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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Athletics

1956-07-08 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 15958 · 2:34

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Athletics 17–3. Cleveland Indians put up 11 in the 7th. Early Wynn earned the win and Bob Lemon picked up the save. Jim Busby went 1-for-6 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	2	0	17	17
KC1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9

W: Early Wynn L: Jack McMahan SV: Bob Lemon

Umpires — HP: Bill McKinley · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Strickland	5	2	2	1	1	0
Gene Woodling	3	2	2	1	2	0
Al Smith	6	2	2	4	0	0
Al Rosen	2	3	1	0	3	0
Vic Wertz	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Busby	6	2	1	3	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	6	3	2	1	0	0
Jim Hegan	4	1	1	0	1	0
Early Wynn	2	1	1	2	2	0
Sam Mele	1	0	1	1	0	0
Preston Ward	2	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Lemon	1	1	1	2	0	0
Kenny Kuhn	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	5	1	2	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Zernial	4	1	2	1	0	0
Harry Simpson	2	0	1	1	1	0
Hector Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Ginsberg	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Baxes	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jack McMahan	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Santiago	1	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	7.0	8	0	2
Bob Lemon	2.0	1	2	2

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack McMahan	6.1	8	4	1
Tom Lasorda	0.1	2	3	0
Jack Crimian	0.0	2	1	0
Jose Santiago	2.1	5	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Strickland: S4
Gene Woodling: W.1-2
Al Smith: 7
Al Rosen: W.2-3;1-2
Vic Wertz: K
Jim Busby: 6/L

Bot 1

Vic Power: S9
Enos Slaughter: 9
Gus Zernial: D7.1-3
Harry Simpson: 8/SF.2-3;3-H
Hector Lopez: 8

Top 2

Chico Carrasquel: 9
Jim Hegan: 2/FL
Early Wynn: 43

Bot 2

Joe Ginsberg: D7
Jim Finigan: S9.2-3#
Mike Baxes: S7.1-3;3-H
Jack McMahan: 8
Vic Power: 5/FL
Enos Slaughter: 8

Top 3

George Strickland: 13
Gene Woodling: W
Al Smith: 43(B)4(1)/GDP

Bot 3

Gus Zernial: 7
Harry Simpson: D8
Hector Lopez: K
Joe Ginsberg: 7

Top 4

Al Rosen: 63
Vic Wertz: 6
Jim Busby: 63

Bot 4

Jim Finigan: 9
Mike Baxes: 53
Jack McMahan: 53

Top 5

Chico Carrasquel: 4
Jim Hegan: 7
Early Wynn: W
George Strickland: 9

Bot 5

Vic Power: S8
Enos Slaughter: 13/SH.1-2
Gus Zernial: 4
Harry Simpson: 43

Top 6

Gene Woodling: S8
Al Smith: 8
Al Rosen: S7.1-2
Vic Wertz: 41.1-2;2-3
Jim Busby: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Chico Carrasquel: E5
Jim Hegan: S5.1-2
Early Wynn: S7.2-H(UR);1X3(765)

Bot 6

Hector Lopez: 9
Joe Ginsberg: 5
Jim Finigan: 63

Top 7

George Strickland: S7
Gene Woodling: 13/SH.1-2
Al Smith: D9.2-H
Al Rosen: W
Sam Mele: S7.1-2;2-H
Jim Busby: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Chico Carrasquel: S5.1-2;3-H
Jim Hegan: W.2-3;1-2
Early Wynn: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
George Strickland: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gene Woodling: S7.1-2;2-3;3-H
Al Smith: D7.1-H;2-H;3-H
Al Rosen: W
Preston Ward: D9.1-H;2-H
Jim Busby: 9

Bot 7

Mike Baxes: K
Jose Santiago: S8
Vic Power: 7
Enos Slaughter: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Chico Carrasquel: S5
Jim Hegan: 8
Bob Lemon: HR/9.1-H
George Strickland: 8
Gene Woodling: 43

Bot 8

Gus Zernial: HR/7
Harry Simpson: W
Hector Lopez: 53.1-2
Joe Ginsberg: 13.2-3
Jim Finigan: K

Top 9

Al Smith: 2/FL
Kenny Kuhn: S9
Preston Ward: S9.1-3
Jim Busby: 5
Chico Carrasquel: 13

Bot 9

Mike Baxes: W
Eddie Robinson: 4
Vic Power: 54(1)/FO
Enos Slaughter: K