BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Cincinnati Reds 6/8/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 1 2 1 .267 N.Fox 2B 5 0 0 0 .322
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 2 3 .291 J.Rivera RF 3 1 1 0 .262
G.Bell CF 3 1 1 1 .300 B-H.Bauer RF 2 0 0 0 .233
R.Campanella C 4 1 2 1 .299 T.Kluszewski 1B 2 1 2 1 .292
R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .213 A-W.Lockman PR,1B 2 1 0 0 .341
A.Smith RF 4 0 1 0 .273 L.Doby CF 5 2 2 1 .350
H.Simpson 1B 3 1 1 0 .205 J.Astroth C 3 2 1 1 .250
R.Sievers LF 2 1 0 0 .191 C-D.Crandall C 0 0 0 0 .212
D.Newcombe P 3 1 1 0 .333 B.Virdon LF 4 1 4 1 .322
R.Face P 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Reese SS 3 1 2 1 .301
G.McDougald 3B 4 0 1 0 .262
S.Rogovin P 2 0 0 1 .111
J.Collum P 1 0 1 2 .200
D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 32 6 10 6 Totals 36 9 14 8
A-Pinch Ran For Kluszewski In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rivera In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Astroth In 9th Inning
INJURY: Ted Kluszewski INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
Nationals....... 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 - 6 10 1
Reds............ 0 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 - 9 14 0
Nationals (26-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe LOSS(5-5) 6 1/3 13 9 8 2 6 1 133 3.63 A1 D7
R.Face 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 4.40 D8
Totals 8 14 9 8 2 8 1
Reds (36-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Rogovin WIN(3-1) 6 1/3 7 4 4 4 0 1 101 5.19 A1 C8
J.Collum HOLD(6th) 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 31 3.16 C9 D7
D.Bessent SAVE(21st) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 2.20 D8
Totals 9 10 6 6 5 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 16,096 DATE- Tuesday, June 8th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 4 Reds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Reds: 5
ERRORS- R.Boone
DOUBLES- J.Rivera(5th), J.Collum
TRIPLES- J.Temple(3rd), H.Kuenn(4th)
HOME RUNS- G.Bell(8th), R.Campanella(17th), T.Kluszewski(19th)
RBIs- J.Temple(12th), H.Kuenn-3(34th), G.Bell(36th), R.Campanella(45th),
T.Kluszewski(53rd), L.Doby(49th), J.Astroth(4th), B.Virdon(32nd),
P.Reese(13th), S.Rogovin, J.Collum-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Rogovin
WALKS- G.Bell, R.Boone, H.Simpson, R.Sievers-2, J.Astroth, P.Reese
HIT BY PITCH- T.Kluszewski
STRIKE OUTS- H.Simpson, J.Rivera, H.Bauer, W.Lockman, L.Doby, J.Astroth,
P.Reese, G.McDougald-2
GIDP- J.Temple, G.Bell, R.Boone, A.Smith, R.Sievers
2-out RBI- J.Temple, T.Kluszewski, H.Kuenn-3, J.Collum-2
RLISP 2-out- S.Rogovin-3, H.Kuenn, N.Fox-2, G.Bell
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 2 for 6 Reds: 6 for 14
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Roy Campanella blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 9th: Pee Wee Reese robbed Johnny Temple of a base hit.
Ted Kluszewski lofted one into the 'cheap seats' as the Cincinnati Reds beat
the Washington Nationals by a score of 9 to 6.
Cincinnati scored 4 runs in the decisive bottom of the 5th inning when they
had 4 base hits. They would hold up as the winning runs. Cincinnati ended
up with 14 hits for the game while Washington had 10.
The victory was credited to Saul Rogovin(3-1) who went 6 and 1/3 innings,
allowing 4 runs. Don Bessent recorded the save, his 21st. Don Newcombe(5-5)
was the losing pitcher. He allowed 13 hits and 2 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Washington Nationals at 1955 Cincinnati Reds
J.Temple-A1 A1:G/13 B1:Tr>1# C1:G/63 D1:Si>23 E1:G-DP/6
12 43>1o
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:Si B2:G/63 *6*:F/8 D2:Tr>3#
2# 1#
G.Bell-A1 A3:G-DP/4 *4*:HR>b# C3:W>b1 D3:FO/2
63>1o
R.Campan-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:FO/2 C4:Si>12 *8*:HR>b#
R.Boone-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:P/6 C5:G-DP/6 D5:F/8
43>1o
A.Smith-A1 A6:G-DP/6 B6:Si *7*:F/8 D6:G/43
43>1o
H.Simpso-A1 *3*:Si B7:G/43 C7:W>b1 D7:K
R.Siever-A1 A8:G-DP/6 *5*:G/53 C8:W>12 b *9*:W>b1
43>1o 1
D.Newcom-A1 A9:Si B9:G/63 C9:FO/3 D9:L/6
R.Face-D4
N.Fox-A1 A1:G/53 *3*:L/3 C1:G/43 *6*:F/8 E1:G/63
J.Rivera-A1 A2:K B2:G/31 *5*:Do D2:F/7 *8*:K
H.Bauer-D1
T.Klusze-A1 A3:Si B3:HR>b# C3:HBP D3:K E3:F/8
W.Lockma-C4
L.Doby-A1 A4:G/43 B4:G/43 C4:Si>2# *7*:Si E4:K
13
J.Astrot-A1 *2*:G/43 *4*:W>b1 C5:Si>3# D5:K
D.Cranda-E5 13
B.Virdon-A1 A6:Si B6:Si>12 C6:Si+E/5 D6:Si>12
>3# 1#
P.Reese-A1 A7:Si>12 B7:W>23 1 C7:K D7:Si>2#
2 b1 13
G.McDoug-A1 A8:Si>2o B8:K C8:K D8:P/2
13
S.Rogovi-A1 A9:F/9 B9:SF/9>3 C9:F/9 D9:Do>3#
J.Collum-D4 # 23 2#
D.Bessen-E5