BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Cleveland Indians 6/18/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 6 0 1 0 .261 D.Groat SS 5 0 4 0 .236
H.Kuenn SS 6 1 2 1 .279 W.Jones 3B 5 0 1 0 .222
G.Bell CF 4 0 1 0 .298 G.Kell 1B 5 1 2 0 .324
R.Campanella C 6 0 3 1 .294 A.Kaline CF 5 0 0 0 .329
R.Boone 3B 5 0 1 0 .220 D.Ennis LF 5 1 1 1 .247
A.Smith RF 3 1 1 0 .285 R.Clemente RF 3 0 0 0 .202
H.Simpson 1B 4 1 1 0 .209 F-T.Williams PH 1 0 1 1 .353
R.Sievers LF 5 1 1 1 .196 G.Baker 2B 4 0 1 0 .229
E-J.Busby LF 0 0 0 0 ---- G-D.Long PH 1 0 0 0 .358
W.Spahn P 4 0 1 0 .250 F.House C 2 0 0 0 .293
D-F.Hatfield PH 0 0 0 1 .286 A-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .252
F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-C.Courtney C 1 0 0 0 .226
R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Sullivan P 3 0 0 0 .156
C-R.Bridges PH 1 0 0 0 .319
S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 43 4 12 4 Totals 42 2 10 2
A-Pinch Hit For House In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jackson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 11th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sievers In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Clemente In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Baker In 11th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 12 1
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 10 0
Nationals (29-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Spahn WIN(8-6) 10 8 1 1 0 1 1 148 4.24 A1 E2
F.Dorish 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 4.76 E3 E6
R.Face SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.35 E7
Totals 11 10 2 2 0 1 1
Indians (30-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Sullivan 10 9 1 1 3 5 0 158 3.65 A1 E5
S.Consuegra LOSS(2-4) 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 22 2.97 E6
Totals 11 12 4 4 4 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 17,139 DATE- Friday, June 18th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:12 Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Indians: 0
ERRORS- W.Spahn
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(12th), R.Campanella(7th), D.Groat-2(9th), G.Kell(2nd),
T.Williams(11th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ennis(6th)
RBIs- H.Kuenn(35th), R.Campanella(48th), R.Sievers(20th), F.Hatfield(1st),
D.Ennis(17th), T.Williams(30th)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Hatfield, R.Clemente
WALKS- G.Bell-2, A.Smith, H.Simpson
HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- J.Temple, G.Bell, R.Sievers, W.Spahn-2, G.Baker
GIDP- A.Kaline
2-out RBI- R.Campanella, H.Kuenn, T.Williams
RLISP 2-out- R.Boone, D.Ennis, G.Kell, R.Sievers-4, G.Bell, C.Courtney,
R.Campanella, D.Long
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 11 Indians: 1 for 13
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Gus Bell robbed Frank Sullivan of an extra base hit.
In a close game the Washington Nationals got by the Cleveland Indians in 11
innings by the score of 4 to 2.
The score was tied at 1 after nine. Washington ended up winning it in the 11th
inning. Al Smith led off and he was hit by a pitch. Harry Simpson came next
and he hit a single. Roy Sievers then slapped a single scoring a run. Fred
Hatfield followed next and he worked the squeeze play to perfection scoring
another baseruner. After another out, Harvey Kuenn stepped in and he doubled
scoring the final run of the inning. Washington had 12 hits for the night.
Warren Spahn(8-6) was the winner allowing 1 run in 10 innings. Spahn got help
from Roy Face who was credited with his 1st save. Sandy Consuegra(2-4) was
charged with the loss in relief. By giving up 3 runs in 1 inning his ERA
increased from 2.29 to 2.97.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Washington Nationals at 1955 Cleveland Indians
J.Temple-A1 A1:F/7 B1:F/7 C1:Si D1:K E1:G/53 F1:F/7
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:G/63 B2:L/5 C2:Force/ D2:Si>12 E2:F/9 F2:Do>2#
54>1o b1
G.Bell-A1 A3:W>b1 *4*:K C3:Si>12 D3:F/7 *10*:G/53 F3:IW>b1
R.Campan-A1 A4:Si>13 B4:Do C4:Si>2# *8*:G/23 E4:F/7 F4:Force/
1o 5>2o b1
R.Boone-A1 A5:G/43 B5:G/3>23 *6*:P/6 D5:Si E5:F/7
A.Smith-A1 *2*:F/8 B6:W>b1 C6:F/7 D6:Si>13 *11*:HBP
H.Simpso-A1 A7:G/13 B7:W>12 b C7:F/8 D7:G/53>1 E7:Si>12
1 2
R.Siever-A1 A8:F/8 B8:G/63 *7*:K D8:G/53 E8:Si>2#
J.Busby-F5 13
W.Spahn-A1 *3*:K *5*:K C9:Si *9*:G/43 E9:Sac/34
F.Hatfie-E9 >3# 12
F.Dorish-F5+
D.Groat-A1 A1:Do B1:Do C1:Si *8*:Si E1:F/7
W.Jones-A1 A2:FC/15> B2:G/63>2 C2:F/8 D2:Si>12 E2:G/13
2o 3
G.Kell-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:G/31 *6*:G/63 D3:P/5 *11*:Do
A.Kaline-A1 A4:F/9 *4*:F/9 C4:P/6 D4:G-DP/6 E4:F/8
43>1o
D.Ennis-A1 A5:G/43 B5:HR>b# C5:G/63 *9*:E/1 E5:F/9
R.Clemen-A1 *2*:G/53 B6:F/8 *7*:G/43 D6:Sac/54 E6:Do>2#
T.Willia-E6 >12
G.Baker-A1 A7:F/9 B7:K C7:Si D7:G/43>2 E7:G/31
D.Long-E7 3
F.House-A1 A8:FO/2 *5*:G/3 C8:P/6 D8:P/3
R.Jackso-C8
C.Courtn-D1
F.Sulliv-A1 *3*:G/13 B9:G/63 C9:F/8 *10*:G/63
R.Bridge-D9
S.Consue-E3