Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Harry "Suitcase" Simpson has 3 hits and 2 RBI as Kansas City dumps Washington 6-3 in the 1st of two games.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Washington Nationals 7/26/1955
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
V.Power 1B 5 1 2 0 .278 E.Yost 3B 2 2 0 0 .251
E.Slaughter RF 4 1 0 0 .312 E.Oravetz RF 3 0 0 0 .252
E.Valo LF 4 1 1 2 .379 M.Vernon 1B 3 1 2 1 .343
H.Simpson CF 5 2 3 2 .273 C.Courtney C 3 0 0 1 .384
J.Finigan 2B 4 0 3 2 .271 R.Sievers LF 4 0 1 1 .242
H.Lopez 3B 4 0 1 0 .295 P.Runnels 2B 4 0 1 0 .290
J.Demaestri SS 4 0 0 0 .232 T.Umphlett CF 3 0 0 0 .206
B.Shantz C 4 0 1 0 .252 J.Valdivielso SS 2 0 0 0 .181
C.Boyer P 2 1 0 0 .080 B.Porterfield P 1 0 0 0 .147
B.Chakales P 0 0 0 0 .333
A-C.Paula PH 1 0 0 0 .305
C.Stobbs P 0 0 0 0 .158
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Totals 36 6 11 6 Totals 26 3 4 3
A-Pinch Hit For Chakales In 8th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 3
Nationals....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 4 1
Athletics (34-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Boyer WIN(6-3) 9 4 3 2 6 0 0 3.58
Totals 9 4 3 2 6 0 0
Nationals (38-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Porterfiel LOSS(5-10) 6 2/3 9 6 5 3 1 0 4.50
B.Chakales 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.03
C.Stobbs 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.29
Totals 9 11 6 5 3 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 4,853 DATE- Tuesday, July 26th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Nationals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 5 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- E.Valo, J.Finigan, B.Shantz, R.Sievers
DOUBLES- H.Simpson(7th), J.Finigan(15th), R.Sievers(11th)
TRIPLES- E.Valo(6th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Yost(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Boyer
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Vernon, C.Courtney
WALKS- E.Slaughter, E.Valo, C.Boyer, E.Yost-2, E.Oravetz, T.Umphlett,
J.Valdivielso, B.Porterfield
STRIKE OUTS- E.Slaughter, H.Lopez, C.Boyer
GIDP- E.Yost, R.Sievers-2, J.Valdivielso, B.Porterfield
WILD PITCHES- C.Boyer
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Clint Courtney blocked the plate, saving a run!
Cloyd Boyer completed the game without help from the bullpen at Griffith
Stadium where the Kansas City Athletics beat the Washington Nationals by the
score of 6 to 3.
Boyer(6-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for Kansas City. He went 9
innings allowing 4 hits and 6 walks. Kansas City totaled 11 on the
afternoon.
Bob Porterfield(5-10) was charged with the loss. He was hit hard and gave up
9 hits and 3 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.