BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 7/19/1956 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG W.Moon RF,2B,LF 5 3 3 4 .283 J.Gilliam 2B 4 0 1 1 .252 S.Hemus 2B 3 0 0 0 .233 S.Lollar C 3 0 0 0 .294 B-D.Blasingame PH,2B, 3 0 0 1 .310 S.Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 .331 M.Mantle CF,RF 5 2 4 2 .358 J.Jensen LF 4 0 0 0 .286 C.Maxwell LF 5 1 2 3 .319 A.Smith 3B 3 1 0 0 .286 L.Jackson P 0 0 0 0 .500 W.Moryn RF 4 0 1 0 .281 M.Vernon 1B 3 0 1 0 .359 J.Brandt CF 4 1 1 0 .313 C-G.Hodges PH,1B 3 0 0 0 .267 R.McMillan SS 4 1 1 1 .194 E.Bailey C 1 1 0 0 .274 H.Brown P 1 0 0 0 .190 D-G.Triandos PH,C 2 1 1 0 .319 A-T.Francona PH 1 0 0 0 .184 K.Boyer 3B 5 2 2 3 .331 C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Logan SS 3 1 2 0 .328 S.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .067 E-F.Bolling PH 0 0 0 0 .280 G-W.Dropo PH 1 0 1 1 .194 F-J.Piersall PR,CF 1 1 1 0 .243 M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 .333 L.Burdette P 2 1 1 0 .289 L.Sleater P 0 0 0 01.000 T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-F.Robinson PH 1 0 1 0 .297 I-D.Williams 2B 0 0 0 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 42 13 18 13 Totals 33 3 5 3 A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hemus In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Vernon In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Logan In 7th Inning F-Pinch Ran For Bolling In 7th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Miller In 7th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Phillips In 9th Inning I-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Robinson In 9th Inning INJURY: Frank Bolling INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Athletics....... 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 2 - 13 18 1 Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 5 0 Athletics (68-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Burdette WIN(17-2) 6 1/3 5 3 1 2 2 0 97 2.74 A1 C9 T.Phillips 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.86 D1 D5 L.Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.91 D6 Totals 9 5 3 1 2 2 0 Dodgers (41-42) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Brown LOSS(3-4) 5 7 4 4 3 0 1 95 4.84 A1 C6 C.Labine 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 24 4.89 C7 D4 S.Miller 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 23 4.31 D5 E2 M.Fornieles 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 26 6.10 E3 E8 L.Sleater 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 15 2.45 E9 Totals 9 18 13 13 5 1 5 ATTENDANCE- 8,623 DATE- Monday, July 19th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:33 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:10 Dodgers: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Dodgers: 1 ERRORS- K.Boyer DOUBLES- W.Dropo(2nd) TRIPLES- W.Moon(13th), M.Mantle(5th) HOME RUNS- W.Moon(10th), M.Mantle(30th), C.Maxwell(16th), K.Boyer-2(18th) RBIs- W.Moon-4(32nd), D.Blasingame(22nd), M.Mantle-2(80th), C.Maxwell-3(46th), K.Boyer-3(71st), J.Gilliam(30th), R.McMillan(12th), W.Dropo(6th) STOLEN BASES- J.Gilliam(15th) SACRIFICE HITS- L.Burdette-2 WALKS- W.Moon, M.Mantle, C.Maxwell, E.Bailey-2, S.Lollar, A.Smith HIT BY PITCH- F.Bolling STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, J.Gilliam, J.Brandt GIDP- M.Vernon 2-out RBI- W.Moon-2, C.Maxwell RLISP 2-out- J.Jensen, L.Burdette, H.Brown-2, S.Hemus, C.Maxwell, D.Blasingame, S.Lollar, G.Hodges TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 10 Dodgers: 3 for 11 The Brooklyn Dodgers pitching staff was overwhelmed by the amazing Kansas City Athletics lineup who plated 13 runs while Lew Burdette(17-2)with support from the bullpen surrendered 3 runs to Brooklyn. Wally Moon had a good day at the plate. He banged out a single in the 3rd inning, tripled bringing home two baserunners in the 4th inning and popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 6th inning. Kansas City dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings. Hal Brown(3-4) was hit with the loss. He gave up 7 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers W.Moon-A1 A1:L/4 *3*:Si C1:Tr>2# D1:HR>2# E1:W>b1 F1:Force/ 1# b# 14>23 1o b1 S.Hemus-A1 A2:F/9 B2:P/3 C2:P/4 D2:G/43 E2:L/4 F2:G/3>3# D.Blasin-D2 12 M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si B3:HR>1# *5*:F/7 D3:Tr *8*:Si F3:IW>b1 b# C.Maxwel-A1 A4:F/8 B4:W>b1 C4:G/63 D4:K E4:HR>1# F4:Si>2# L.Jackso-F6 b# 12 M.Vernon-A1 *2*:L/4 B5:G-DP/6 C5:Si *7*:L/5 E5:G/63 F5:F/7 G.Hodges-D5 43>1o E.Bailey-A1 A6:W>b1 *4*:W>b1 C6:G/43 D6:Si E6:G/53 G.Triand-D6 K.Boyer-A1 A7:Force/ B7:F/9 *6*:HR>b# D7:HR>1# E7:G/63 36>1o b1 b# J.Logan-A1 A8:Si>12 B8:P/4 C8:Si D8:HBP *9*:Si F.Bollin-D8 J.Piersa-D9 L.Burdet-A1 A9:P/6 B9:Si>12 C9:Sac/54 D9:Sac/54 E9:Si>12 T.Philli-E3 >12 >12 F.Robins-E9+ J.Gillia-A1 A1:Si *3*:K *6*:P/3 D1:G/3>3# 23 S.Lollar-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:G/63 C2:W>b1 D2:F/7 F/7 S.Musial-A1 A3:FO/2 B3:G/43 C3:F/8 *8*:L/4 J.Jensen-A1 A4:L/6 *4*:G/53 C4:F/7 D4:G/31 A.Smith-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:G/13 *7*:E/5 D5:F/7 W.Moryn-A1 A6:Si>13 B6:F/7 C6:G/43>1 *9*:F/9 2 J.Brandt-A1 A7:K *5*:G/53 C7:Si>23 D7:F/7 R.McMill-A1 A8:P/4 B8:P/6 C8:Si>3# D8:G/43 13 H.Brown-A1 A9:G/43 B9:G/43 C9:Do>3# T.Franco-B9 13 C.Labine-C1+