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Indians 17 @ Athletics 3
Municipal Stadium
July 8, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 8, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 17 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 8, 1956 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 17 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 17
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherEarly Wynn  
Losing PitcherJack McMahan  
SaveBob Lemon  
Game Winning RBIJim Busby 

Game Info

DateJuly 8, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
Home Starting PitcherJack McMahan  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance15,958 
Time of Game2 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: John Rice
3B: Bill Summers

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Strickland  Second Baseman 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Center Fielder 
Hector Lopez  Second Baseman 
Joe Ginsberg  Catcher 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Mike Baxes  Shortstop 
Jack McMahan  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Indians 17 @ Athletics 3
Municipal Stadium
July 8, 1956

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         Game of 7/8/1956 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Strickland G, 2b      5  2  2  1   Power V, 1b           5  1  2  0   
Woodling G, lf        3  2  2  1   Slaughter E, rf       4  0  0  0   
Smith A, rf           6  2  2  4   Zernial G, lf         4  1  2  1   
Rosen A, 3b           2  3  1  0   Simpson H, cf         2  0  1  1   
Kuhn K, ss            1  0  1  0   Lopez H, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Wertz V, 1b           3  0  0  0   Ginsberg J, c         4  1  1  0   
Mele S, ph            1  0  1  1   Finigan J, 3b         4  0  1  0   
Ward P, pr-1b         2  0  2  2   Baxes M, ss           3  0  1  1   
Busby J, cf           6  2  1  3   McMahan J, p          2  0  0  0   
Carrasquel C, ss-3b   6  3  2  1   Lasorda T, p          0  0  0  0   
Hegan J, c            4  1  1  0   Crimian J, p          0  0  0  0   
Wynn E, p             2  1  1  2   Santiago J, p         1  0  1  0   
Lemon B, ph-p         1  1  1  2   Robinson E, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42 17 17 17                        34  3  9  3

Cleveland        000 004 (11)20 -- 17
Kansas City      110 000 010 --  3

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E (W)            7.0  8  2  2  0  2
Lemon B (S)           2.0  1  1  1  2  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
McMahan J (L)         6.1  8  6  5  4  1
Lasorda T             0.1  2  5  5  3  0
Crimian J*            0.0  2  3  3  1  0
Santiago J            2.1  5  3  3  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th

E -- Finigan J
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 8
2B -- Zernial G, Ginsberg J, Simpson H, Smith A 2, Ward P
HR -- Busby J, Lemon B, Zernial G
SH -- Slaughter E, Woodling G
SF -- Simpson H
T -- 2:34
A -- 15958

    

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