Philadelphia Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
September 12, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1954 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 4
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 2 0 0 1
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
Limmer 1b 4 1 1 0
Finigan 3b 3 0 1 1
Zernial lf 4 0 1 1
Power rf 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
DeMaestri ss 3 1 1 0
Robertson c 3 0 0 0
Gray p 3 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 4 0 3 0
Diering cf 4 0 2 1
Durham lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 0 0
Kellert 1b 3 1 0 0
Courtney c 4 1 1 0
Hunter ss 2 0 0 0
  Kryhoski ph 0 1 0 0
  Brideweser ss 1 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 1 1 1
Turley p 2 0 0 0
  Waitkus ph 1 0 1 2
  Chakales p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Philadelphia 000 001 200–371
Baltimore 000 000 40x–491
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(3-10) 6.0 6 4 3 3 4
  Dixon   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  W(12-15) 7.0 6 3 2 5 10
  Chakales  SV(3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
5
10
  E–Gray (1), Durham (2).  DP–Baltimore 1. Young-Hunter-Kellert.  2B–Philadelphia Finigan (23,off Turley).  SH–Jacobs (6,off Turley).  IBB–Robertson (1,by Turley).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Jacobs 2 (17,2nd base off Turley/Courtney,3rd base off Turley/Courtney).  U–Bill Grieve, Johnny Stevens, Frank Umont.  T–2:19.
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