BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 New York-AL Yankees    5/18/1955

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Moon RF           5  2  2  4 .309     R.Ashburn CF        5  0  1  1 .290  
  P.Runnels 2B        5  0  1  0 .309     E.Yost 3B           4  0  0  0 .103  
  M.Mantle CF         3  0  0  0 .271     H.Aaron RF          4  3  2  0 .314  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  0  1  0 .307     V.Power 1B          4  2  3  2 .351  
  J.Delsing LF        4  0  0  0 .000     J.O'Brien 2B        3  0  3  3 .300  
  K.Boyer 3B          4  0  0  0 .299   A-D.Zimmer 2B         0  0  0  0 .100  
  G.Triandos C        3  1  2  0 .300     M.Minoso LF         2  0  1  0 .268  
B-C.Maxwell PH        1  1  1  1 .308     S.Burgess C         3  1  0  0 .333  
  J.Logan SS          4  0  0  0 .236     W.Miranda SS        4  0  1  0 .252  
  J.Antonelli P       3  1  1  0 .308     N.Garver P          3  0  1  0 .200  
  T.Brewer P          0  0  0  0 .000     J.Meyer P           0  0  0  0 .000  
C-S.Hemus PH          1  0  1  0 .308                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  5  9  5                 Totals      32  6 12  6

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For O'Brien In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Triandos In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Brewer In 9th Inning

Athletics....... 0 0 1  0 3 0  0 0 1  -  5  9  1
Yankees......... 2 0 1  1 1 0  1 0    -  6 12  1

Athletics (10-20)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Antonelli LOSS(1-6)     6       9   5   5   2   3   0 115   6.25  A1 D2
T.Brewer                  2       3   1   1   2   1   1  42   5.18  D3
Totals                    8      12   6   6   4   4   1

Yankees (17-17)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
N.Garver WIN(6-0)         8       8   5   5   1   4   3 130   2.84  A1 D7
J.Meyer SAVE(6th)         1       1   0   0   0   0   0  13   3.96  D8
Totals                    9       9   5   5   1   4   3

ATTENDANCE- 27,962 DATE- Tuesday, May 18th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6  Yankees: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2  Yankees: 0
ERRORS- J.Delsing, E.Yost
DOUBLES- P.Runnels(7th), S.Hemus(3rd), V.Power-2(13th), N.Garver
TRIPLES- H.Aaron(4th)
HOME RUNS- W.Moon-2(7th), C.Maxwell(1st), V.Power(2nd)
RBIs- W.Moon-4(20th), C.Maxwell(2nd), R.Ashburn(9th), V.Power-2(21st),
      J.O'Brien-3(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Garver
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.O'Brien
WALKS- M.Mantle, E.Yost, M.Minoso-2, S.Burgess
HIT BY PITCH- H.Aaron
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hodges-3, J.Antonelli, R.Ashburn, S.Burgess, W.Miranda, N.Garver
GIDP- S.Burgess-2
WILD PITCHES- J.Antonelli
2-out RBI- V.Power, J.O'Brien, R.Ashburn
RLISP 2-out- G.Hodges, S.Burgess, M.Minoso, E.Yost-2, J.Delsing, K.Boyer,
             H.Aaron, P.Runnels
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 7  Yankees: 3 for 14

The New York-AL Yankees nipped the Kansas City Athletics 6 to 5 at Yankee
Stadium in a hard fought contest.

New York-AL jumped on top of Kansas City in the 5th inning scoring a single
run using 2 hits.  Kansas City tried unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th.

The victory went to Ned Garver(6-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 5 runs.
Garver got relief help from Jack Meyer who gained credit for his 6th save.
Johnny Antonelli(1-6) was hit with the loss.  He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks
in 6 innings.  


SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 New York-AL Yankees
W.Moon-A1    A1:G/43    B1:HR>b#   C1:HR>2#   D1:G/53    E1:F/8
                                   1# b#                 
                                                         
P.Runnel-A1  A2:Do      B2:G/53    C2:G/13    D2:F/7     E2:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
M.Mantle-A1  A3:L/4     B3:G/43    C3:W>b1    *8*:G/43
                                              
                                              
G.Hodges-A1  A4:K       *4*:K      C4:Si>13   D4:K
                                              
                                              
J.Delsin-A1  *2*:F/9    B5:L/4     C5:G/63    D5:E/5>b2
                                              
                                              
K.Boyer-A1   A6:G/43    B6:G/63    *6*:G/63   D6:L/4
                                              
                                              
G.Triand-A1  A7:Si      *5*:Si     C7:F/8     *9*:HR>b#
C.Maxwel-D7                                   
                                              
J.Logan-A1   A8:G/53    B8:F/9     C8:G/23    D8:F/7
                                              
                                              
J.Antone-A1  *3*:K      B9:Si>12   *7*:F/8    D9:Do
T.Brewer-D3                                   
S.Hemus-D9                                    

R.Ashbur-A1  A1:FO/2    B1:K       C1:Si>2#   D1:F/8     E1:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
E.Yost-A1    A2:G/43    *3*:FO/2   C2:G/53    D2:WP>23   E2:W>b1
                                              G/31       
                                                         
H.Aaron-A1   A3:HBP     B3:Si      *5*:Tr     *7*:G/63   E3:G/13
                                                         
                                                         
V.Power-A1   A4:Do+E/7  B4:Do>13   C4:G/63    D4:HR>b#
             >1# b3                           
                                              
J.O'Brie-A1  A5:Si>3#   B5:SF/9>3  C5:Si>3#   D5:Si
D.Zimmer-E4             # 23                  
                                              
M.Minoso-A1  A6:Si>12   B6:F/7     C6:W>12 b  D6:W>12 b
                                   1          1
                                              
S.Burges-A1  A7:K       *4*:W>b1   C7:G-DP/3  D7:G-DP/4
                                   63>1o      63>1o
                                              
W.Mirand-A1  *2*:F/8    B8:G/3>12  *6*:Si     *8*:K
                                              
                                              
N.Garver-A1  A9:K       B9:F/9     C9:Sac/54  D9:Do
J.Meyer-E4                         >12