BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 6/25/1956
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Robinson 2B 2 0 0 0 .272 W.Moon RF,LF 4 2 2 1 .297
G-T.Lepcio PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .161 D.Blasingame 2B,SS 5 0 1 1 .341
E.Mathews 3B 4 2 2 2 .271 M.Mantle CF 3 2 2 2 .394
D.Snider CF 4 0 0 0 .267 F-F.Robinson PH,CF,RF 1 0 0 0 .246
S.Lopata C 2 0 1 0 .277 C.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .357
H-E.Howard PH,C 2 0 0 0 .204 C.Maxwell LF 4 2 3 4 .307
V.Wertz 1B 2 0 2 0 .254 I-J.Piersall PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .270
J-P.Ward PH,1B 2 1 1 1 .273 G.Hodges 1B 5 0 1 0 .283
E.Banks SS 2 0 0 0 .295 E.Bailey C 2 0 0 0 .274
K-J.Lumpe PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .000 A-G.Triandos PH,C 2 0 1 0 .356
C.Furillo RF 1 0 0 0 .293 K.Boyer 3B 2 1 1 1 .333
E-B.Del Greco PH,RF 3 0 0 0 .227 B-S.Hemus PH,3B 3 0 1 0 .375
J.Lemon LF 3 0 1 0 .319 J.Logan SS 1 1 0 0 .323
M.Garcia P 1 0 0 0 .077 C-M.Vernon PH 1 0 0 0 .344
H.Freeman P 2 0 0 0 .000 D-F.Bolling 2B 1 0 0 0 .250
S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .167 B.Lemon P 3 2 2 1 .250
L-D.Williams PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .357
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Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 39 10 14 10
A-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Boyer In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Logan In 4th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Vernon In 5th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Furillo In 5th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 5th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 6th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 6th Inning
I-Pinch Ran For Maxwell In 6th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 7th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Banks In 7th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 7th Inning
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 3 7 1
Athletics....... 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 - 10 14 1
Cubs (27-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Garcia LOSS(2-5) 3 1/3 9 10 10 1 3 5 87 7.00 A1 C4
H.Freeman 3 1/3 5 0 0 2 0 0 61 2.70 C5 E2
S.Jones 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 19 3.40 E3
Totals 8 14 10 10 4 6 5
Athletics (40-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(7-1) 7 6 2 2 0 1 2 82 4.02 A1 C9
C.Johnson 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 23 5.29 D1
Totals 9 7 3 3 0 2 3
ATTENDANCE- 30,684 DATE- Friday, June 25th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 4 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- E.Mathews, B.Lemon
DOUBLES- W.Moon(4th), G.Triandos(6th), B.Lemon
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews-2(18th), P.Ward(2nd), M.Mantle(17th), C.Maxwell-2(9th),
K.Boyer(12th), B.Lemon(2nd)
RBIs- E.Mathews-2(37th), P.Ward(6th), W.Moon(21st), D.Blasingame(9th),
M.Mantle-2(52nd), C.Maxwell-4(24th), K.Boyer(40th), B.Lemon
STOLEN BASES- W.Moon(2nd)
WALKS- W.Moon, F.Robinson, G.Triandos, J.Logan
STRIKE OUTS- P.Ward, J.Lemon, M.Mantle, C.Maxwell, G.Hodges, G.Triandos,
K.Boyer, S.Hemus
GIDP- E.Banks, G.Hodges
2-out RBI- C.Maxwell-2
RLISP 2-out- M.Vernon, J.Piersall-2
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 0 for 1 Athletics: 3 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Ernie Banks robbed Don Blasingame of a base hit.
Left fielder Charlie Maxwell slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Kansas
City Athletics topped the Chicago-NL Cubs by a score of 10 to 3 at Municipal
Stadium.
Maxwell helped send the fans home happy. He lifted one out of the park for a
two run home run in the 1st inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in
the 4th inning and laced a base-knock in the 6th inning. Chicago-NL was
out-hit by Kansas City, 14 hits to 7.
The victory went to Bob Lemon(7-1) who went 7 innings, allowing 2 runs. Mike
Garcia(2-5) ended up with the loss. He allowed 5 homeruns in 3 and 1/3
innings of work.
Wth the win Kansas City now has a record of a league leading 40-16. Ron Mead
was unhappy with his club's recent performance. 'We can't keep losing games'
he said. 'It gets to be embarrassing after a while.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
J.Robins-A1 A1:G/31 B1:E/1 *6*:G/63 *8*:G/53
T.Lepcio-C1
E.Mathew-A1 A2:G/63 B2:P/3 C2:HR>b# D2:HR>b#
D.Snider-A1 A3:G/3 *4*:G/43 C3:G/63 D3:F/8
S.Lopata-A1 *2*:Si B4:F/9 C4:L/6 D4:G/53
E.Howard-C4
V.Wertz-A1 A5:Si>12 B5:Si *7*:HR>b# *9*:K
P.Ward-C5
E.Banks-A1 A6:G-DP/5 B6:G/31 C6:G/43 D6:F/8
J.Lumpe-C6 4>2o 1o
C.Furill-A1 A7:G/53 *5*:F/9 C7:G/63 D7:F/7
B.Del Gr-B7
J.Lemon-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:K C8:Si
M.Garcia-A1 A9:F/7 B9:FO/5 C9:F/8
H.Freema-B7
S.Jones-D1
W.Moon-A1 A1:Do B1:G/53 C1:FC/32> D1:Si E1:W>b1
3# 23
D.Blasin-A1 A2:L/4 B2:G/31 C2:SB>12 D2:Force/ E2:Si>12
G/53>3# 2 64>1o b1
3
M.Mantle-A1 A3:K *3*:HR>b# C3:Si>3# D3:P/6 E3:W>23 1
F.Robins-D3 2 b1
C.Johnso-E5
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:HR>2# B4:K C4:HR>1# *6*:Si E4:F/8
J.Piersa-D5 b# b#
G.Hodges-A1 A5:Si B5:G/63 C5:L/5 D5:G-DP/1 *8*:K
63>1o
E.Bailey-A1 A6:G/43 B6:E/5 C6:Do D6:W>b1 E6:K
G.Triand-C6
K.Boyer-A1 *2*:HR>b# B7:K C7:Si>23 D7:F/9 E7:K
S.Hemus-C7
J.Logan-A1 A8:L/5 *4*:W>b1 C8:G/43 *7*:FO/6
M.Vernon-C8
F.Bollin-C9
B.Lemon-A1 A9:HR>b# B9:Do>13 *5*:FO/2 D9:G/63
D.Willia-D9