Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Billy Shantz doubled in the go ahead run and Kansas City hung on for a 4-3 win over New York and a split of the doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Yankees At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 7/24/1955
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Carey 3B 5 0 2 0 .285 V.Power 1B 4 1 2 0 .276
J.Collins RF 4 0 0 0 .229 E.Slaughter RF 4 0 0 0 .320
M.Mantle CF 2 1 0 0 .317 E.Valo LF 4 1 1 0 .382
Y.Berra C 3 0 1 0 .241 H.Simpson CF 3 1 1 1 .265
B.Skowron 1B 4 1 1 1 .317 J.Finigan 2B 4 0 1 1 .266
I.Noren LF 1 0 0 0 .225 H.Lopez 3B 4 1 1 0 .295
E-H.Bauer PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .276 J.Demaestri SS 4 0 2 0 .234
G.McDougald 2B 2 0 0 0 .254 B.Shantz C 4 0 1 1 .252
B.Hunter SS 1 0 0 1 .233 A.Portocarrero P 2 0 1 0 .211
A-E.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .201 C-G.Zernial PH 1 0 0 0 .231
B-P.Rizzuto SS 0 0 0 0 .182 B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .250
F-E.Howard PH 1 1 1 1 .347 T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Kucks P 2 0 0 0 .121
D-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .327
T.Morgan P 0 0 0 0 .375
G-J.Coleman PH 1 0 0 0 .241
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Totals 28 3 5 3 Totals 34 4 10 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Robinson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Portocarrero In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Kucks In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Noren In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rizzuto In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Morgan In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 1
Athletics....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 10 0
Yankees (63-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kucks LOSS(7-4) 6 8 3 2 1 1 0 3.59
T.Morgan 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.61
Totals 8 10 4 3 1 1 0
Athletics (33-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Portocarre WIN(6-2) 6 4 2 2 6 2 0 4.13
B.Harrington HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.65
T.Gorman SAVE(9th) 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3.28
Totals 9 5 3 3 8 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 30,368 DATE- Sunday, July 24th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- J.Collins
DOUBLES- A.Carey(9th), V.Power(23rd), H.Lopez(7th), B.Shantz(5th)
HOME RUNS- E.Howard(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hunter
WALKS- J.Collins, M.Mantle-2, Y.Berra, I.Noren-2, G.McDougald-2, H.Simpson
HIT BY PITCH- I.Noren
STRIKE OUTS- A.Carey, J.Collins, G.McDougald, J.Kucks, H.Lopez
GIDP- J.Collins, Y.Berra, B.Skowron
WILD PITCHES- J.Kucks, A.Portocarrero
30,368 fans were treated to a fine game at Municipal Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Kansas City Athletics won by the
slimmest of margins, 4 to 3.
In the 6th inning Kansas City went on top for good scoring one runner
utilizing 2 base hits. After an out was recorded, Hector Lopez doubled.
After another out, Johnny Kucks came to the plate and unleashed a wild pitch.
Billy Shantz then doubled scoring the run. New York threatened in the 9th
but Kansas City was able to put down the rally.
Arnie Portocarrero(6-2) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. Tom
Gorman was credited with his 9th save. Kucks(7-4) suffered the loss.
