Thursday, October 18, 2007
Hal Naragon tripled and homered leading Cleveland to a 5-3 win over Kansas City and a sweep of the doubleheader.
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 0 0 .296 V.Power 1B 4 0 1 0 .280
B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .263 H.Lopez 3B 4 0 1 0 .291
V.Wertz 1B 3 1 1 1 .213 G.Zernial LF 4 0 0 0 .232
A-R.Kiner PH 1 0 0 0 .167 B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .125
B-F.Fain 1B 0 0 0 0 .253 H.Simpson CF 4 1 2 0 .265
A.Rosen 3B 4 0 2 1 .236 B.Renna RF,LF 4 1 2 1 .220
L.Doby CF 4 0 0 0 .282 J.Finigan 2B 3 0 0 0 .268
G.Woodling LF 2 1 1 0 .283 J.Demaestri SS 3 1 1 2 .230
H.Naragon C 4 2 2 2 .313 B.Shantz C 3 0 0 0 .251
G.Strickland SS 3 0 1 1 .202 A.Ditmar P 2 0 1 0 .143
A.Houtteman P 3 0 0 0 .071 C-E.Slaughter PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .287
D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .125
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Totals 32 5 8 5 Totals 32 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kiner In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ditmar In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Indians (66-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Houtteman WIN(4-8) 7 2/3 8 3 3 1 4 1 3.75
D.Mossi SAVE(6th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.54
Totals 9 8 3 3 1 7 1
Athletics (38-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Ditmar LOSS(4-11) 8 8 5 5 3 6 2 5.62
B.Harrington 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.37
Totals 9 8 5 5 4 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 17,394 DATE- Friday, August 12th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Athletics: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- A.Rosen(11th), G.Woodling(14th)
TRIPLES- H.Naragon(1st), H.Simpson(3rd)
HOME RUNS- V.Wertz(11th), H.Naragon(3rd), J.Demaestri(7th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Naragon(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Simpson, B.Renna
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Avila, D.Mossi
WALKS- A.Smith, G.Woodling-2, G.Strickland, J.Finigan
STRIKE OUTS- A.Smith, B.Avila-2, A.Rosen-2, L.Doby, A.Houtteman, H.Lopez-2,
G.Zernial-3, B.Renna, J.Finigan
GIDP- H.Naragon, B.Shantz
WILD PITCHES- A.Ditmar
Catcher Hal Naragon touched them all and had 2 RBI at Municipal Stadium as the
Cleveland Indians beat the struggling Kansas City Athletics 5 to
3.
Cleveland took the lead for good in the 2nd inning plating an isolated run
using 2 hits. Don Mossi pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 6th save.
Art Houtteman(4-8) picked up the victory, allowing 3 runs in 7 and 2/3
innings. Art Ditmar(4-11) ended up with the loss. He allowed 5 runs and 8
hits in 8 innings.