Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
June 11, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 1, Kansas City Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
  Pyburn pr,3b 2 1 1 0
Abrams lf 3 0 1 1
Evers rf 3 0 0 0
Woodling cf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Triandos 1b 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Miranda ss 4 0 0 0
Pillette p 2 0 1 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 1 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Waitkus ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 2
Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0
Valo rf 2 0 1 0
Zernial lf 3 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Finigan 3b 4 1 2 0
Shantz c 4 1 2 0
Raschi p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 2
Baltimore 000 000 100150
Kansas City 000 200 00x292
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Pillette  L(0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Dorish   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McDonald   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Moore   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
4
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi  W(1-1) 9.0 5 1 1 3 6
  Birrer  W(1-0) 8.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
17.0
15
6
6
5
12

  E–Lopez (3), Raschi (1).  DP–Baltimore 1. Young-Miranda-Triandos, Kansas City 1. Lopez-DeMaestri-Power.  2B–Baltimore Abrams (5,off Raschi), Kansas City DeMaestri (6,off Pillette).  SH–Cox (2,off Raschi).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  CS–Power (1,3rd base by Moore/Smith); Power (1,3rd base by Moore/Smith).  U–Larry Napp, Bill Grieve, Johnny Stevens.  T–2:12.  A–7,852.
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