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Light hitting catcher Joe Astroth hits a three run homer and Kansas City holds off Cleveland 6-4.



Strat-O-Matic Report






 
 
 
 
BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Cleveland Indians      6/28/1955

Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Demaestri SS 6 0 1 0 .246 G.Woodling LF 4 2 2 0 .293
E.Slaughter RF 5 1 3 0 .380 B.Avila 2B 3 0 1 1 .281
G.Zernial LF 5 0 2 0 .220 A.Smith RF 3 0 1 1 .314
F-B.Renna LF 0 0 0 0 .250 A.Rosen 3B,1B 3 0 0 1 .266
H.Simpson CF 4 1 1 0 .269 L.Doby CF 4 0 1 0 .308
V.Power 1B 5 1 1 0 .298 J.Altobelli 1B 4 0 0 0 .111
J.Finigan 3B 4 1 1 2 .282 R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .600
H.Lopez 2B 5 1 1 0 .301 G.Strickland SS 2 0 0 0 .225
J.Astroth C 4 1 2 3 .245 A-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 .207
A.Ditmar P 3 0 2 0 .150 B-S.Dente SS 1 0 1 0 .291
B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Hegan C 3 0 0 0 .205
E-E.Valo PH 1 0 1 1 .391 G-R.Kiner PH 1 0 0 0 .176
T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Garcia P 2 1 1 0 .184
C-H.Naragon PH 1 0 1 0 .366
D-B.Young PR,3B 1 1 0 0 .280
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 6 15 6 Totals 33 4 8 3

A-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Naragon In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Harrington In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zernial In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning

Athletics....... 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 1
Indians......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 2

Athletics (23-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Ditmar WIN(3-4) 7 7 4 3 2 6 0 5.34
B.Harrington HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.86
T.Gorman SAVE(7th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.40
Totals 9 8 4 3 2 6 0

Indians (44-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia LOSS(7-7) 8 13 5 3 1 3 1 3.02
R.Narleski 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.18
Totals 9 15 6 4 2 4 1

ATTENDANCE- 20,664 DATE- Tuesday, June 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Ed Runge, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:13 Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Indians: 0
ERRORS- H.Lopez, B.Avila, G.Strickland
DOUBLES- E.Slaughter(7th), J.Finigan(13th), G.Woodling(11th)
HOME RUNS- J.Astroth(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Ditmar
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Rosen
WALKS- J.Finigan, J.Astroth, B.Avila, A.Smith
HIT BY PITCH- H.Simpson
STRIKE OUTS- H.Simpson, V.Power, H.Lopez-2, A.Smith, A.Rosen, J.Altobelli,
J.Hegan-2, M.Garcia
GIDP- A.Rosen, B.Young
WILD PITCHES- A.Ditmar

Joe Astroth cracked a homer and had 3 RBI as the Kansas City Athletics
defeated the Cleveland Indians 6 to 4 at Municipal Stadium.

Kansas City came up with 3 runs in the top of the 5th inning when they had 3
base hits. The highlight belonged to Astroth who quieted the home crowd when
he clubbed a three-run home run (his 3rd of the season). Kansas City ended
up with 15 hits for the game while Cleveland had 8.

The win went to Art Ditmar(3-4) who allowed 4 runs in 7 innings. Ditmar was
helped out by Tom Gorman who recorded his 7th save. Mike Garcia(7-7) was
given the loss.







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