Thursday, October 25, 2007
Bobby Shantz pitched a 4 hitter striking out 8 as the Athletics down the Indians 6-2 ending their 9 game losing streak.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/14/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Smith RF 4 1 0 0 .291 V.Power 1B 5 0 1 0 .277
B.Avila 2B 2 0 0 0 .264 E.Slaughter RF 4 0 1 0 .290
A.Rosen 3B 3 0 1 2 .239 E.Valo LF 4 0 1 0 .364
R.Kiner LF 4 0 0 0 .173 H.Simpson CF 4 1 0 0 .260
V.Wertz 1B 4 0 0 0 .215 H.Lopez 3B 3 2 1 0 .293
L.Doby CF 4 0 0 0 .278 J.Finigan 2B 4 0 1 2 .268
G.Strickland SS 3 0 1 0 .201 J.Demaestri SS 4 2 2 1 .231
J.Hegan C 4 1 1 0 .195 B.Shantz C 4 1 1 1 .251
M.Garcia P 1 0 1 0 .190 B.Shantz P 4 0 3 1 .161
A-F.Fain PH 1 0 0 0 .251
J.Santiago P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-H.Evers PH 1 0 0 0 .219
R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .538
C-G.Woodling PH 0 0 0 0 .282
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Totals 31 2 4 2 Totals 36 6 11 5
A-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Santiago In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Narleski In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 2
Athletics....... 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 6 11 1
Indians (67-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia LOSS(9-10) 4 7 3 3 0 3 1 3.22
J.Santiago 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.74
R.Narleski 2 4 3 2 2 3 0 2.29
Totals 8 11 6 5 2 7 1
Athletics (39-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Shantz WIN(3-12) 9 4 2 2 6 8 0 4.23
Totals 9 4 2 2 6 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,721 DATE- Sunday, August 14th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- A.Rosen, V.Wertz, J.Finigan
DOUBLES- E.Slaughter(10th)
TRIPLES- J.Finigan(6th)
HOME RUNS- J.Demaestri(8th)
WALKS- A.Smith, B.Avila-2, A.Rosen, G.Strickland, G.Woodling, E.Slaughter,
H.Lopez
STRIKE OUTS- A.Smith, R.Kiner, V.Wertz-2, L.Doby-2, J.Hegan-2, V.Power-2,
E.Slaughter, E.Valo, H.Simpson-2, J.Demaestri
Bobby Shantz went the distance at Municipal Stadium as the Kansas City
Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 6 to 2.
Shantz(3-12) had a strong outing. He allowed just 4 hits and 6 walks in 9
innings. Kansas City had 11 hits for the afternoon. Mike Garcia(9-10)
suffered the loss.