Friday, July 27, 2007
Gus Zernial hit a 3 run homer in the 10th, after tying the game with a pinch homer in the 8th, as the Athletics rally past the Yankees 9-6.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 New York Yankees 7/30/1955
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
V.Power 1B 5 1 1 0 .277 I.Noren LF 4 1 1 0 .217
E.Slaughter RF 2 0 0 0 .301 G.McDougald 2B 5 0 0 0 .251
C-B.Wilson PH 1 1 0 0 .197 M.Mantle CF 3 1 1 2 .313
E-J.Littrell SS 2 0 0 0 .182 Y.Berra C 3 1 0 0 .243
E.Valo LF,RF 5 1 3 1 .384 B.Skowron 1B 5 2 2 2 .309
H.Simpson CF 4 0 0 0 .266 J.Collins RF 5 1 2 2 .242
J.Finigan 2B 4 2 2 1 .279 A.Carey 3B 4 0 0 0 .285
H.Lopez 3B 5 2 2 3 .288 J.Coleman SS 3 0 1 0 .262
J.Demaestri SS 3 0 0 0 .227 F-H.Bauer PH 1 0 0 0 .276
D-G.Zernial PH,LF 2 2 2 4 .231 G-P.Rizzuto SS 0 0 0 0 .182
J.Astroth C 5 0 2 0 .256 J.Kucks P 2 0 0 0 .114
A.Portocarrero P 2 0 0 0 .190 A-E.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .194
B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .200 T.Sturdivant P 0 0 0 0 .100
B-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .235 T.Byrne P 1 0 0 0 .069
T.Gorman P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 42 9 12 9 Totals 37 6 7 6
A-Pinch Hit For Kucks In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Harrington In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Slaughter In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Demaestri In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Wilson In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Bauer In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 - 9 12 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 7 3
Athletics (36-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Portocarre 4 2/3 6 4 4 4 2 2 4.37
B.Harrington 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.70
T.Gorman WIN(4-3) 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 3.42
Totals 10 7 6 6 5 4 3
Yankees (65-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kucks 6 3 2 2 2 5 0 3.60
T.Sturdivant HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.67
T.Byrne LOSS(5-6) BS(1st) 3 8 7 3 1 4 3 3.70
Totals 10 12 9 5 3 11 3
ATTENDANCE- 24,356 DATE- Saturday, July 30th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:22
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- B.Skowron, A.Carey-2
DOUBLES- I.Noren(13th)
HOME RUNS- H.Lopez(11th), G.Zernial-2(16th), M.Mantle(32nd), B.Skowron(8th),
J.Collins(12th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Slaughter, T.Gorman
WALKS- V.Power, H.Simpson, J.Finigan, I.Noren, M.Mantle-2, Y.Berra-2
STRIKE OUTS- V.Power, H.Simpson-2, J.Finigan, J.Demaestri, J.Astroth-2,
A.Portocarrero-2, B.Renna, T.Gorman, B.Skowron-2, J.Collins,
J.Kucks
WILD PITCHES- T.Byrne
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Vic Power robbed Jerry Coleman of a base hit.
Gus Zernial ripped 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Yankee Stadium as the Kansas
City Athletics beat the New York Yankees in 10 innings 9 to 6.
The score was knotted at 6 after nine innings. Kansas City won the hard
fought contest in the 10th inning. Jim Finigan led off and started the rally
when he ripped a base-knock. Hector Lopez next to the plate and he laced a
single. Zernial then lofted a three-run 'big-fly' (his 16th of the season).
Kansas City ended up with 12 hits for the game while New York had 7.
The win went to Tom Gorman(4-3) who allowed 2 runs in 4 innings. Tommy
Byrne(5-6) was the loser in relief. He served up 3 homeruns in his 3
innings.
