BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Cincinnati Reds 6/5/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 4 0 1 0 .268 N.Fox 2B 5 0 1 0 .319
H.Kuenn SS 5 0 1 0 .286 J.Rivera RF 3 0 0 0 .264
G.Bell CF 5 1 2 0 .298 A-H.Bauer RF 1 0 0 0 .241
R.Campanella C 4 0 1 0 .302 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 1 3 0 .288
R.Boone 3B 3 1 1 0 .217 B-W.Lockman 1B 0 0 0 0 .316
A.Smith RF 2 1 1 1 .273 L.Doby CF 3 2 2 1 .350
H.Simpson 1B 4 0 1 1 .207 D.Crandall C 3 1 1 3 .207
R.Sievers LF 4 1 2 1 .195 B.Virdon LF 3 1 0 0 .312
C.Erskine P 2 0 1 1 .118 P.Reese SS 4 0 0 0 .298
P.Ramos P 1 0 0 0 .000 G.McDougald 3B 4 0 1 1 .260
D-J.King PH 0 0 0 0 .300 W.Nixon P 3 0 1 0 .233
R.Crone P 0 0 0 0 .667
C-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .278
D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 4 11 4 Totals 34 5 9 5
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rivera In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kluszewski In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Crone In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ramos In 9th Inning
INJURY: Elmer Valo INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
Nationals....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 4 11 1
Reds............ 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 0
Nationals (25-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Erskine LOSS(2-3) 5 2/3 9 5 4 3 5 2 116 5.98 A1 D3
P.Ramos 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 3.38 D4
Totals 8 9 5 4 3 6 2
Reds (34-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Nixon WIN(1-5) 7 6 2 2 3 3 1 109 4.48 A1 D1
R.Crone HOLD(6th) 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 22 4.79 D2 D7
D.Bessent SAVE(20th) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 2.28 D8
Totals 9 11 4 4 4 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 21,972 DATE- Saturday, June 5th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 8 Reds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Reds: 3
ERRORS- A.Smith
DOUBLES- H.Simpson(3rd), L.Doby(12th), G.McDougald(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Sievers(3rd), L.Doby(23rd), D.Crandall(12th)
RBIs- A.Smith(16th), H.Simpson(15th), R.Sievers(18th), C.Erskine, L.Doby(43rd),
D.Crandall-3(39th), G.McDougald(29th)
WALKS- J.Temple, R.Boone, A.Smith, J.King, L.Doby, D.Crandall, B.Virdon
HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- R.Campanella, H.Simpson, C.Erskine, N.Fox, H.Bauer, T.Kluszewski,
D.Crandall, G.McDougald-2
GIDP- G.Bell, R.Boone-2
2-out RBI- C.Erskine, A.Smith, H.Simpson
RLISP 2-out- G.McDougald, C.Erskine, N.Fox, P.Reese-2, L.Doby-2, G.Bell
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 4 for 13 Reds: 3 for 12
Larry Doby homered as the Cincinnati Reds topped the Washington Nationals by a
score of 5 to 4 at Crosley Field.
In the bottom of the 4th inning Cincinnati scored 4 runs when they came up
with 3 base hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Del Crandall who
made the home-town crowd a happy bunch when he rifled a three-run blast.
Washington had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.
Willard Nixon(1-5) went 7 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Nixon got help
from Don Bessent who earned his 20th save. The loss was charged to Carl
Erskine(2-3). He was hit hard and gave up 9 hits and 3 walks in 5 and 2/3
innings.
'This was a tough loss,' said Gordy Renaud, 'the kind that sticks with you for
awhile.'
SCORESHEET: 1955 Washington Nationals at 1955 Cincinnati Reds
J.Temple-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:F/7 *5*:Si D1:G/53 E1:Force/
54>23 1o
b1
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:Si>12 *3*:F/7 C2:Force/ *8*:L/5 E2:F/7
54>1o b1
G.Bell-A1 A3:Si>23 B3:F/9 C3:G-DP/4 D3:Si E3:P/4
12 63>1o
R.Campan-A1 A4:K B4:G/63 *6*:Si D4:F/7
R.Boone-A1 A5:G-DP/5 *4*:W>b1 C5:G-DP/5 D5:Si>13
43>1o 43>1o
A.Smith-A1 *2*:HBP B6:W>12 b C6:G/43 D6:Si>3#
1 12
H.Simpso-A1 A7:G/3>12 B7:K *7*:L/4 D7:Do>2#
1o
R.Siever-A1 A8:G/3>23 B8:FO/2 C8:HR>b# *9*:Si
C.Erskin-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:K C9:G/53 D9:W>12 b
P.Ramos-C7 1
J.King-D9
N.Fox-A1 A1:K B1:G/31 C1:F/9 D1:Si>12 E1:L/4
J.Rivera-A1 A2:G/3 B2:G/43 *5*:G/23 D2:K
H.Bauer-C8
T.Klusze-A1 A3:K *4*:Si C3:Si D3:Si>23
W.Lockma-D5 12
L.Doby-A1 *2*:HR>b# B4:W>12 b C4:Do>13 D4:F/8
1
D.Cranda-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:HR>2# C5:K *7*:G/63
1# b#
B.Virdon-A1 A6:G/43>1 B6:E/9>b2 C6:W>b1 D6:F/9
2
P.Reese-A1 A7:F/7 B7:G/3>23 C7:F/8 D7:G/63
G.McDoug-A1 A8:F/7 B8:Do>3# *6*:K *8*:K
W.Nixon-A1 *3*:F/9 B9:L/4 C9:Si D9:G/3
R.Crone-D8
E.Valo-D9+