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 24 15.43 E3
Totals 9 11 9 8 4 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 8,807 DATE- Tuesday, April 27th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Reds: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Reds: 0
ERRORS- L.Doby
DOUBLES- M.Mantle(2nd), K.Boyer(4th), J.Logan(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Piersall(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Maxwell(1st), B.Lemon(1st), H.Bauer(2nd), E.Valo(1st)
RBIs- W.Moon(6th), C.Maxwell-3(5th), G.Hodges(9th), K.Boyer-2(12th), B.Lemon,
H.Bauer(3rd), E.Valo(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Kline
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Maxwell-2
WALKS- W.Moon, D.Blasingame-2, M.Vernon, G.McDougald
STRIKE OUTS- W.Moon, D.Blasingame, E.Bailey, N.Fox, B.Virdon, H.Bauer
2-out RBI- H.Bauer, B.Lemon, W.Moon
RLISP 2-out- P.Reese, B.Lemon-2, M.Vernon, D.Blasingame, B.Cerv
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 15 Reds: 0 for 2
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Larry Doby robbed Mickey Vernon of an extra base hit.
Top 9th: Ted Kluszewski robbed Gil Hodges of a base hit.
Ken Boyer had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the streaking Kansas City Athletics
defeated the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 9 to 2 at Crosley Field.
Bob Lemon(2-0) had a solid outing for Kansas City. He went 8 innings and
surrended up 5 hits and 1 walk and surrendered 2 'long-bombs'. Kansas City
had 11 hits for the game and Cincinnati had 6.
Ron Kline(1-1) was given the loss. He allowed 5 runs and 3 hits in 5 innings.
With the win, Kansas City continued their winning ways; their streak now
stands at 7 games and counting.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Cincinnati Reds
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/63 B1:G/43 *5*:W>b1 *7*:K E1:Si>3#
D.Willia-E9 23
D.Blasin-A1 A2:F/9 *4*:W>b1 C2:W>12 b D2:G/3 E2:K
1
M.Mantle-A1 A3:G/43 B3:Do>13 C3:Force/ D3:G/31 *9*:F/9
46>23 1o
b1
C.Maxwel-A1 *2*:P/3 B4:SF+E/8 C4:SF/8>3 *8*:HR>b# E4:Tr
J.Piersa-E3 >3# 2# b2 # 12
M.Vernon-A1 A5:F/8 B5:Si>23 C5:G/43 D5:W>b1 E5:G/31>3
G.Hodges-D6 #
E.Bailey-A1 A6:FO/2 B6:G/43>1 *6*:K D6:Si>12 E6:Si
G.Triand-E6 2
K.Boyer-A1 *3*:F/7 B7:FC/32> C7:F/7 D7:Do>2# E7:Si>12
3# 23 13
J.Logan-A1 A8:G/53 B8:P/6 C8:Do D8:L/5 E8:F/9
B.Cerv-E8
C.Johnso-E9
B.Lemon-A1 A9:HR>b# B9:F/7 C9:F/8 D9:P/2
F.Bollin-E9
N.Fox-A1 A1:K B1:G/43>2 *6*:F/8 D1:G/63
3
P.Reese-A1 A2:G/63 B2:G/63 C2:G/63 D2:Si
T.Klusze-A1 A3:G/43 *4*:L/4 C3:Si D3:F/8
L.Doby-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:G/63 C4:F/8 *9*:G/43
B.Virdon-A1 A5:FO/2 B5:G/31 *7*:K D5:F/8
H.Bauer-A1 A6:HR>b# *5*:K C6:F/8 D6:Si
D.Cranda-A1 A7:L/5 B7:F/8 C7:G/53 D7:Force/
54>1o b1
G.McDoug-A1 *3*:Si B8:W>b1 *8*:F/7
R.Kline-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:G/31 C9:HR>b#
B.Klaus-B9 >12
W.Burnet-C1+