Thursday, May 24, 2007
Gus Zernial hits for the Cycle, including a walk off double, as Kansas City outlasts Boston 4-3.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Boston Red Sox At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 7/20/1955
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
B.Goodman 2B 3 1 0 0 .292 V.Power 1B 5 0 0 0 .284
B.Klaus SS 4 1 0 0 .293 E.Slaughter RF 5 1 1 0 .343
T.Williams LF 3 0 2 1 .328 G.Zernial LF 5 2 4 2 .232
B-G.Stephens LF 1 0 0 0 .300 H.Simpson CF 4 0 0 1 .275
J.Jensen RF 5 0 1 0 .271 J.Finigan 2B 4 1 1 1 .267
N.Zauchin 1B 3 1 0 1 .260 H.Lopez 3B 4 0 0 0 .294
S.White C 4 0 0 0 .259 B.Shantz C 4 0 3 0 .252
G.Hatton 3B 3 0 2 0 .223 D-D.Plarski PR 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Piersall CF 4 0 0 0 .244 F-J.Astroth C 0 0 0 0 .262
G.Susce P 2 0 1 1 .353 J.Demaestri SS 3 0 2 0 .235
T.Hurd P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Portocarrero P 1 0 0 0 .176
C-E.Joost PH 1 0 0 0 .203 A-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .382
E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Ceccarelli P 1 0 0 0 .125
T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .000
E-B.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .210
C.Boyer P 0 0 0 0 .087
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Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 38 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Portocarrero In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Williams In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hurd In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Shantz In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Plarski In 10th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 11 1
Red Sox (48-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Susce 6 2/3 6 3 3 0 2 2 3.68
T.Hurd 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.53
E.Kinder LOSS(2-3) 2 1/3 5 1 1 0 1 0 2.70
Totals 9 1/3 11 4 4 1 3 2
Athletics (32-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Portocarre 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 4.25
A.Ceccarelli 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.66
T.Gorman 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.30
C.Boyer WIN(5-3) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.77
Totals 10 6 3 3 8 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 25,716 DATE- Wednesday, July 20th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Berry, Eddie Hurley, Frank Umont, Bill Grieve
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- A.Portocarrero
DOUBLES- T.Williams(10th), G.Hatton(7th), G.Zernial(3rd)
TRIPLES- G.Zernial(6th)
HOME RUNS- G.Zernial(13th), J.Finigan(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Demaestri
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Klaus, G.Susce
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Zauchin
WALKS- B.Goodman-2, T.Williams, N.Zauchin, S.White, G.Hatton-2, J.Piersall,
J.Demaestri
STRIKE OUTS- J.Jensen, N.Zauchin, G.Susce, V.Power, E.Slaughter, J.Finigan
GIDP- J.Piersall
WILD PITCHES- T.Hurd
Gus Zernial hit for the cycle and had 2 RBI at Municipal Stadium as the Kansas
City Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox in 10 innings 4 to 3.
Both teams were tied at 3 runs apiece after nine innings. Kansas City won it
in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Enos Slaughter stroked a
base-hit. Zernial came to the plate and doubled making Kansas City the
victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Boston was out-hit by
Kansas City, 11 hits to 6.
Cloyd Boyer(5-3) allowed no runs in 1 inning, and picked up the victory. Ellis
Kinder(2-3) was the loser in relief. He allowed 5 hits and no walks in 2 and
1/3 innings.