Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 8, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1955 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."

"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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Kansas City Athletics 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 5 0 1 0
Jacobs 2b 3 0 1 0
  Suder 2b 1 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 5 0 1 0
Zernial lf 5 1 2 1
Kryhoski 1b 5 0 1 0
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Renna rf 5 0 4 0
Shantz c 5 0 2 0
Ceccarelli p 3 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 13 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 5 1 1 1
Avila 2b 4 0 2 0
Rosen 1b 5 1 1 1
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Pope cf 3 0 0 0
Majeski 3b 4 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 0 1 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Garcia p 1 0 0 0
  Westlake ph 1 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Dente ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 5 2
Kansas City 000 100 000 001130
Cleveland 000 000 010 01250
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli  L(0-1) 10.0 5 2 2 4 10
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
4
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   8.0 9 1 1 0 6
  Mossi   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Narleski  W(1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
13
1
1
0
9

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 3. Strickland-Avila-Rosen, Foiles-Strickland-Avila, Avila.  2B–Kansas City Renna (3,off Garcia).  HR–Kansas City Zernial (8,4th inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out), Cleveland Smith (6,8th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 1 out); Rosen (5,11th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Jacobs (1,off Garcia); Ceccarelli (1,off Mossi)..  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:43.  A–13,469.
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