BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Cincinnati Reds 9/21/1955
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
W.Moon LF 4 1 2 1 .297 N.Fox 2B 5 2 2 2 .321
P.Runnels 2B 5 0 1 1 .295 J.Rivera RF 5 2 3 2 .246
M.Mantle RF 4 0 1 0 .269 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 1 1 3 .280
G.Hodges 1B 5 1 3 2 .276 J.Bunning P 1 0 0 0 .000
K.Boyer 3B 5 0 0 0 .258 D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Piersall CF 4 0 1 0 .281 L.Doby CF 4 1 2 0 .329
R.Wilson C 4 0 2 0 .152 B.Virdon LF 4 0 0 0 .289
J.Logan SS 4 1 1 0 .270 D.Crandall C 3 0 1 0 .220
L.Burdette P 0 0 0 0 .267 P.Reese SS 3 1 1 1 .288
A-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 0 0 .258 G.McDougald 3B 4 0 0 0 .291
G.Staley P 0 0 0 0 .100 B.Porterfield P 3 2 2 0 .213
C-B.Cerv PH 1 0 1 0 .417 B-W.Lockman 1B 1 0 0 0 .273
F.Lary P 0 0 0 0 .155
D-B.Martin PH 1 1 1 0 .286
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Totals 38 4 13 4 Totals 37 9 12 8
A-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Porterfield In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Staley In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lary In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 13 4
Reds............ 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 9 12 0
Athletics (59-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette LOSS(6-12) 4 8 8 6 0 2 2 80 6.04 A1 C5
G.Staley 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 6.29 C6 D3
F.Lary 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 29 2.92 D4
Totals 8 12 9 7 1 2 2
Reds (78-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Porterfiel WIN(9-5) 6 7 2 2 1 4 1 104 5.13 A1 C8
J.Bunning 2 2/3 6 2 2 3 1 0 69 5.79 C9 E6
D.Bessent SAVE(40th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.30 E7
Totals 9 13 4 4 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 8,512 DATE- Tuesday, September 21st 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:12 Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Reds: 1
ERRORS- P.Runnels-2, G.Hodges, L.Burdette
DOUBLES- W.Moon(28th), R.Wilson(5th), N.Fox(13th), J.Rivera(9th)
TRIPLES- B.Porterfield
HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(23rd), J.Rivera(8th), T.Kluszewski(41st)
RBIs- W.Moon(78th), P.Runnels(38th), G.Hodges-2(84th), N.Fox-2(55th),
J.Rivera-2(24th), T.Kluszewski-3(115st), P.Reese(49th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Burdette
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Reese
WALKS- W.Moon, M.Mantle, J.Piersall, R.Wilson, D.Crandall
STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle, G.Hodges-2, K.Boyer, R.Wilson, B.Virdon, G.McDougald
GIDP- J.Logan
WILD PITCHES- F.Lary
2-out RBI- N.Fox-2, W.Moon
RLISP 2-out- J.Rivera, P.Runnels-2, P.Reese-2, J.Logan, K.Boyer-2, G.McDougald,
J.Bunning, R.Wilson-2
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 4 for 14 Reds: 2 for 11
Jim Rivera slammed a homerun and had 2 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the
Kansas City Athletics by the score of 9 to 4 at Crosley Field.
Bob Porterfield(9-5) pitched well for Cincinnati in their victory. He went 6
innings allowing 7 hits and 1 walk. Cincinnati finished with 12 hits in the
victory.
Porterfield got help from Don Bessent who earned his 40th save. Lew
Burdette(6-12) took the loss. He gave up 8 runs in 4 innings of work.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Cincinnati Reds
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/53 B1:Do>2# C1:W>b1 D1:F/9>12 E1:Si>12
P.Runnel-A1 A2:F/7 B2:G/13 C2:P/4 D2:G/63 E2:Si>2#
13
M.Mantle-A1 A3:G/63 *4*:Si *6*:P/2 D3:W>b1 E3:K
G.Hodges-A1 *2*:K B4:K C4:HR>b# D4:Si>23 E4:Si>3#
12 12
K.Boyer-A1 A5:K B5:L/6 C5:G/63 D5:L/4 E5:F/8
J.Piersa-A1 A6:F/7 B6:F/7 C6:Si *8*:L/5 E6:W>23 1
2 b1
R.Wilson-A1 *3*:K *5*:Do C7:Si>12 D7:W>b1 E7:Force/
64>1o b1
J.Logan-A1 A8:Si B8:L/5 C8:G/53 D8:G-DP/6
43>1o
L.Burdet-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:G/3>23 *7*:Si *9*:Si
C.Maxwel-B9 >12
G.Staley-C3+
N.Fox-A1 A1:E/4 B1:Si>3# C1:E/4>3# *6*:Do E1:G/53
2#
J.Rivera-A1 A2:HR>1# B2:G/63 C2:Si+E/3 D2:F/9 E2:Do
b# >13
T.Klusze-A1 A3:G/63 *3*:E/1 C3:HR>3# D3:L-DP/4 E3:F/8
J.Bunnin-D4 2# b# >2o
D.Bessen-E4
L.Doby-A1 A4:P/2 B4:Si>13 C4:F/8 *7*:Si
B.Virdon-A1 A5:K B5:G/53>1 C5:G/63 D5:G/13>1
2 2
D.Cranda-A1 *2*:Si B6:P/6 *5*:G/63 D6:W>b1
P.Reese-A1 A7:Force/ B7:L/4 C7:Si D7:WP>23
54>1o b1 12 SF/7>3
#
G.McDoug-A1 A8:K *4*:G/53 C8:F/9 D8:F/7
B.Porter-A1 A9:Si>13 B9:Tr C9:F/9 *8*:P/3
W.Lockma-D4