Monday, October 5, 2020

1962 AL Game: Was. @ KC

 August 16, 1962

  Harry Bright had a night at the plate he won't soon forget as the Washington Senators pounded the


Kansas City A's 12-7. The Senator's 1st baseman blasted 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI to lead the offensive attack against the A's. The 7 RBI were just 1 short of the most this season in the AL. 





BOXSCORE: 1962 Washington Senators At 1962 Kansas City Athletics    8/16/1962
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  K.Hamlin SS         5  3  2  1 .247     B.Consolo SS        5  0  2  1 .315  
  J.King RF           4  2  2  0 .251     E.Charles 3B        4  1  2  1 .274  
  C.Hinton CF         5  2  3  2 .332     J.Lumpe 2B          5  1  0  0 .310  
  H.Bright 1B         5  3  4  7 .363     N.Siebern 1B        4  1  3  3 .317  
  K.Retzer C          5  0  1  0 .320     G.Alusik LF         5  0  0  0 .252  
  D.Lock LF           4  2  2  1 .313     G.Cimoli RF         4  0  0  0 .227  
  J.Schaive 3B        5  0  1  1 .211     B.Del Greco CF      4  0  0  0 .265  
  C.Cottier 2B        4  0  0  0 .265     H.Sullivan C        2  1  0  0 .249  
  C.Osteen P          5  0  1  0 .186   B-W.Causey PH         1  1  1  0 .233  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .190     E.Rakow P           1  1  1  0 .169  
                                        A-B.Bryan PH          1  0  0  0 .261  
                                          D.Williams P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-D.Howser PH         1  1  1  0 .249  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42 12 16 12                 Totals      37  7 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Rakow In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
 
Senators........ 2 0 4  1 1 2  0 1 1  - 12 16  1
Athletics....... 0 0 1  0 1 1  0 2 2  -  7 10  0
 
Senators (68-52)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Osteen WIN(9-3)         8       8   7   5   3   4   1   3.11
P.Burnside                1       2   0   0   0   0   0   4.98
Totals                    9      10   7   5   3   4   1
 
Athletics (50-71)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Rakow LOSS(8-12)        7      12  10  10   4   3   5   5.11
D.Williams                2       4   2   2   0   1   0   9.00
Totals                    9      16  12  12   4   4   5
 
ATTENDANCE- 6,801 DATE- Thursday, August 16th 1962 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Eddie Hurley, Red Flaherty, Ed Runge, Sam Carrigan
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 7  Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 0  Athletics: 0
ERRORS- J.King
DOUBLES- J.King(10th), C.Hinton-2(20th), H.Bright(17th), D.Lock(4th),
         N.Siebern(22nd)
HOME RUNS- K.Hamlin(3rd), H.Bright-3(19th), D.Lock(6th), N.Siebern(21st)
RBIs- K.Hamlin(23rd), C.Hinton-2(69th), H.Bright-7(73rd), D.Lock(20th),
      J.Schaive(21st), B.Consolo(18th), E.Charles(49th), N.Siebern-3(85th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Retzer(2nd), H.Sullivan(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Rakow
WALKS- K.Hamlin, J.King, D.Lock, C.Cottier, E.Charles, N.Siebern, H.Sullivan
STRIKE OUTS- D.Lock, C.Cottier, C.Osteen-2, B.Consolo, G.Alusik, G.Cimoli-2
BALKS- P.Burnside
WILD PITCHES- E.Rakow
PASSED BALLS- K.Retzer
2-out RBI- H.Bright-5, K.Hamlin
RLISP 2-out- B.Del Greco-2, N.Siebern, H.Bright, D.Lock, K.Retzer, G.Alusik
TEAM RISP- Senators: 7 for 12  Athletics: 3 for 11
 
First baseman Harry Bright blasted 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI at Municipal
Stadium as the Washington Senators beat the Kansas City Athletics 12 to
7.
 
Bright propelled Washington to victory.  He bombed a two-run dinger in the 1st
inning, blasted a two-run home run in the 3rd inning, lifted one out of the
park for a two run home run in the 6th inning and doubled scoring a run in
the 8th inning.  The Washington offense poured it on, scoring in 7 of the 9
innings.  
 
The winning pitcher was Claude Osteen(9-3) who allowed 7 runs in 8 innings. Ed
Rakow(8-12) absorbed the loss.  He allowed 5 homeruns in 7 innings of work.
 
'Actually, I didn't feel that comfortable at the plate today' Bright said
after the game.  'Despite that, I'm happy with the results!

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