Saturday, August 11, 2007
Hank Bauer went 3-4 with a homer leading the Yankees to a 5-2 win over the Athletics and a sweep of the doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 New York Yankees 7/31/1955
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
V.Power 1B 3 0 2 0 .282 H.Bauer RF 4 2 3 1 .284
H.Lopez 3B 3 0 0 0 .285 J.Collins 1B 4 0 1 0 .238
B.Renna RF 4 0 0 0 .229 M.Mantle CF 2 1 1 2 .313
H.Simpson CF 4 0 0 0 .261 E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .350
B.Wilson LF 3 1 1 1 .198 I.Noren LF 4 1 2 1 .226
J.Finigan 2B 3 0 0 0 .274 G.McDougald 2B 4 1 1 0 .255
J.Demaestri SS 4 0 0 0 .223 A.Carey 3B 3 0 1 0 .287
J.Astroth C 2 0 0 0 .250 J.Coleman SS 3 0 1 0 .267
A-G.Zernial PH 0 0 0 0 .230 B.Wiesler P 3 0 1 1 .100
C-B.Shantz C 1 0 0 0 .250 T.Byrne P 1 0 0 0 .067
A.Ditmar P 1 1 0 0 .133
B-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .374
R.Herbert P 0 0 0 0 .174
D-E.Slaughter PH 1 0 0 0 .292
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Totals 30 2 3 1 Totals 32 5 11 5
A-Pinch Hit For Astroth In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ditmar In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Zernial In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0
Yankees......... 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 - 5 11 1
Athletics (36-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Ditmar LOSS(4-9) 6 7 4 4 3 3 3 5.56
R.Herbert 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.81
Totals 8 11 5 5 3 3 3
Yankees (67-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Wiesler WIN(5-0) 7 3 2 2 6 5 1 4.20
T.Byrne SAVE(2nd) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.61
Totals 9 3 2 2 6 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 37,293 DATE- Sunday, July 31st 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 1
ERRORS- J.Collins
DOUBLES- B.Wiesler
TRIPLES- A.Carey(10th)
HOME RUNS- B.Wilson(14th), H.Bauer(16th), M.Mantle(33rd), I.Noren(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Coleman
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle
WALKS- V.Power, H.Lopez, B.Wilson, J.Finigan, G.Zernial, A.Ditmar, M.Mantle,
A.Carey, J.Coleman
STRIKE OUTS- H.Lopez, B.Renna, H.Simpson, J.Astroth, A.Ditmar, E.Slaughter,
M.Mantle, G.McDougald, A.Carey
GIDP- H.Lopez
WILD PITCHES- B.Wiesler
At Yankee Stadium the phenomenal New York Yankees outscored the Kansas City
Athletics 5 to 2.
Bob Wiesler(5-0) had a solid outing for New York. He allowed 3 hits and 6
walks in 7 innings lowering his ERA from 4.54 to 4.20. Tommy Byrne was
perfect in relief and gained credit for his 2nd save.
Art Ditmar(4-9) was tagged with the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in his 6
innings.