1955 Strat replay

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BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Yankees At 1955 Kansas City Athletics       8/31/1955

 

  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG

  H.Bauer RF          4  1  1  1 .298     V.Power 1B          5  0  2  0 .279  

  G.McDougald 2B      3  1  1  0 .247     H.Lopez 3B          4  2  1  1 .291  

  Y.Berra C           5  1  2  0 .245     G.Zernial LF        3  2  2  2 .229  

  M.Mantle CF         3  0  0  1 .315   A-E.Slaughter RF      0  0  0  0 .298  

  J.Collins 1B        4  0  0  0 .254     H.Simpson CF        3  1  0  0 .269  

  I.Noren LF          3  1  0  0 .223     B.Renna RF,LF       2  1  1  4 .231  

  A.Carey 3B          4  2  3  2 .287     J.Finigan 2B        4  0  0  0 .265  

  T.Byrne P           3  0  1  1 .082     C.Boyer SS          3  0  1  0 .378  

  B.Turley P          0  0  0  0 .123     B.Shantz C          3  0  0  0 .263  

  J.Coleman SS        4  0  3  1 .253   C-J.Littrell PR       0  1  0  0 .180  

                                          A.Portocarrero P    1  0  0  0 .207  

                                          A.Ditmar P          1  0  0  0 .125  

                                          T.Gorman P          0  0  0  0 .083  

                                        B-E.Valo PH           1  0  0  0 .371  

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      33  6 11  6                 Totals      30  7  7  7

 

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Zernial In 9th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 9th Inning

C-Pinch Ran For Shantz In 9th Inning

 

Yankees......... 0 1 0  1 3 0  0 0 1  -  6 11  1

Athletics....... 2 0 0  0 0 4  0 0 1  -  7  7  0

 

Yankees (82-49)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

T.Byrne                   7       5   6   6   5   2   2   3.43

B.Turley LOSS(13-12)      1 1/3   2   1   1   2   1   0   3.13

Totals                    8 1/3   7   7   7   7   3   2

 

Athletics (45-85)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

A.Portocarre              4 2/3   9   5   5   3   1   0   4.56

A.Ditmar                  3 1/3   1   0   0   0   3   0   5.45

T.Gorman WIN(6-6) BS(6th) 1       1   1   1   0   0   1   3.51

Totals                    9      11   6   6   3   4   1

 

ATTENDANCE- 26,194 DATE- Wednesday, August 31st 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good

T- 2:52

LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 7  Athletics: 5

DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2  Athletics: 1

ERRORS- A.Carey

DOUBLES- Y.Berra(19th), A.Carey-2(16th), J.Coleman-2(8th), V.Power(33rd),

         G.Zernial(7th)

HOME RUNS- H.Bauer(23rd), G.Zernial(20th), B.Renna(11th)

SACRIFICE HITS- G.McDougald, T.Byrne, A.Ditmar

SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle

WALKS- H.Bauer, M.Mantle, I.Noren, H.Lopez, G.Zernial, H.Simpson, B.Renna-2,

       C.Boyer, B.Shantz

HIT BY PITCH- G.McDougald

STRIKE OUTS- H.Bauer, M.Mantle, I.Noren, T.Byrne, J.Finigan-2, A.Portocarrero

GIDP- J.Collins, C.Boyer, B.Shantz

BALKS- A.Portocarrero

WILD PITCHES- A.Ditmar

 

Gus Zernial jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI as the Kansas City

Athletics pulled out a win over the New York Yankees by a score of 7 to 6 at

Municipal Stadium.

 

The game was won by Kansas City with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning.

Billy Shantz drew a walk.  After an out was recorded, Vic Power stepped in

and he doubled.  Hector Lopez then laced a base-hit making Kansas City the

winners and sending the 26,194 fans home happy.  Despite losing, New York

out-hit Kansas City 11 to 7.  

 

Tom Gorman(6-6) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 1 inning. Bob

Turley(13-12) took the loss in relief.  He gave up 2 hits and 2 walks in 1

and 1/3 innings.  

 

The Kansas City ballclub's record now stands at 45-85. New York has a record

of 82-49 after the loss.

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