Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Al Smith had 3 hits, a double, a homer, and 5 RBI as Cleveland wins the first of a doubleheader against KC 8-2.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/12/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Smith RF 4 1 3 5 .298 V.Power 1B 5 0 1 0 .280
B.Avila 2B 5 0 1 0 .263 E.Slaughter RF 5 0 3 1 .289
V.Wertz 1B 4 0 2 0 .212 E.Valo LF 3 0 0 0 .367
A.Rosen 3B 2 0 0 0 .233 H.Simpson CF 3 0 1 0 .262
R.Kiner LF 4 0 0 0 .167 H.Lopez 3B 4 0 1 0 .291
D-H.Naragon C 0 0 0 0 .303 J.Finigan 2B 4 1 2 0 .270
L.Doby CF 5 1 0 0 .285 J.Demaestri SS 4 0 1 0 .229
G.Strickland SS 3 3 0 0 .201 J.Astroth C 3 0 1 0 .230
J.Hegan C 2 1 1 1 .197 F-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .214
C-F.Fain PH 0 1 0 0 .253 G-B.Shantz C 0 0 0 0 .256
E-G.Woodling LF 1 0 0 0 .282 A.Portocarrero P 1 0 0 0 .174
B.Lemon P 3 1 1 2 .204 A-G.Zernial PH 1 1 1 0 .235
B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .125
B-B.Wilson PH 1 0 1 1 .204
C.Boyer P 0 0 0 0 .071
T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .000
H-C.Boyer PH 1 0 0 0 .423
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Totals 33 8 8 8 Totals 36 2 12 2
A-Pinch Hit For Portocarrero In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Harrington In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kiner In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fain In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Astroth In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Renna In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 - 8 8 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 12 1
Indians (65-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Lemon WIN(10-9) 9 12 2 2 2 3 0 4.28
Totals 9 12 2 2 2 3 0
Athletics (38-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Portocarre LOSS(6-3) 5 4 4 4 5 4 1 4.39
B.Harrington 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.45
C.Boyer 1 1/3 2 3 3 3 0 0 4.94
T.Gorman 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.51
Totals 9 8 8 7 9 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 14,373 DATE- Friday, August 12th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Johnny Stevens, Larry Napp, Red Flaherty, Eddie Rommel
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 9 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- E.Slaughter
DOUBLES- A.Smith(17th), B.Lemon, H.Simpson(10th), G.Zernial(5th), B.Wilson(9th)
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hegan
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Lemon
WALKS- A.Smith, V.Wertz, A.Rosen-3, R.Kiner, G.Strickland-2, F.Fain, E.Valo,
H.Simpson
STRIKE OUTS- A.Smith, A.Rosen, R.Kiner, L.Doby-2, G.Strickland, H.Simpson,
J.Demaestri, J.Astroth
GIDP- R.Kiner, J.Finigan
WILD PITCHES- B.Lemon
Bob Lemon was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete
game at Municipal Stadium where the Cleveland Indians beat the reeling Kansas
City Athletics 8 to 2.
Al Smith provided much of the offense. He lofted a three-run bomb (his 15th
of the season) in the 4th inning, doubled in the 6th inning and delivered a
base-hit scoring two baserunners in the 8th inning. Cleveland won despite
being out-hit by Kansas City 12 hits to 8.
The victory was credited to Lemon(10-9) who went the distance, allowing 2
runs. Arnie Portocarrero(6-3) was the losing pitcher.
The Cleveland ballclub's record now stands at 65-48. Not able to get much
going in recent weeks, Kansas City is 1-9 of late and now has an overall
record of 38-76.
