Washington Senators vs Kansas City Athletics
May 2, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Washington Senators 12, Kansas City Athletics 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 3 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 1 1 0
Runnels 2b 4 1 2 1
Vernon 1b 4 2 2 3
Sievers lf 4 2 2 6
Busby cf 5 2 3 2
Delis rf 5 0 1 0
Kline ss 5 0 1 0
Schmitz p 5 1 1 0
Totals 39 12 13 12
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 3 0 1 0
  Kryhoski pr,1b 1 0 0 0
  Jacobs ph 1 0 0 0
Renna rf 5 0 1 0
Finigan 3b 5 0 0 0
Zernial lf 4 1 3 1
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Suder 2b 4 0 2 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Shantz c 3 0 2 0
Boyer p 1 0 0 0
  Trice p 2 0 1 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Bevan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 12 1
Washington 010 411 05012130
Kansas City 000 000 0101121
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  W(3-0) 9.0 12 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
1
1
1
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Boyer  L(1-1) 3.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Trice   3.2 6 6 5 5 0
  Dixon   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Sleater   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
12
11
6
3

  E–DeMaestri (5).  DP–Washington 1. Kline-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–Washington Delis (2,off Trice), Kansas City Renna (2,off Schmitz); Wilson (7,off Schmitz).  HR–Washington Busby 2 (4,2nd inning off Cloyd Boyer 0 on 2 out,4th inning off Cloyd Boyer 0 on 1 out); Sievers 2 (4,4th inning off Cloyd Boyer 2 on 1 out,8th inning off Dixon 2 on 1 out)., Kansas City Zernial (5,8th inning off Schmitz 0 on 0 out).  SH–Fitz Gerald (1,off Trice).  SF–Vernon (2,off Trice).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:35.  A–18,104.
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