BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers        9/2/1955

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Moon LF           4  1  1  1 .295     B.Bruton CF         3  1  2  0 .271  
  P.Runnels 2B        4  0  0  0 .292     J.Jensen RF         3  2  1  1 .259  
  M.Mantle RF         3  0  1  0 .271     G.Zernial LF        4  1  2  3 .193  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  0  0  0 .275     H.Killebrew 3B      4  0  1  0 .111  
  K.Boyer 3B          3  0  0  0 .261     N.Zauchin 1B        4  0  1  1 .254  
  J.Piersall CF       3  0  0  0 .284     S.Lollar C          3  1  1  1 .263  
  G.Triandos C        3  0  0  0 .278     A.Grammas SS        3  0  0  0 .160  
  J.Logan SS          3  0  0  0 .271     D.O'Connell 2B      3  1  2  0 .159  
  L.Burdette P        2  0  0  0 .255     B.Grim P            2  0  0  0 .000  
A-B.Cerv PH           1  0  0  0 .408   B-D.Fondy PH          1  0  0  0 .254  
  L.Jackson P         0  0  0  0 .036     S.Jones P           0  0  0  0 .136  
  T.Brewer P          0  0  0  0 .107                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  2  1                 Totals      30  6 10  6

A-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grim In 8th Inning

Athletics....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  2  0
Dodgers......... 1 0 0  0 1 1  0 3    -  6 10  1

Athletics (60-78)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Burdette LOSS(6-12)     7       7   3   3   1   3   3  80   5.77  A1 C7
L.Jackson                 0 2/3   3   3   3   2   2   0  33   6.25  C8 D5
T.Brewer                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.31  D6
Totals                    8      10   6   6   3   6   3

Dodgers (60-75)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Grim WIN(1-0)           8       2   1   1   1   5   1 107   3.77  A1 D1
S.Jones                   1       0   0   0   0   2   0  10   4.21  D2
Totals                    9       2   1   1   1   7   1

ATTENDANCE- 2,262 DATE- Thursday, September 2nd 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 1:49
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3  Dodgers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 4  Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- A.Grammas
DOUBLES- B.Bruton(16th), N.Zauchin(2nd)
HOME RUNS- W.Moon(25th), J.Jensen(22nd), G.Zernial(6th), S.Lollar(13th)
RBIs- W.Moon(80th), J.Jensen(70th), G.Zernial-3(15th), N.Zauchin(29th),
      S.Lollar(41st)
WALKS- M.Mantle, B.Bruton, J.Jensen, S.Lollar
STRIKE OUTS- P.Runnels, M.Mantle, G.Hodges-4, K.Boyer, G.Zernial, H.Killebrew-2,
             S.Lollar, A.Grammas, D.Fondy
GIDP- J.Jensen, N.Zauchin, B.Grim
2-out RBI- G.Zernial, N.Zauchin
RLISP 2-out- J.Jensen, S.Lollar-2
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 0 for 0  Dodgers: 2 for 5
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Danny O'Connell robbed Jimmy Piersall of a base hit.

Bob Grim went 8 strong innings and Gus Zernial went yard and had 3 RBI as the
Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 6 to 1 at
Ebbets Field.

In the bottom of the 5th inning Brooklyn went on top for good plating an
isolated run.  Brooklyn finished with 10 hits while Kansas City ended up with
2.  

Grim(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Lew
Burdette(6-12) was charged with the loss.  He surrended 3 homeruns in his 7
innings.  


SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
W.Moon-A1    A1:HR>b#   B1:F/7     *6*:F/8    D1:G/3
                                              
                                              
P.Runnel-A1  A2:P/2     B2:K       C2:F/9     *9*:G/31
                                              
                                              
M.Mantle-A1  A3:W>b1    *4*:Si     C3:G/43    D3:K
                                              
                                              
G.Hodges-A1  A4:K       B4:K       *7*:K      D4:K
                                              
                                              
K.Boyer-A1   A5:K       B5:Force/  C5:E/6
                        14>1o b1   
                                   
J.Piersa-A1  *2*:F/8    B6:G/43    C6:FO/5
                                   
                                   
G.Triand-A1  A7:G/43    *5*:G/53   C7:G/63
                                   
                                   
J.Logan-A1   A8:G/63    B8:F/8     *8*:F/9
                                   
                                   
L.Burdet-A1  *3*:F/8    B9:F/8     C9:G/43
B.Cerv-C9                          
L.Jackso-D2+                       

B.Bruton-A1  A1:G/43    B1:Do      *6*:Si     D1:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
J.Jensen-A1  A2:HR>b#   B2:F/9     C2:G-DP/6  D2:W>23 1
                                   43>1o      2 b1
                                              
G.Zernia-A1  A3:G/53    *4*:K      C3:HR>b#   D3:Si>3#
                                              2# 13
                                              
H.Killeb-A1  A4:G/53    B4:Si      C4:K       D4:K
                                              
                                              
N.Zauchi-A1  *2*:G/53   B5:G-DP/6  *7*:F/8    D5:Do>3#
                        43>1o                 13
                                              
S.Lollar-A1  A6:W>b1    *5*:HR>b#  C6:G/63    D6:K
                                              
                                              
A.Gramma-A1  A7:F-DP/8  B7:F/7     C7:K
             3>1o                  
                                   
D.O'Conn-A1  *3*:Si     B8:F/7     *8*:Si
                                   
                                   
B.Grim-A1    A9:G-DP/6  B9:F/9     C9:K
D.Fondy-C9   43>1o                 
S.Jones-D7