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