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Washington Senators @ Kansas City Athletics

1962-08-16 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 3135 · night · 1:53

Kansas City Athletics defeated Washington Senators 4–2. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Ed Rakow earned the win. George Alusik went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
KC1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		4	10

W: Ed Rakow L: Claude Osteen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kinnamon · 1B: Cal Drummond · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Hamlin	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim King	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hinton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Bright	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Retzer	3	0	1	1	1	1
Don Lock	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Schaive	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Cottier	3	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Osteen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hicks	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bud Zipfel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Consolo	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Charles	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jerry Lumpe	4	1	2	1	0	0
Norm Siebern	3	0	0	0	1	1
George Alusik	4	1	3	1	0	0
Gino Cimoli	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	4	1	1	1	0	1
Haywood Sullivan	3	0	3	1	1	0
Ed Rakow	2	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Osteen	7.0	10	3	4
Pete Burnside	1.0	0	1	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Rakow	9.0	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ken Hamlin: W
Jim King: HP.1-2
Chuck Hinton: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Harry Bright: S7.1X3(75);2-H
Ken Retzer: WP.1-2
Ken Retzer: K/C

Bot 1

Billy Consolo: W
Ed Charles: 64(1)/FO
Jerry Lumpe: S7.1-2
Norm Siebern: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Don Lock: 5/L
Johnny Schaive: 53
Chuck Cottier: 7/L

Bot 2

George Alusik: S9.B-2(E9)
Gino Cimoli: 13.2-3
Bobby Del Greco: T9.3-H
Haywood Sullivan: S4.3-H
Ed Rakow: 64(1)/FO
Billy Consolo: 53

Top 3

Claude Osteen: 8
Ken Hamlin: 7/L
Joe Hicks: 13

Bot 3

Ed Charles: K
Jerry Lumpe: 7
Norm Siebern: K

Top 4

Chuck Hinton: S6
Harry Bright: 53.1-2
Ken Retzer: S8.2-H
Don Lock: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Schaive: 8

Bot 4

George Alusik: 63
Gino Cimoli: W
Bobby Del Greco: 7/L
Haywood Sullivan: S7.1-3
Ed Rakow: 8

Top 5

Chuck Cottier: 5/FL
Claude Osteen: 7
Ken Hamlin: 8

Bot 5

Billy Consolo: 9
Ed Charles: T9
Jerry Lumpe: D9.3-H
Norm Siebern: W
George Alusik: S7.1-2;2-H
Gino Cimoli: 9
Bobby Del Greco: K/C

Top 6

Joe Hicks: 43
Chuck Hinton: 53
Harry Bright: 63

Bot 6

Haywood Sullivan: S9
Ed Rakow: 14/SH.1-2
Billy Consolo: 9
Ed Charles: K/C

Top 7

Ken Retzer: 43
Don Lock: W
Johnny Schaive: 64(1)/FO
Chuck Cottier: 4

Bot 7

Jerry Lumpe: 43
Norm Siebern: 13
George Alusik: S9
Gino Cimoli: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bud Zipfel: 2/FL
Ken Hamlin: 13
Joe Hicks: D8/G
Chuck Hinton: 53

Bot 8

Bobby Del Greco: 9
Haywood Sullivan: W
Ed Rakow: 34/SH.1-2
Billy Consolo: 7

Top 9

Harry Bright: 63
Ken Retzer: W
Don Lock: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Schaive: 54(1)/FO