BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Washington Nationals   6/17/1955

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Moon RF,LF        4  1  1  0 .306     J.Temple 2B         5  0  0  0 .256  
  P.Runnels 2B        4  0  1  0 .307     H.Kuenn SS          4  0  2  0 .315  
  M.Grissom P         0  0  0  0 ----     G.Bell CF           4  1  0  0 .304  
  M.Mantle CF,RF      4  1  2  2 .238     R.Campanella C      4  2  3  0 .308  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  0  0  0 .306     R.Boone 3B          4  1  4  2 .291  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  2  0 .349     A.Smith RF          2  0  0  0 .276  
B-J.Piersall CF       0  0  0  0 .277     H.Simpson 1B        4  0  1  1 .220  
  K.Boyer 3B          5  1  1  0 .246     R.Sievers LF        4  0  1  1 .223  
  G.Triandos C        4  0  1  0 .276     M.Dickson P         2  0  0  0 .190  
  J.Logan SS          4  1  2  2 .269     R.Face P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Lary P            2  0  0  0 .071                                          
A-B.Martin 2B         0  0  0  0 .267                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5 10  4                 Totals      34  4 11  4

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Lary In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Maxwell In 9th Inning

Athletics....... 0 0 1  1 2 0  0 1 0  -  5 10  0
Nationals....... 2 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  4 11  1

Athletics (31-42)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Lary WIN(6-8)           7 1/3  11   4   4   3   3   0 129   3.84  A1 D7
M.Grissom SAVE(9th)       1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   3.04  D8
Totals                    9      11   4   4   3   3   0

Nationals (34-39)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Dickson                 7 1/3   9   4   3   6   4   0 155   4.96  A1 E1
R.Face LOSS(1-3)          1 2/3   1   1   1   0   0   1  21   4.29  E2
Totals                    9      10   5   4   6   4   1

ATTENDANCE- 7,454 DATE- Thursday, June 17th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:11  Nationals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- J.Temple
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(9th), K.Boyer(14th), H.Kuenn(17th), R.Boone(9th)
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(15th)
RBIs- M.Mantle-2(47th), J.Logan-2(35th), R.Boone-2(18th), H.Simpson(18th),
      R.Sievers(28th)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Lary-2
WALKS- W.Moon, P.Runnels, M.Mantle, G.Hodges, C.Maxwell, G.Triandos, H.Kuenn,
       A.Smith, M.Dickson
HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- P.Runnels, M.Mantle, G.Hodges-2, R.Campanella, A.Smith, H.Simpson
GIDP- H.Simpson, R.Sievers-2
2-out RBI- R.Boone-2, M.Mantle-2
RLISP 2-out- C.Maxwell, A.Smith, G.Triandos-2, R.Campanella, G.Hodges, W.Moon,
             G.Bell, J.Temple
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 11  Nationals: 2 for 9

The Kansas City Athletics nipped the Washington Nationals 5 to 4 at Griffith
Stadium in a hard fought contest.

Frank Lary(6-8) pitched well enough to earn the win.  He went 7 and 1/3
innings allowing 11 hits and 3 walks.  Marv Grissom was perfect in relief and
got the save, his 9th.  

Roy Face(1-3) was charged with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 hit and no
walks in 1 and 2/3 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Washington Nationals
W.Moon-A1    A1:W>b1    *3*:Si     C1:F/7     D1:L/4     *8*:F/9
                                                         
                                                         
P.Runnel-A1  A2:Si>13   B2:K       C2:W>b1    *6*:F/7    E2:L/3
M.Grisso-E5                                              
                                                         
M.Mantle-A1  A3:K       B3:F/9     C3:Si>2#   D3:W>b1    E3:HR>b#
                                   13                    
                                                         
G.Hodges-A1  A4:K       B4:W>12 b  C4:K       D4:Force/  E4:F/9
                        1                     16>1o b1   
                                                         
C.Maxwel-A1  A5:G/23    B5:W>23 1  *5*:Si     D5:Do>1o   *9*:G/3
J.Piersa-E8             2 b1                             
                                                         
K.Boyer-A1   *2*:F/8    B6:E/4>3#  C6:Do>13   *7*:G/43   E6:F/9
                        23 12                            
                                                         
G.Triand-A1  A7:Si      B7:G/43    C7:P/5     D7:W>b1    E7:G/53
                                                         
                                                         
J.Logan-A1   A8:L/6     *4*:Si     C8:Si>3#   D8:F/9
                                   2#         
                                              
F.Lary-A1    A9:G/3     B9:Sac/54  C9:Sac/54  D9:G/53
B.Martin-E5             >12        >12        
                                              

J.Temple-A1  A1:G/63    *3*:F/8    C1:F/8     D1:F/9     E1:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:W>b1    B2:Do      C2:Si>13   *7*:G/3    E2:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
G.Bell-A1    A3:Force/  B3:G/43>2  C3:G/43    D3:FO/2
             46>1o b1   3                     
                                              
R.Campan-A1  A4:Si>13   B4:K       *6*:Si     D4:Si
                                              
                                              
R.Boone-A1   A5:Si>3#   *4*:Si     C5:Si>12   D5:Do>1o
             2#                               
                                              
A.Smith-A1   A6:K       B6:F/7     C6:HBP>23  *8*:W>b1
                                   12         
                                              
H.Simpso-A1  *2*:Si     B7:G-DP/4  C7:Force/  D7:K
                        63>1o      46>3# 23   
                                   1o b1      
R.Siever-A1  A8:G-DP/5  *5*:F/7    C8:Si>3#   D8:G-DP/6
             43>1o                 13         43>1o
                                              
M.Dickso-A1  A9:G/13    B9:W>b1    C9:L/5     *9*:G/53
R.Face-D6