BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1955 Washington Nationals         8/25/1955

  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Robinson 3B,2B,LF 3  1  0  1 .286     A.Smith RF          5  0  2  0 .258  
  C.Abrams 1B,RF      3  0  1  1 .254     H.Kuenn SS          5  0  1  0 .305  
  S.Lopata C          4  1  1  2 .310     R.Boone 3B          5  0  1  0 .292  
D-B.Sarni PH,C        1  0  0  0 .236     G.Bell CF           4  1  0  0 .284  
  E.Banks SS          4  0  1  1 .279     J.Adcock 1B         4  0  3  0 .290  
E-P.Rizzuto PH,SS     1  0  1  0 .263     R.Repulski LF       4  1  1  0 .246  
  C.Furillo RF,CF     3  2  1  0 .277     W.Terwilliger 2B    3  0  2  0 .230  
  F.Thomas LF         4  2  2  1 .264     A.Seminick C        2  0  2  0 .406  
C-F.Fain 1B           1  0  0  0 .242     J.Podres P          4  0  0  0 .071  
  D.Snider CF         3  1  2  0 .320                                          
A-V.Wertz PH          1  1  1  1 .266                                          
B-E.Mathews 3B        0  0  0  0 .287                                          
  B.Avila 2B,RF,2B    3  1  0  1 .273                                          
  B.Wight P           4  0  0  0 .000                                          
  H.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 .200                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  9 10  8                 Totals      36  2 12  0

A-Pinch Hit For Snider In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Wertz In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Thomas In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Banks In 9th Inning

Cubs............ 1 1 0  1 0 5  1 0 0  -  9 10  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  2 12  1

Cubs (78-46)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Wight WIN(6-6)          8      12   2   2   2   4   0 146   4.41  A1 D9
H.Freeman                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   6.61  E1
Totals                    9      12   2   2   2   5   0

Nationals (61-59)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Podres LOSS(3-7)        9      10   9   6   6   7   3 160   5.78  A1
Totals                    9      10   9   6   6   7   3

ATTENDANCE- 6,314 DATE- Wednesday, August 25th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 6  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 2  Nationals: 2
ERRORS- H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- D.Snider(33rd), R.Repulski(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Lopata(22nd), F.Thomas(5th), V.Wertz(5th)
RBIs- J.Robinson(38th), C.Abrams(22nd), S.Lopata-2(53rd), E.Banks(111st),
      F.Thomas(12th), V.Wertz(15th), B.Avila(35th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Furillo
WALKS- J.Robinson-2, C.Abrams-2, C.Furillo, B.Avila, W.Terwilliger, A.Seminick
HIT BY PITCH- A.Seminick
STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, C.Furillo, D.Snider, B.Wight-4, A.Smith-2, G.Bell-2,
             R.Repulski
GIDP- B.Sarni, R.Boone, R.Repulski
WILD PITCHES- B.Wight-2
2-out RBI- S.Lopata, E.Banks
RLISP 2-out- B.Wight, H.Kuenn, J.Podres-4, C.Furillo
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 2 for 9  Nationals: 0 for 5

At Griffith Stadium the Washington Nationals were battered 9 to 2 by the very
potent Chicago-NL Cubs.

Bill Wight(6-6) earned his pay with a solid performance for Chicago-NL.  He
allowed 12 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings.  Chicago-NL rapped out 10 hits for
the afternoon.  

Johnny Podres(3-7) was given the loss.  He served up 3 homeruns in his 9
innings.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1955 Washington Nationals
J.Robins-A1  A1:FO/2    *3*:G/63   *5*:K      D1:W>3# 2  *8*:W>b1
                                              3 12 b1    
                                                         
C.Abrams-A1  A2:G/43    B2:Si      C2:W>b1    D2:W>3# 2  E2:F/9
                                              3 12 b1    
                                                         
S.Lopata-A1  A3:HR>b#   B3:F/8     C3:F/7     D3:G/53>3  E3:G-DP/6
B.Sarni-E3                                    # 23 12    43>1o
                                                         
E.Banks-A1   A4:F/7     B4:G/53    C4:F/7     D4:Si>3#   *9*:Si
P.Rizzut-E4                                   23         
                                                         
C.Furill-A1  *2*:Si     *4*:K      *6*:W>b1   D5:L/6     E5:Sac/54
                                                         >12
                                                         
F.Thomas-A1  A6:P/6     B6:HR>b#   C6:Si>12   *7*:G/63   E6:L-DP/3
F.Fain-E1                                                4>2o
                                                         
D.Snider-A1  A7:Do>13   B7:K       C7:Si>23   D7:HR>b#
V.Wertz-D7                         12         
E.Mathew-E1                                   
B.Avila-A1   A8:G/63>3  B8:W>b1    C8:E/6>3#  D8:G/43
             # 23                  23 12      
                                              
B.Wight-A1   A9:K       B9:K       C9:K       D9:K
H.Freema-E7                                   
                                              

A.Smith-A1   A1:K       B1:Si>12   *5*:G/53   *7*:Si     *9*:K
                                                         
                                                         
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:Si      B2:P/6     C2:G/63    D2:F/8     E2:P/2
                                                         
                                                         
R.Boone-A1   A3:G-DP/4  *4*:Si     C3:G/63    D3:F/8     E3:F/8
             63>1o                                       
                                                         
G.Bell-A1    *2*:K      B4:Force/  *6*:K      D4:L/4
                        14>1o b1              
                                              
J.Adcock-A1  A5:Si      B5:Si>13   C5:Si      *8*:G/63
                                              
                                              
R.Repuls-A1  A6:G-DP/1  B6:K       C6:Do>1o   D6:G/43
             63>1o                            
                                              
W.Terwil-A1  *3*:G/63   B7:W>12 b  C7:WP>3#   D7:Si
                        1          Si         
                                              
A.Semini-A1  A8:HBP     B8:WP>3#   C8:Si>13   D8:Si>13
                        23 12 IW>             
                        b1                    
J.Podres-A1  A9:F/8     B9:G/53    C9:G/53    D9:G/43