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Kansas City Athletics @ Washington Senators

1959-05-15 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 4875 · 2:13

Kansas City Athletics defeated Washington Senators 4–2. Kansas City Athletics put up 3 in the 7th. Ray Herbert earned the win. Hector Lopez went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	8
WS1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5

W: Ray Herbert L: Russ Kemmerer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: Johnny Stevens · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Herzog	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hector Lopez	5	1	3	3	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Maris	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Cerv	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank House	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Smith	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe DeMaestri	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Herbert	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Tuttle	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Albie Pearson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Allison	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harmon Killebrew	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Lemon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	3	1	1	0	1	0
Herb Plews	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jay Porter	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Samford	3	0	0	0	0	2
Russ Kemmerer	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Herbert	9.0	5	3	5

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Kemmerer	9.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Herzog: 3/G
Hector Lopez: D8/78D
Preston Ward: K
Roger Maris: 43

Bot 1

Albie Pearson: 8
Bob Allison: 9
Harmon Killebrew: 43

Top 2

Bob Cerv: S8
Frank House: 54(1)/FO
Hal Smith: S9.1-2
Joe DeMaestri: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Ray Herbert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Jim Lemon: D9
Julio Becquer: S7.2-3
Herb Plews: K
Jay Porter: PO1(E1).3-H(NR);1-2#
Jay Porter: E5/G.2-2
Ron Samford: K
Russ Kemmerer: 3/G

Top 3

Whitey Herzog: 43
Hector Lopez: S8
Preston Ward: 7
Roger Maris: 7

Bot 3

Albie Pearson: 63
Bob Allison: W
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Jim Lemon: 8/8D.2-3
Julio Becquer: 7

Top 4

Bob Cerv: 53
Frank House: 7
Hal Smith: 63

Bot 4

Herb Plews: 13
Jay Porter: S7
Ron Samford: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Joe DeMaestri: S6
Ray Herbert: 14/SH/B.1-2
Whitey Herzog: W
Hector Lopez: 9
Preston Ward: 43

Bot 5

Russ Kemmerer: K/C
Albie Pearson: S5/BG
Bob Allison: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Roger Maris: 31
Bob Cerv: 53
Frank House: 8

Bot 6

Harmon Killebrew: 5/FL
Jim Lemon: 8
Julio Becquer: W
Herb Plews: SB2
Herb Plews: S9.2-H
Jay Porter: CS2(24)

Top 7

Hal Smith: W
Joe DeMaestri: 43.1-2
Ray Herbert: K
Whitey Herzog: WP.2-3#
Whitey Herzog: W
Hector Lopez: HR/7D.3-H;1-H
Preston Ward: 3/G

Bot 7

Jay Porter: 8/8D
Ron Samford: K
Russ Kemmerer: 8

Top 8

Roger Maris: T9
Bob Cerv: 13
Frank House: WP.3-H#
Frank House: 7
Hal Smith: 43

Bot 8

Albie Pearson: 7
Bob Allison: 5/P
Harmon Killebrew: K

Top 9

Joe DeMaestri: 7
Ray Herbert: K
Bill Tuttle: S1
Hector Lopez: 7

Bot 9

Jim Lemon: 9/9D
Julio Becquer: 31
Herb Plews: 8

Notes & reviews

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