BOXSCORE: 1955 Cincinnati Reds At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/28/1955
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
N.Fox 2B 5 2 2 0 .314 W.Moon LF 4 0 1 0 .286
J.Rivera RF 4 1 2 0 .234 J.Piersall CF 4 0 1 0 .282
A-H.Bauer RF 1 0 0 0 .282 G.Hodges 1B 2 0 0 1 .298
T.Kluszewski 1B 4 1 2 3 .285 K.Boyer 3B 4 1 1 1 .250
B-W.Lockman 1B 0 0 0 0 .280 J.Delsing RF 4 0 0 0 .182
L.Doby CF 5 0 2 0 .340 B.Gardner 2B 4 0 1 0 .143
B.Virdon LF 4 0 1 1 .316 G.Triandos C 4 0 1 0 .282
D.Crandall C 4 0 1 0 .222 J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .281
P.Reese SS 3 0 0 0 .285 F.Lary P 3 1 1 0 .160
G.McDougald 3B 3 0 0 0 .279 D-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 1 0 .306
J.Hearn P 3 0 0 0 .154
C-E.Valo PH 0 0 0 0 .361
W.Schmidt P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 36 4 10 4 Totals 34 2 8 2
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rivera In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kluszewski In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hearn In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lary In 9th Inning
Reds............ 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 0
Athletics....... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 3
Reds (63-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Hearn WIN(1-0) 7 6 2 2 2 1 1 114 4.36 A1 D2
W.Schmidt HOLD(7th) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 1.83 D3 D6
D.Bessent SAVE(31st) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.54 D7
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 2 1
Athletics (47-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Lary LOSS(10-10) 9 10 4 3 3 6 0 148 3.31 A1
Totals 9 10 4 3 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 25,465 DATE- Saturday, August 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 9 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- J.Logan-2, F.Lary
DOUBLES- T.Kluszewski(16th), D.Crandall(8th)
HOME RUNS- K.Boyer(11th)
RBIs- T.Kluszewski-3(88th), B.Virdon(44th), G.Hodges(67th), K.Boyer(44th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.McDougald
WALKS- W.Lockman, P.Reese, E.Valo, W.Moon, G.Hodges-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rivera, H.Bauer, D.Crandall, G.McDougald, J.Hearn-2, K.Boyer,
J.Delsing
GIDP- N.Fox, L.Doby-2, W.Moon
WILD PITCHES- W.Schmidt
2-out RBI- G.Hodges
RLISP 2-out- G.McDougald, K.Boyer-2, F.Lary, P.Reese, B.Gardner
TEAM RISP- Reds: 3 for 10 Athletics: 1 for 6
The Cincinnati Reds got by the Kansas City Athletics at Municipal Stadium.
The final score was 4 to 2.
Jim Hearn(1-0) gave a fine effort for Cincinnati. He went 7 innings and
surrended up 6 hits and 2 walks dropping his ERA from 4.85 to 4.36. Kansas
City had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.
Don Bessent recorded his 31st save. Frank Lary(10-10) was the loser.
'Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals' said Jim Murphy after the game.
'We lost this game today because we didn't follow the instructions every
Little Leaguer hears every day.'
SCORESHEET: 1955 Cincinnati Reds at 1955 Kansas City Athletics
N.Fox-A1 A1:G/13 B1:Si C1:Si D1:E/1 E1:G-DP/4
63>1o
J.Rivera-A1 A2:K B2:Si>13 C2:Si>12 D2:F/8 *9*:K
H.Bauer-D7
T.Klusze-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Si>3# C3:Do>2# *7*:G/63 E3:W>b1
W.Lockma-D7 13 1#
L.Doby-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:G-DP/5 C4:Si>23 D4:Si E4:G-DP/4
43>1o 63>1o
B.Virdon-A1 A5:G/43 *4*:Si C5:E/6>3# D5:P/4
12
D.Cranda-A1 A6:Do B6:L/6 C6:F/8 D6:K
P.Reese-A1 A7:E/6>23 B7:P/2 C7:F/8 *8*:W>b1
G.McDoug-A1 A8:K B8:F/7 *6*:G/63 D8:Sac/54
>12
J.Hearn-A1 *3*:G/31 *5*:K C9:K D9:W>b1
E.Valo-D9
W.Schmid-E2+
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/43 B1:W>12 b *5*:P/3 D1:Si E1:G-DP/4
1 63>1o
J.Piersa-A1 A2:F/9 B2:Si>23 C2:FO/5 D2:G/53
12
G.Hodges-A1 A3:G/63 B3:W>3# 2 C3:L/6 *8*:W>b1
3 12 b1
K.Boyer-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:K *6*:HR>b# D4:Force/
64>1o b1
J.Delsin-A1 A5:G/43 *4*:G/43 C5:G/63 D5:WP>12
K
B.Gardne-A1 A6:G/31 B6:Si C6:G/43 D6:L/4
G.Triand-A1 *3*:L/6 B7:Force/ C7:G/43 *9*:Si
14>1o b1
J.Logan-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Si>12 *7*:P/6 D8:Force/
54>1o b1
F.Lary-A1 A9:Si B9:G/63 C9:F/7 D9:Si>13
C.Maxwel-D9