Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
May 3, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Athletics 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Cox 2b,3b 5 0 0 0
Diering cf 4 1 1 1
Kennedy rf 4 0 0 0
  Young 2b 0 0 0 0
Evers lf,rf 4 1 1 1
Smith c 4 0 3 0
Triandos 1b 2 0 1 0
Pyburn 3b 1 0 0 0
  Coan ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Miranda ss 4 1 1 0
Palica p 3 0 1 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 1 2 0
Renna rf 3 1 1 0
Finigan 3b 3 0 1 0
Zernial lf 3 1 1 1
Wilson cf 4 1 1 3
Suder 2b 4 0 2 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Shantz c 3 0 0 0
  Burtschy p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Ceccarelli p 2 0 0 0
  Astroth ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Baltimore 000 100 101380
Kansas City 100 000 03x480
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(1-3) 7.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Kretlow   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli   7.0 6 2 2 5 4
  Burtschy  W(2-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Gorman  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2. Power-Billy Shantz, DeMaestri-Suder-Power, Kansas City 2. Power-Billy Shantz, DeMaestri-Suder-Power.  2B–Baltimore Smith 2 (3,off Ceccarelli 2), Kansas City Power (6,off Palica); Suder (3,off Palica).  3B–Baltimore Miranda (1,off Burtschy), Kansas City Suder (1,off Palica).  HR–Baltimore Evers (2,4th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 0 out); Diering (2,7th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 2 out)., Kansas City Wilson (5,8th inning off Palica 2 on 2 out).  IBB–Triandos (2,by Ceccarelli).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Zernial (3,off Palica).  Team–6.  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Ceccarelli/Billy Shantz).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:17.  A–15,953.
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