BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/24/1955 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG J.Piersall CF 3 1 1 0 .306 D.Mueller LF 4 1 1 1 .222 J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .271 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 2 0 .200 M.Mantle RF 4 1 3 0 .375 W.Mays CF 4 2 2 0 .333 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 1 0 .278 Y.Berra C 4 0 1 0 .167 K.Boyer 3B 5 0 2 1 .319 W.Post RF 2 1 0 0 .214 W.Moon LF 5 1 3 3 .318 M.Vernon 1B 2 1 1 1 .455 R.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .048 H.Lopez 3B 4 1 1 1 .231 P.Runnels 2B 4 0 0 0 .205 B.Klaus SS 4 0 2 1 .400 L.Burdette P 4 0 1 0 .125 B-C.Carrasquel SS 0 0 0 0 .333 F.Lary P 0 0 0 0 .125 B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Harshman P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-B.Skowron PH 1 0 0 0 .167 J.Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 4 12 4 Totals 33 7 10 4 A-Pinch Hit For Harshman In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Klaus In 9th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 - 4 12 1 Pirates......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 - 7 10 0 Athletics (5-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Burdette 7 8 4 4 1 1 1 118 5.92 A1 D3 F.Lary LOSS(2-3) BS(1st) 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 25 4.01 D4 Totals 8 10 7 7 4 1 1 Pirates (4-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce 6 10 2 2 4 4 0 108 2.77 A1 D3 J.Harshman W(3-0) BS(1st) 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 47 3.00 D4 E4 J.Konstanty SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 E5 Totals 9 12 4 4 7 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 31,057 DATE- Saturday, April 24th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:50 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:12 Pirates: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Pirates: 3 ERRORS- P.Runnels DOUBLES- W.Moon(5th), R.Schoendienst(1st), W.Mays(1st), M.Vernon(1st) HOME RUNS- W.Moon(2nd), D.Mueller(1st) RBIs- K.Boyer(7th), W.Moon-3(8th), D.Mueller(1st), M.Vernon(3rd), H.Lopez(4th), B.Klaus(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Vernon WALKS- J.Piersall-2, J.Logan, M.Mantle, G.Hodges, R.Wilson-2, D.Mueller, W.Post-2, M.Vernon STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle, R.Wilson, P.Runnels, L.Burdette-2, W.Mays GIDP- J.Logan, G.Hodges, W.Moon WILD PITCHES- F.Lary-2 PASSED BALLS- R.Wilson 2-out RBI- D.Mueller RLISP 2-out- K.Boyer, L.Burdette-3, H.Lopez-2, W.Mays, J.Logan, J.Piersall, R.Schoendienst-2 TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 13 Pirates: 3 for 10 WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Pete Runnels robbed Yogi Berra of a base hit. In a game at Forbes Field the Pittsburgh Pirates got by the Kansas City Athletics by the score of 7 to 4. Pittsburgh came through with the game-winning runs in the bottom of the 8th inning when they tallied 5 runs on 4 hits. Kansas City went down quietly in the 9th. Jack Harshman(3-0) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 2 innings. Jim Konstanty got the save, his 2nd. Frank Lary(2-3) was the loser in relief. SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates J.Piersa-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/7 *5*:W>b1 D1:W>12 b E1:F/8 1 J.Logan-A1 A2:G-DP/6 B2:F/8 C2:Si>12 D2:G/53 *8*:W>b1 43>1o M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si B3:Si C3:Si>23 *7*:W>b1 E3:K 12 G.Hodges-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:G/13 C4:L/4 D4:W>12 b E4:G-DP/4 1 63>1o K.Boyer-A1 A5:Force/ *4*:Si C5:Si>3# D5:F/8 *9*:P/6 5>2o b1 23 12 W.Moon-A1 *2*:Si B6:Do>13 C6:G-DP/4 D6:HR>2# E6:G/43 63>1o 1# b# R.Wilson-A1 A7:K B7:L/4 *6*:W>b1 D7:W>b1 E7:G/53 P.Runnel-A1 A8:G/63>1 B8:L/4 C8:K D8:F/8 2 L.Burdet-A1 A9:F/7 B9:K C9:K D9:Si>12 F.Lary-E5 D.Muelle-A1 A1:P/2 B1:HR>b# C1:Force/ D1:F/9 E1:IW>b1 26>1o b1 R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/43 B2:F/8 C2:Si>12 *8*:Do E2:WP>3# 23 12 G/3 1 W.Mays-A1 A3:G/63 *4*:Do C3:K D3:Si+E/4 >2# Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:G/3>23 *6*:Si D4:G/43>2 3 W.Post-A1 A5:G/63 B5:W>b1 C5:F/7 D5:W>b1 M.Vernon-A1 A6:Do B6:SF/7>3 C6:Force/ D6:W>12 b # 36>1o b1 1 H.Lopez-A1 A7:G/63 B7:F/9 C7:PB>12 D7:Si>3# F/7 23 12 B.Klaus-A1 *3*:G/43 *5*:Si *7*:G/3 D8:Si>3# C.Carras-E3 23 12 B.Pierce-A1 A9:G/3 B9:F/7 C9:F/7 D9:WP>3# J.Harshm-C8 23 12 G/1 B.Skowro-D9+ 3