7/1/1955, BBC55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Black Cats 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 9 1 5 0 1955 Lightning 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 x 8 10 1 9 0 Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Lightning AB R H BI AVG Minoso lf 5 2 2 1 .311 Freese Gene 2b 5 0 1 1 .263 Runnels 2b 4 1 0 0 .255 Fain 1b 5 1 1 0 .257 Thompson H 3b 4 0 1 1 .274 Mantle cf 3 1 2 1 .331 Adcock 1b 4 2 2 1 .330 Banks ss 4 1 1 0 .285 Jensen rf 4 1 1 2 .236 Post rf 5 0 0 1 .326 Groat ss 4 0 1 1 .275 Hodges lf 3 2 1 0 .288 Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopata c 4 2 2 2 .274 Piersall cf 4 1 1 1 .246 Rosen 3b 3 1 1 1 .274 Shantz Bill c 4 0 0 0 .326 Roberts R p 2 0 1 2 .329 Jones S p 2 0 1 0 .079 Ennis ph 1 0 0 0 .310 Kucks p 1 0 0 0 .000 Gorman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gardner ss 1 0 0 0 .213 35 8 10 8 37 7 9 7 Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Jones S 4.0 5 4 4 4 6 90 47 3.55 Kucks 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 35 19 2.61 Jeffcoat BS 1, L 1-2 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 36 21 3.86 8.0 10 8 8 6 9 161 87 Lightning INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Roberts R W 18-2 7.0 9 7 5 2 1 103 68 3.83 Gorman S 10 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 21 14 3.45 9.0 9 7 5 2 2 124 82 BBC: Gardner inserted at ss in the 7th LOU: Ennis batted for Roberts R in the 7th E-Adcock, Fain. 3B-Minoso(2), Mantle(5), Rosen(2), Roberts R(4). HR-Minoso(7), Adcock(13), Jensen(14), Piersall(10), Lopata(11). RBI-Minoso(21), Thompson H(21), Adcock(29), Jensen 2(43), Groat(21), Piersall(24), Freese Gene(15), Mantle(76), Post(44), Lopata 2(30), Rosen(38), Roberts R 2(18). K-Minoso, Adcock, Freese Gene, Fain, Banks 2, Post 2, Hodges, Lopata, Roberts R. BB-Runnels, Thompson H, Mantle 2, Banks, Hodges, Rosen, Roberts R. GWRBI: Lopata Temperature: 79, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH. 7/1/1955, BBC55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Black Cats 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 9 1 5 0 1955 Lightning 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 x 8 10 1 9 0 Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Minoso lf 1>HR 9 5>T 63 9>k Runnels 2b 9 3>63 W 7>63 7 Thompson H 3b W 43 S.3-H;1-3 8 23 Adcock 1b S.1-2 HR k e3.B-1 Jensen rf 8.2-3 43 8 HR.1-H Groat ss 64/f 4>63 S.3-H;1-2 8 Jeffcoat p Piersall cf 2>3/g HR 64/f 8>Gorman 9 Shantz Bill c 5/L 31 6>7 63 Jones S p S 43 Kucks p 7 Gardner ss 7 Lightning -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Freese Gene 2b 1>53 8 S.3-H;1-2 7 8>k Fain 1b 13 3>k 43 7>S 13 Mantle cf W 63 5>W T.1-H S Banks ss k k Kucks Jeffcoat S.1-2 43.1-2 W Post rf 2>k 4>k 4/L 43.3-H;1-2 8 Hodges lf W S 7 k Lopata c S.1-2 k 6>7 HR.2-H Rosen 3b 63.2-3;1-2 T.1-H W e3.B-1 Roberts R p T.3-H;2-H W k Ennis ph 8 Gorman p Black Cats IN OUT ER Lightning IN OUT ER Jones S A1 C3 4 Roberts R A1 D6 5 W 18-2 Kucks C4 D3 2 Gorman D7 E3 0 S 10 Jeffcoat D4 E5 2 BS 1, L 1-2 7/1/1955, BBC55-LOU55, KC Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Black Cats 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 9 1 5 0 1955 Lightning 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 x 8 10 1 9 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Minoso homered deep down the right field line (SX) 1-0 0 --- 12 Runnels flied out to right (BCCX) 1-0 1 --- 30 Thompson H walked (BBBB) 1-0 1 1-- 11 Adcock lined a single between third and short, Thompson H to second (CBX) 1-0 1 12- 20 Jensen flied out to center, Thompson H to third (BBX) 1-0 2 1-3 01 Groat grounded to short, forcing Adcock at second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Lightning batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Freese Gene grounded out to third (BX) 1-0 1 --- 10 Fain grounded out to the mound (BX) 1-0 2 --- 31 Mantle walked (BCBBB) 1-0 2 1-- 22 Banks struck out (1BFCBS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting 1-0 0 --- 21 Piersall grounded out to first (BCBX) 1-0 1 --- 11 Shantz Bill lined out to third (BFX) 1-0 2 --- 01 Jones S lined a single to shallow center (CX) 1-0 2 1-- 10 Minoso popped out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Lightning batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Post struck out (CBBFC) 1-0 1 --- 31 Hodges walked (BBCBB) 1-0 1 1-- 20 Lopata grounded a single between first and second, Hodges to second (BBX) 1-0 1 12- 11 Rosen grounded out to short, Hodges to third, Lopata to second (FBX) 1-0 2 -23 12 Roberts R lined a triple down the first base line, Hodges scored, Lopata scored (CCFBX) 1-2 2 --3 00 Freese Gene flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting 1-2 0 --- 12 Runnels grounded out to short (CBFX) 1-2 1 --- 10 Thompson H grounded out to second (BX) 1-2 2 --- 21 Adcock homered deep down the left-field line (BBCX) 2-2 2 --- 01 Jensen grounded out to second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Lightning batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Fain struck out (BFSFBS) 2-2 1 --- 10 Mantle grounded out to short (BX) 2-2 2 --- 32 Banks struck out (BBCBCC) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting 2-2 0 --- 11 Groat grounded out to short (CBX) 2-2 1 --- 00 Piersall homered deep down the left-field line (X) 3-2 1 --- 00 Shantz Bill grounded out to first (X) 3-2 2 --- 02 Jones S grounded out to second (SSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Lightning batting 3-2 0 --- 32 Post struck out (BBBCSS) 3-2 1 --- 10 Hodges lined a single to shallow left (BX) 3-2 1 1-- 32 Lopata struck out (BBSCBS) 3-2 2 1-- 32 Rosen tripled deep to right center, Hodges scored (BBFFB>X) 3-3 2 --3 32 Roberts R walked (CCBFBFBFB) 3-3 2 1-3 00 Freese Gene lined a single between first and second, Rosen scored, Roberts R to second (X) 3-4 2 12- 12 Fain grounded out to second (CBFFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting 3-4 0 --- 01 Minoso lined a triple down the right field line (CX) 3-4 0 --3 32 Runnels walked (BBBCCB) 3-4 0 1-3 21 Thompson H grounded a single to left, Minoso scored, Runnels to third (BBSX) 4-4 0 1-3 22 Adcock struck out (CBBCS) 4-4 1 1-3 00 Jensen flied out to center (X) 4-4 2 1-3 12 Groat grounded a single between first and second, Runnels scored, Thompson H to second (BCFFX) 5-4 2 12- 01 Piersall grounded to short, forcing Groat at second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Lightning batting 5-4 0 --- 31 Mantle walked (BFBBB) Kucks now pitching 5-4 0 1-- 22 Banks grounded out to second, Mantle to second (BCBFX) 5-4 1 -2- 01 Post lined out to second (CX) 5-4 2 -2- 10 Hodges lined out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting 5-4 0 --- 22 Shantz Bill flied out to left (SBFBX) 5-4 1 --- 12 Kucks flied out to left (CCBFX) 5-4 2 --- 20 Minoso grounded out to short (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Lightning batting 5-4 0 --- 11 Lopata flied out to left (BSX) 5-4 1 --- 31 Rosen walked (BSBBB) 5-4 1 1-- 22 Roberts R struck out (1SBSBS) 5-4 2 1-- 10 Freese Gene flied out to left (1BX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting 5-4 0 --- 00 Runnels grounded out to short (X) 5-4 1 --- 00 Thompson H flied out to center (X) 5-4 2 --- 00 Adcock to first on an error by the first baseman Fain (X) 5-4 2 1-- 12 Jensen homered deep down the left-field line, Adcock scored (BCFX) 7-4 2 --- 32 Groat lined out to center (BFBFFFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Lightning batting 7-4 0 --- 32 Fain grounded a single between first and second (CBFFFBBX) 7-4 0 1-- 20 Mantle tripled deep to left center, Fain scored (BBX) Gardner now playing shortstop Jeffcoat now pitching 7-5 0 --3 31 Banks walked (BSBBB) 7-5 0 1-3 10 Post grounded out to second, Mantle scored, Banks to second (BX) 7-6 1 -2- 32 Hodges struck out (BBCCFBC) 7-6 2 -2- 10 Lopata homered deep to left, Banks scored (BX) 7-8 2 --- 11 Rosen to first on an error by the first baseman Adcock (CBX) Ennis pinch hitting for Roberts R 7-8 2 1-- 00 Ennis flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting Gorman now pitching 7-8 0 --- 12 Piersall flied out to right (CBFX) 7-8 1 --- 01 Shantz Bill grounded out to short (CX) 7-8 2 --- 00 Gardner flied out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Lightning batting 7-8 0 --- 02 Freese Gene struck out (FFC) 7-8 1 --- 20 Fain grounded out to the mound (BBX) 7-8 2 --- 01 Mantle grounded a single between first and second (CX) 7-8 2 1-- 32 Banks grounded a single between third and short, Mantle to second (1FBCBFB>X) 7-8 2 12- 00 Post lined out to center (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting 7-8 0 --- 22 Minoso struck out (FBBFS) 7-8 1 --- 12 Runnels lined out to left (BFFX) 7-8 2 --- 31 Thompson H grounded out to the catcher (BFBBX)