BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 5/25/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
F.Robinson LF 4 1 1 0 .267 V.Wertz 1B 4 1 1 1 .281
T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Snider CF 5 0 1 0 .253
C-W.Moon PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .244 S.Lopata C 3 1 2 0 .329
G-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .500 H-N.Siebern PR 0 0 0 0 .286
F.Bolling 2B 5 0 1 0 .255 E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 0 .169
B.Cerv RF,CF 4 0 1 2 .148 E.Banks SS 4 2 3 3 .303
B-M.Mantle PR,RF 1 1 0 0 .374 C.Furillo RF 3 0 0 0 .287
G.Hodges 1B 4 2 2 1 .282 J.Lemon LF 3 0 2 1 .257
F-M.Vernon PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .316 E-B.Del Greco LF 0 0 0 0 .238
K.Boyer 3B 5 1 3 1 .320 T.Lepcio 2B 3 0 0 0 .196
J.Piersall CF,RF,CF 4 0 2 0 .293 V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 01.000
G.Triandos C 4 0 1 1 .345 D.Kaiser P 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Logan SS 3 1 2 0 .325 S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .000
L.Burdette P 1 0 0 0 .333 D-J.Robinson PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .234
A-C.Maxwell PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .344
B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 39 6 14 5 Totals 33 5 10 5
A-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Cerv In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Phillips In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jones In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Moon In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Ran For Lopata In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 - 6 14 0
Cubs............ 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 5 10 1
Athletics (23-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette WIN(4-1) 6 7 3 3 4 6 1 87 2.58 A1 C9
T.Phillips HOLD(3rd) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 15 2.45 D1 D4
B.Grim HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 5.68 D5 D8
M.Grissom SAVE(9th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 2.35 D9
Totals 9 10 5 5 6 7 2
Cubs (9-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Kaiser LOSS(0-3) 7 13 6 5 0 3 1 128 5.00 A1 D6
S.Jones 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 2.76 D7 E2
V.Valentinet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.33 E3
Totals 9 14 6 5 1 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 11,163 DATE- Tuesday, May 25th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Cubs: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- E.Mathews
DOUBLES- B.Cerv(1st), J.Piersall(7th), G.Triandos(3rd), S.Lopata-2(8th)
TRIPLES- J.Lemon(2nd)
HOME RUNS- K.Boyer(8th), V.Wertz(5th), E.Banks(5th)
RBIs- B.Cerv-2(4th), G.Hodges(19th), K.Boyer(26th), G.Triandos(10th),
V.Wertz(8th), E.Banks-3(15th), J.Lemon(7th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Bolling(1st), E.Banks(2nd), J.Lemon(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Burdette, C.Furillo
WALKS- J.Logan, V.Wertz, S.Lopata-2, E.Mathews, J.Lemon, T.Lepcio
STRIKE OUTS- F.Robinson-2, G.Hodges, V.Wertz, E.Banks, J.Lemon, T.Lepcio-2,
D.Kaiser-2
GIDP- D.Snider, S.Lopata, E.Mathews
WILD PITCHES- D.Kaiser-2
2-out RBI- G.Triandos, E.Banks, B.Cerv-2, G.Hodges
RLISP 2-out- G.Triandos, V.Wertz, F.Bolling-2, E.Banks, J.Logan-2, B.Cerv,
C.Furillo-2, J.Piersall, J.Robinson
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 4 for 14 Cubs: 2 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Johnny Logan robbed Vic Wertz of a base hit.
11,163 fans were treated to a fine game at Wrigely Field as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Kansas City Athletics won by the
slimmest of margins, 6 to 5.
Lew Burdette(4-1) had a fairly solid outing. He was reached for 7 hits and 4
walks in 6 innings. Kansas City finished with 14 hits while Chicago-NL ended
up with 10.
Marv Grissom preserved the game for Burdette, recording his his 9th save. Don
Kaiser(0-3) was tagged with the loss. He pitched 7 innings allowing 13 hits
and no walks.
'I struggled a bit out there today,' Burdette said, 'but I toughed it out and
we got the win.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
F.Robins-A1 A1:K B1:K C1:F/7 D1:Si>12 E1:F/9
T.Philli-D7
W.Moon-E1+
F.Bollin-A1 A2:F/9 B2:L/5 C2:Si D2:F/7 E2:L/5
B.Cerv-A1 A3:G/31 *4*:F/8 C3:SB>12 D3:Do>2# *9*:P/3
M.Mantle-D4 G/43 1#
G.Hodges-A1 *2*:K B4:Si *6*:F/9 D4:WP>23 E4:P/4
M.Vernon-E4 Si+E/5>3#
K.Boyer-A1 A5:G/13 B5:Si>12 C5:HR>b# D5:Si>23 E5:F/8
J.Piersa-A1 A6:Do B6:P/2 C6:Si D6:WP>3#
12 G/53
G.Triand-A1 A7:G/63 B7:Do>2# C7:L-DP/6 *8*:G/43
13 3>1o
J.Logan-A1 *3*:Si B8:F/9 *7*:Si D8:W>b1
L.Burdet-A1 A9:Sac/14 *5*:G/63 C9:F/8 D9:Si>12
C.Maxwel-C9 >12
B.Grim-E3+
V.Wertz-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K *5*:W>b1 *7*:HR>b# *9*:G/63
D.Snider-A1 A2:Si *3*:F/8 C2:G-DP/6 D2:L/4 E2:G/43
43>1o
S.Lopata-A1 A3:G-DP/1 B3:Do C3:Do D3:W>b1 E3:W>b1
N.Sieber-E4 63>1o
E.Mathew-A1 *2*:Si B4:G/63>2 C4:IW>b1 D4:G-DP/6 E4:F/9
3 43>1o
E.Banks-A1 A5:HR>1# B5:K C5:Si>2# *8*:Si
b# 13
C.Furill-A1 A6:G/53 *4*:F/9 C6:G/53 D6:SB>12
Sac/54>23
J.Lemon-A1 A7:Tr B7:W>b1 *6*:K D7:Si>3#
B.Del Gr-E1
T.Lepcio-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:Force/ C8:K D8:SB>12
V.Valent-E1 54>1o b1 K
D.Kaiser-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:P/2 D9:G/63
S.Jones-D5
J.Robins-D9