BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Cleveland Indians 8/20/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 2 0 0 0 .263 W.Jones 3B 4 2 3 4 .238
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .302 G.Baker 2B 1 0 0 0 .223
R.Repulski LF 4 0 0 0 .279 D.Long 1B 5 1 1 1 .343
G.Bell CF 3 1 0 0 .284 B-G.Kell 1B 0 0 0 0 .300
A.Smith RF 4 0 2 1 .265 A.Kaline CF 4 1 3 1 .323
R.Boone 3B 4 0 1 0 .292 T.Williams RF 1 0 0 0 .305
E.Torgeson 1B 3 0 0 0 .243 A-R.Clemente PR,RF 1 0 0 0 .226
H.Naragon C 1 0 0 0 .371 D.Ennis LF 4 0 0 0 .275
C.Erskine P 3 0 0 0 .158 F.House C 4 1 1 0 .272
D.Groat SS 3 0 0 0 .231
S.Gromek P 3 1 0 0 .125
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Totals 28 1 3 1 Totals 30 6 8 6
A-Pinch Ran For Williams In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Long In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
Indians......... 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 - 6 8 0
Nationals (62-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Erskine LOSS(9-7) 8 8 6 6 8 3 4 143 5.10 A1
Totals 8 8 6 6 8 3 4
Indians (56-72) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Gromek WIN(7-10) 9 3 1 1 5 1 0 106 5.76 A1
Totals 9 3 1 1 5 1 0
ATTENDANCE- 5,776 DATE- Friday, August 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Indians: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Indians: 2
DOUBLES- A.Smith(18th)
HOME RUNS- W.Jones-2(6th), D.Long(15th), A.Kaline(19th)
RBIs- A.Smith(43rd), W.Jones-4(27th), D.Long(72nd), A.Kaline(69th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Groat
WALKS- J.Temple-2, G.Bell, H.Naragon-2, W.Jones, G.Baker-4, T.Williams-2,
S.Gromek
STRIKE OUTS- R.Repulski, G.Baker, D.Long, S.Gromek
GIDP- H.Kuenn-2, D.Ennis
2-out RBI- W.Jones-4
RLISP 2-out- D.Ennis-2, C.Erskine-3, D.Long
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 5 Indians: 1 for 4
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Johnny Temple robbed Frank House of a base hit.
Third baseman Willie Jones ripped 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Steve Gromek
threw a 3 hitter at Municipal Stadium as the Cleveland Indians beat the
Washington Nationals 6 to 1.
The home town fans were very appreciative of the fine hitting performance
provided by Jones. He stroked a single knocking in a run in the 2nd inning,
cracked a two-run shot in the 4th inning and delivered a solo blast in the
8th inning. Cleveland totaled 8 hits on the afternoon.
Gromek(7-10) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 1 run. The loss was
charged to Carl Erskine(9-7). He was touched for 4 homeruns in his 8 innings
of work.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Washington Nationals at 1955 Cleveland Indians
J.Temple-A1 A1:W>b1 *3*:G/63 *5*:F/7 *8*:W>b1
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:G-DP/6 B2:F/7 C2:F/9 D2:G-DP/6
43>1o 43>1o
R.Repuls-A1 A3:G/63 B3:G/63 C3:G/63 D3:K
G.Bell-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:G/63 *6*:P/4 *9*:G/13
A.Smith-A1 A5:Do>1# B5:Si C5:F/7 D5:G/43
R.Boone-A1 A6:G/3>23 B6:Si>13 C6:L/6 D6:P/5
E.Torges-A1 A7:G/53 B7:G/43 *7*:F/9
H.Narago-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:IW>b1 C8:L/4
C.Erskin-A1 A9:G/13 B9:L/3 C9:G/43
W.Jones-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Si>3# C1:HR>1# D1:W>b1 E1:HR>b#
b#
G.Baker-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:W>12 b C2:W>b1 D2:K E2:W>b1
1
D.Long-A1 A3:K B3:G/43 C3:G/13 *7*:HR>b# E3:G/43
G.Kell-E4
A.Kaline-A1 A4:Si>12 *3*:Si *5*:G/23 D4:HR>b#
T.Willia-A1 A5:W>23 1 B5:Force/ C5:W>b1 D5:G/13
R.Clemen-C6 2 b1 46>1o b1
D.Ennis-A1 A6:L/6 B6:G-DP/5 C6:F/9 D6:P/2
43>1o
F.House-A1 *2*:Si *4*:F/8 C7:L/6 D7:G/43
D.Groat-A1 A8:Sac/14 B8:F/7 *6*:G/63 *8*:P/6
>12
S.Gromek-A1 A9:G/43>2 B9:W>b1 C9:F/9 D9:K
3