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Athletics 9 @ Senators 3
Griffith Stadium
June 12, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Kansas City Athletics, played on June 12, 1956 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 9 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJune 12, 1956 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 9 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 15
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 15
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 3 H: 11 E: 5 LOB: 18
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 18
Winning Pitcher—Tom Gorman  
Losing Pitcher—Bob Chakales  
Save—Jack Crimian  
Game Winning RBI—Mike Baxes 

Game Info

DateJune 12, 1956 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherJose Santiago  
Home Starting PitcherBunky Stewart  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance2,883 
Time of Game4 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Paparella
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: (none)
3B: Hank Soar

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Jose Santiago  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Left Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Roy Sievers  First Baseman 
Clint Courtney  Catcher 
Jim Lemon  Right Fielder 
Karl Olson  Center Fielder 
Lyle Luttrell  Shortstop 
Bunky Stewart  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

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Griffith Stadium
June 12, 1956

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         Game of 6/12/1956 -- Kansas City at Washington (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           8  1  0  0   Yost E, 3b            7  0  1  0   
Lopez H, 3b           7  1  3  2   Herzog W, lf-1b       6  0  2  0   
Zernial G, lf         4  0  0  0   Runnels P, 2b-ss      6  1  2  0   
Gorman T, p           3  1  0  0   Sievers R, 1b         4  1  0  0   
Crimian J, p          0  0  0  0   Ramos P, pr           0  0  0  0   
Simpson H, rf         7  3  4  4   Oravetz E, cf         1  0  0  0   
Groth J, cf           5  0  0  1   Courtney C, c         5  0  1  0   
Thompson T, c         7  0  3  1   Lemon J, rf-lf        6  1  3  1   
Finigan J, 2b         5  0  0  0   Olson K, cf           5  0  0  0   
DeMaestri J, ss       2  0  1  0   Paula C, ph-rf        1  0  0  1   
Renna B, ph-lf        1  1  0  0   Luttrell L, ss        3  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, ph-lf    4  1  1  0   Berberet L, ph        1  0  0  0   
Santiago J, p         1  0  0  0   Plews H, 2b           1  0  0  0   
Harrington B, p       0  0  0  0   Stewart B, p          2  0  2  1   
Pless R, ph           0  0  0  0   Stobbs C, p           0  0  0  0   
Baxes M, pr-ss        4  1  2  1   Pascual C, p          2  0  0  0   
                                   Chakales B, p         1  0  0  0   
                                   Clevenger T, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Killebrew H, ph       1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     58  9 14  9                        52  3 11  3

Kansas City      000 000 110 001 006 --  9
Washington       000 101 000 001 000 --  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Santiago J            3.2  3  1  1  3  1
Harrington B          2.1  3  1  1  1  2
Gorman T (W)          8.0  5  1  1  5  3
Crimian J (S)         1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stewart B*            7.0  4  2  1  6  3
Stobbs C+             0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Pascual C             5.0  3  1  1  1  4
Chakales B (L)        2.1  6  6  4  1  2
Clevenger T           0.2  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Stewart B, Olson K, Runnels P, Baxes M 2, Plews H, Courtney C
DP -- Kansas City 4, Washington 2
LOB -- Kansas City 15, Washington 18
2B -- Slaughter E
3B -- Simpson H
HR -- Simpson H
SB -- Runnels P
CS -- Groth J, Finigan J
SH -- Stewart B, Courtney C
SF -- Groth J
HBP -- by Santiago J (Courtney C), by Santiago J (Luttrell L) 2, by Stewart B (Pless R)
T -- 4:42
A -- 2883

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