Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Joe Astroth homered and drove in 2 runs as Kansas City nosed out Washington 2-1.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/23/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
E.Yost 3B 4 0 1 0 .249 V.Power 1B 4 0 1 0 .281
J.Snyder 2B 3 0 0 0 .149 H.Lopez 3B 4 0 1 0 .294
M.Vernon 1B 3 0 0 0 .329 G.Zernial LF 4 0 0 0 .229
R.Sievers LF 2 1 0 0 .254 E-E.Valo LF 0 0 0 0 .366
D-P.Runnels SS 0 0 0 0 .298 H.Simpson CF 4 0 0 0 .260
C.Paula RF 4 0 1 0 .316 B.Renna RF 3 0 0 0 .218
E.Fitz Gerald C 3 0 1 1 .265 C.Boyer 2B 3 1 2 0 .405
T.Umphlett CF 4 0 1 0 .199 J.Demaestri SS 3 0 1 0 .236
J.Valdivielso SS 2 0 0 0 .196 J.Astroth C 2 1 1 2 .237
C-E.Oravetz PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .256 A-E.Slaughter PH 0 0 0 0 .288
D.Stone P 3 0 1 0 .094 B-B.Shantz C 0 0 0 0 .261
A.Kellner P 2 0 0 0 .103
T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .091
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Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 29 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Astroth In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Slaughter In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Valdivielso In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Sievers In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zernial In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Nationals (46-73) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Stone LOSS(11-7) 8 6 2 2 1 5 1 4.02
Totals 8 6 2 2 1 5 1
Athletics (42-82) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Kellner WIN(6-11) 7 1/3 4 1 1 2 4 0 3.55
T.Gorman SAVE(10th) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.21
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 24,807 DATE- Tuesday, August 23rd 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens, Larry Napp
T- 2:05
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Athletics: 0
DOUBLES- T.Umphlett(8th), J.Demaestri(15th)
HOME RUNS- J.Astroth(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Snyder, E.Fitz Gerald, A.Kellner
WALKS- M.Vernon, R.Sievers-2, E.Slaughter
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, M.Vernon, J.Valdivielso, D.Stone, G.Zernial-2, H.Simpson,
C.Boyer, A.Kellner
Alex Kellner(6-11) and Dean Stone(11-7) locked horns in a pitcher's duel with
Kellner and the Kansas City Athletics coming out on top of the lifeless
Washington Nationals 2 to 1.
Kellner pitched a solid game. He went 7 and 1/3 innings surrendering 4 hits
and 2 walks. Washington threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.
Tom Gorman earned his 10th save.