Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 12, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1956 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 2 0 1 0
  Boyer pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Lopez cf 4 1 1 1
Zernial lf 4 1 1 2
Simpson rf 4 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 3 0 0 0
Thompson c 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 2 0 1 0
  Baxes ss 1 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
Pless 1b 3 0 1 0
Herriage p 1 0 0 0
  Burtschy p 1 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 1 2 0
Rosen 3b 4 1 3 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 2 1 0 0
Colavito rf 2 1 0 1
Carrasquel ss 4 1 1 2
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
Wynn p 3 0 1 2
Totals 30 5 8 5
Kansas City 000 102 000–360
Cleveland 000 500 00x–580
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herriage  L(0-1) 3.1 6 5 5 3 0
  Burtschy   2.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Gorman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(4-1) 9.0 6 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
6
  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. Finigan-Jacobs-Pless, Cleveland 1. Rosen-Avila-Wertz.  HR–Kansas City Lopez (3,4th inning off Wynn 0 on 0 out); Zernial (5,6th inning off Wynn 1 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Smith (1,by Herriage).  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:16.  A–4,728.
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