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Senators 5 @ Athletics 4
Municipal Stadium
June 20, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Washington Senators, played on June 20, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Senators with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 20, 1956 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 5 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 4 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherConnie Grob  
Losing PitcherTroy Herriage  
SaveBud Byerly  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJune 20, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Wiesler  
Home Starting PitcherTroy Herriage  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance8,250 
Time of Game3 hours 19 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Napp
1B: Frank Umont
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Jim Honochick

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Center Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Roy Sievers  First Baseman 
Jim Lemon  Right Fielder 
Clint Courtney  Catcher 
Karl Olson  Left Fielder 
Jose Valdivielso  Shortstop 
Bob Wiesler  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Clete Boyer  Second Baseman 
Troy Herriage  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Senators 5 @ Athletics 4
Municipal Stadium
June 20, 1956

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         Game of 6/20/1956 -- Washington at Kansas City (N)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            2  1  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       3  2  2  0   
Herzog W, cf          5  0  1  0   Ginsberg J, ph        1  0  0  0   
Runnels P, 2b-ss      5  2  2  2   Baxes M, ss           0  0  0  0   
Sievers R, 1b         4  0  0  0   Lopez H, 3b           3  1  0  0   
Lemon J, rf           3  0  0  0   Zernial G, lf         2  0  2  0   
Courtney C, c         2  0  1  0   Shantz B, pr          0  0  0  0   
Plews H, pr-2b        0  1  0  1   Robinson E, 1b        1  0  0  0   
Olson K, lf           3  1  0  0   Simpson H, rf         5  1  1  1   
Valdivielso J, ss     3  0  1  0   Power V, 1b-lf        5  0  2  3   
Paula C, ph           1  0  0  0   Groth J, cf           3  0  1  0   
Byerly B, p           1  0  0  0   Thompson T, c         4  0  0  0   
Wiesler B, p          2  0  0  0   Boyer C, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Oravetz E, ph         0  0  0  0   Finigan J, ph-2b      0  0  0  0   
Grob C, p             0  0  0  0   Herriage T, p         3  0  2  0   
Berberet L, ph-c      2  0  1  1   Ditmar A, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Slaughter E, ph       0  0  0  0   
                                   Lasorda T, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  5  6  4                        33  4 11  4

Washington       000 020 021 --  5
Kansas City      002 010 001 --  4

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wiesler B             6.0  9  3  3  5  4
Grob C (W)            1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Byerly B (S)          2.0  2  1  1  3  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Herriage T (L)*       7.0  5  4  4  5  7
Ditmar A              1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Lasorda T             1.0  0  1  0  3  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Lopez H
DP -- Washington 2
LOB -- Washington 13, Kansas City 12
2B -- Zernial G, Power V
HR -- Runnels P
SB -- Runnels P
SH -- Finigan J
SF -- Plews H
HBP -- by Herriage T (Courtney C) 2
WP -- Wiesler B, Ditmar A
T -- 3:19
A -- 8250

    

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