5/20/1955, WAB55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium
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1955 Six 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 0 8 0
1955 Lightning 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 6 1 3 1
Six AB R H BI AVG Lightning AB R H BI AVG
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0 .326 Schoendienst 2b 4 2 2 1 .274
Crowe 1b 5 0 0 1 .206 Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0 .262
Mueller rf 4 1 3 1 .348 Mantle cf 3 1 0 0 .307
Smith H ph 0 0 0 0 .122 Banks ss 4 0 0 0 .286
Whisenant pr 0 0 0 0 .176 Post rf 4 2 2 1 .347
Bell G lf 4 0 2 0 .250 Howard c 2 0 1 3 .333
Avila 2b 3 1 1 1 .296 Freese Gene 3b 3 0 0 0 .344
Yost 3b 4 0 2 1 .259 Hazle lf 3 0 1 0 .286
House c 4 0 1 0 .295 LaPalme p 0 0 0 0 .000
Reese ss 4 0 0 0 .297 Sullivan F p 1 0 0 0 .050
Surkont p 1 0 0 0 .400 Feller p 1 0 0 0 .000
Hale ph 1 1 1 0 .542 Lemon J lf 1 0 0 0 .000
Gray T p 0 0 0 0 .125 29 5 6 5
Kiner ph 1 0 0 0 .167
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000
36 4 11 4
Six INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Surkont L 1-1 6.0 6 5 5 2 8 97 57 4.01
Gray T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 6.38
Wilhelm 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 2.35
8.0 6 5 5 2 9 119 72
Lightning INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Sullivan F 3.2 4 0 0 0 1 72 47 3.10
Feller W 1-1 2.2 5 3 3 2 1 59 32 9.00
LaPalme S 2 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 36 21 2.08
9.0 11 4 4 3 3 167 100
WAB: Hale batted for Surkont in the 7th
Kiner batted for Gray T in the 8th
Smith H batted for Mueller in the 9th
Whisenant ran for Smith H in the 9th
LOU: Lemon J inserted at lf in the 7th
E-Schoendienst. 2B-Avila(1), Post(7), Howard(2). HR-Schoendienst(3).
RBI-Crowe(13), Mueller(8), Avila(13), Yost(9), Schoendienst(17), Post(18),
Howard 3(8). K-Ashburn, Avila, Reese, Hodges, Mantle, Banks 2, Post,
Freese Gene 2, Sullivan F, Lemon J. BB-Avila, Surkont, Smith H, Hodges,
Mantle. SF-Howard. WP-Surkont.
GWRBI: Post
Frank Sullivan was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 94, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 24 MPH,
Rain Delays: 78 minutes.
5/20/1955, WAB55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium
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1955 Six 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 0 8 0
1955 Lightning 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 6 1 3 1
Six -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Ashburn cf 1>63 3>7 8 S.1-3 9>k
Crowe 1b 7 31 43 53.3-H;1-2 63
Mueller rf S 63 6>S S.2-H
Smith H ph W
Whisenant pr
Bell G lf S.1-3 4>S 9 LaPalme PO1(23)
8
Avila 2b k 463/gdp W.1-2 D.1-H
Yost 3b 2>S e4.B-2 7 note 1
House c 9 Feller S.2-3;1-2 8>31
9
Reese ss 9 5>3/g k 9
Surkont p 64/f W
Hale ph 7>S
Gray T p
Kiner ph 63
Wilhelm p
1: S.2-H;Bx2(754)
Lightning -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Schoendienst 2b 1>S HR 9 8
Hodges 1b k W 63 8
Mantle cf W.1-2 7 5>k 8>Wilhelm
53
Banks ss k 3>63 k 43
Post rf S.2-H;1-2 D k 53
Howard c D.2-H;1-H wp.2-3 6>7
7/SF.3-H
Freese Gene 3b k 63 k
Hazle lf 2>8 4>S 4
LaPalme p
Sullivan F p k
Feller p 56/b/f.B-1
Lemon J lf 7>Gray T
k
Six IN OUT ER Lightning IN OUT ER
Surkont A1 C8 5 L 1-1 Sullivan F A1 B6 0
Gray T C9 D2 0 Feller B7 D3 3 W 1-1
Wilhelm D3 D5 0 LaPalme D4 E3 1 S 2
5/20/1955, WAB55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium
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1955 Six 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 0 8 0
1955 Lightning 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 6 1 3 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Six batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Ashburn grounded out to short (BCBBSFX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Crowe flied out to left (FFBX)
0-0 2 --- 02 Mueller lined a single to shallow right (FFX)
0-0 2 1-- 01 Bell G lined a single to right center, Mueller to third
(FX)
0-0 2 1-3 32 Avila struck out (FBFBB>F>F>F>S)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Lightning batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Schoendienst lined a single to shallow left (FBBX)
0-0 0 1-- 12 Hodges struck out (FBCC)
0-0 1 1-- 30 Mantle walked, Schoendienst to second (BBBB)
0-0 1 12- 22 Banks struck out (CBFBS)
0-0 2 12- 02 Post lined a single to center, Schoendienst scored,
Mantle to second (CCX)
0-1 2 12- 10 Howard lined a double to right center, Mantle scored,
Post scored (BX)
0-3 2 -2- 12 Freese Gene struck out (SBCS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Six batting
0-3 0 --- 22 Yost grounded a single between first and second (BCBFFX)
0-3 0 1-- 32 House flied out to right (BBCBFFX)
0-3 1 1-- 32 Reese flied out to right (BBCCBX)
0-3 2 1-- 01 Surkont grounded to short, forcing Yost at second (CX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Lightning batting
0-3 0 --- 21 Hazle popped out to center (SBBX)
0-3 1 --- 22 Sullivan F struck out (BCBSFC)
0-3 2 --- 21 Schoendienst homered deep to right center (BBCX)
0-4 2 --- 30 Hodges walked (BBBB)
0-4 2 1-- 10 Mantle flied out to left (BX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Six batting
0-4 0 --- 10 Ashburn flied out to left (BX)
0-4 1 --- 12 Crowe grounded out to first (FFFFFBX)
0-4 2 --- 20 Mueller grounded out to short (BBX)
Started raining
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Lightning batting
0-4 0 --- 02 Banks grounded out to short (SCFX)
0-4 1 --- 00 Post grounded a double down the third base line (X)
0-4 1 -2- 20 Surkont threw a wild pitch, Post to third (BBB)
0-4 1 --3 31 Howard hit a sacrifice fly to left, Post scored (BBB.FX)
0-5 2 --- 10 Freese Gene grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Six batting
0-5 0 --- 32 Bell G grounded a single between third and short (BBBCFX)
0-5 0 1-- 11 Avila grounded into a double play, Schoendienst to Banks
to Hodges (BSX)
0-5 2 --- 22 Yost to second on an error by the second baseman
Schoendienst (CBBFX)
Game delayed by rain for 78 minutes
Sullivan F left the game after a rain delay
Feller now pitching
0-5 2 -2- 10 House flied out to right (BX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Lightning batting
0-5 0 --- 00 Hazle lined a single to shallow center (X)
0-5 0 1-- 00 Feller bunted into an out to third, forcing Hazle at
second, Feller to first (Xb)
0-5 1 1-- 31 Schoendienst flied out to right (BCBBX)
0-5 2 1-- 31 Hodges grounded out to short (BBFBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Six batting
0-5 0 --- 31 Reese grounded out to first (BSBBX)
0-5 1 --- 31 Surkont walked (BBFBB)
0-5 1 1-- 11 Ashburn lined out to center (BFX)
0-5 2 1-- 02 Crowe grounded out to second (CFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Lightning batting
0-5 0 --- 32 Mantle struck out (CBCFFBBS)
0-5 1 --- 02 Banks struck out (CCS)
0-5 2 --- 22 Post struck out (CBBFC)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Six batting
0-5 0 --- 12 Mueller lined a single to right center (FFBFX)
0-5 0 1-- 10 Bell G flied out to right (BX)
0-5 1 1-- 32 Avila walked, Mueller to second (BSBBCB)
Started raining
0-5 1 12- 10 Yost flied out to left (BX)
0-5 2 12- 00 House grounded a single between first and second, Mueller
to third, Avila to second (X)
0-5 2 123 32 Reese struck out (BCBFB>F>S)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Lightning batting
0-5 0 --- 12 Howard flied out to left (CSBX)
Stopped raining
0-5 1 --- 22 Freese Gene struck out (BSFBFS)
0-5 2 --- 00 Hazle popped out to second (X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Six batting
Hale pinch hitting for Surkont
0-5 0 --- 12 Hale grounded a single between third and short (CBFX)
0-5 0 1-- 11 Ashburn singled to left center, Hale to third (CBX)
0-5 0 1-3 32 Crowe grounded out to third, Hale scored, Ashburn to
second (BBBCCX)
1-5 1 -2- 31 Mueller grounded a single between first and second,
Ashburn scored (CBBBX)
LaPalme now pitching
Lemon J now playing left field
2-5 1 1-- 11 Bell G flied out to center (BCX)
2-5 2 1-- 32 Avila lined a double to left center, Mueller scored
(BBCCB>X)
3-5 2 -2- 10 Yost grounded a single between third and short, Avila
scored, Yost out at second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Lightning batting
Gray T now pitching
4-5 0 --- 02 Lemon J struck out (CSC)
4-5 1 --- 11 Schoendienst lined out to center (BCX)
4-5 2 --- 00 Hodges lined out to center (X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Six batting
4-5 0 --- 12 House grounded out to first (BCFX)
4-5 1 --- 01 Reese flied out to right (CX)
Kiner pinch hitting for Gray T
4-5 2 --- 10 Kiner grounded out to short (BX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Lightning batting
Wilhelm now pitching
4-5 0 --- 32 Mantle grounded out to third (BCFBBX)
4-5 1 --- 02 Banks grounded out to second (FFX)
4-5 2 --- 32 Post grounded out to third (BBFBSX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Six batting
4-5 0 --- 02 Ashburn struck out (CFFC)
4-5 1 --- 32 Crowe grounded out to short (BFFBBX)
Smith H pinch hitting for Mueller
4-5 2 --- 32 Smith H walked (BBBCCB)
Whisenant pinch running for Smith H
4-5 2 1-- 00 Whisenant was picked off first by Howard (B+1)