BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Washington Nationals   4/19/1955

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Piersall CF       5  2  2  2 .295     J.Temple 2B         5  0  0  0 .290  
  J.Logan SS          4  0  2  1 .267     H.Kuenn SS          5  1  2  0 .286  
  M.Mantle RF         2  0  0  1 .350     V.Power 1B          5  0  3  0 .375  
  G.Hodges 1B         5  1  1  0 .304     R.Campanella C      4  0  2  1 .367  
  K.Boyer 3B          5  1  2  0 .317     R.Sievers LF        5  1  1  0 .258  
  W.Moon LF           4  0  1  1 .306     G.Bell CF           4  0  2  1 .303  
  R.Wilson C          1  0  0  0 .043     A.Smith RF          3  0  3  0 .276  
A-G.Triandos C        3  0  1  0 .279     J.Finigan 3B        4  0  1  0 .154  
  P.Runnels 2B        4  1  2  0 .264     W.Spahn P           3  0  1  0 .286  
  F.Lary P            2  0  0  0 .100   B-J.King PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
C-E.Torgeson PH       1  1  1  0 .300     V.Trucks P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  M.Grissom P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 12  5                 Totals      39  2 15  2

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Wilson In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lary In 9th Inning

INJURY: Red Wilson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning

Athletics....... 0 1 0  0 1 0  0 1 3  -  6 12  2
Nationals....... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2 15  0

Athletics (7-10)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Lary WIN(3-3)           8      14   2   2   1   2   0 134   3.58  A1 E1
M.Grissom                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0  16   0.00  E2
Totals                    9      15   2   2   1   2   0

Nationals (4-4)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Spahn LOSS(1-1)         8       8   3   3   3   1   0 133   3.18  A1 D7
V.Trucks                  1       4   3   3   0   0   0  22  27.00  D8
Totals                    9      12   6   6   3   1   0

ATTENDANCE- 12,261 DATE- Monday, April 19th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8  Nationals:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1  Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Logan-2
DOUBLES- J.Piersall(2nd), W.Moon(7th), E.Torgeson(2nd), R.Campanella(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Sievers(2nd)
RBIs- J.Piersall-2(5th), J.Logan(5th), M.Mantle(16th), W.Moon(12th),
      R.Campanella(6th), G.Bell(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Lary
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle, R.Campanella
WALKS- J.Logan, M.Mantle-2, A.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- R.Wilson, J.Finigan-2
GIDP- W.Moon, J.Finigan
2-out RBI- J.Logan, W.Moon
RLISP 2-out- R.Campanella, J.Temple-2, G.Hodges-3, G.Bell, W.Spahn, R.Sievers-3,
             G.Triandos
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 7  Nationals: 1 for 11

The Kansas City Athletics bested the Washington Nationals by a 6 to 2 score at
Griffith Stadium.

Frank Lary(3-3) had a fairly solid outing.  He allowed 14 hits and 1 walk in 8
innings lowering his ERA to 3.58.  Kansas City won despite being out-hit by
Washington 15 hits to 12.  

Warren Spahn(1-1) was the losing pitcher.  He gave up 3 runs and 8 hits in 8
innings.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Washington Nationals
J.Piersa-A1  A1:F/8     B1:F/8     C1:Do      D1:G/43    E1:Si>3#
                                                         2#
                                                         
J.Logan-A1   A2:F/7     B2:W>b1    C2:Si>2#   D2:F/7     E2:Si>13
                                                         
                                                         
M.Mantle-A1  A3:F/9     B3:W>23 1  C3:W>12 b  *8*:G/43   E3:SF/7>3
                        2 b1       1                     #
                                                         
G.Hodges-A1  *2*:Si     B4:G/63    C4:G/63    D4:G/53    E4:F/7
                                                         
                                                         
K.Boyer-A1   A5:Si>13   *4*:G/31   *6*:G/63   D5:Si      E5:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
W.Moon-A1    A6:G-DP/4  B6:G/3     C6:G/3     D6:Do>1#
             63>3# 1o                         
                                              
R.Wilson-A1  A7:K       B7:F/7     C7:Si      D7:P/2
G.Triand-A8                                   
                                              
P.Runnel-A1  *3*:Si     *5*:G/43   C8:L/3     *9*:Si
                                              
                                              
F.Lary-A1    A9:Sac/54  B9:G/43    *7*:L/3    D9:Do>13
E.Torges-D9  >12                              
M.Grisso-E6                                   

J.Temple-A1  A1:G/63    B1:L/6     *5*:FO/2   *7*:G/53   E1:L/6
                                                         
                                                         
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:Si      *3*:Si     C2:E/6     D2:G/43    *9*:F/7
                                                         
                                                         
V.Power-A1   A3:Si>1o   B3:Si+E/6  C3:P/6     D3:Si      E3:G/53
                        >13                              
                                                         
R.Campan-A1  A4:G/63    B4:SF/7>3  C4:G/53    D4:Si>13   E4:Do
                        #                                
                                                         
R.Siever-A1  *2*:Tr     B5:G/63    *6*:G/13   D5:G/63    E5:G/43
                                                         
                                                         
G.Bell-A1    A6:G/43>3  B6:Si>2o   C6:Si      *8*:G/31
             #                                
                                              
A.Smith-A1   A7:Si      *4*:Si     C7:W>12 b  D7:Si
                                   1          
                                              
J.Finiga-A1  A8:K       B8:G-DP/5  C8:K       D8:Si>13
                        43>1o                 
                                              
W.Spahn-A1   A9:Si>13   B9:G/3     C9:L/3     D9:P/4
J.King-D9                                     
V.Trucks-E2