Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
June 15, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1955 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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 6, Boston Red Sox 9

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 1 1
Renna rf 4 1 1 1
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
Zernial lf 5 1 2 1
Wilson cf 4 1 1 1
Finigan 3b 4 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 1 1 0
DeMaestri ss 3 1 1 0
Shantz c 4 1 0 0
Herbert p 2 0 1 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrington p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 6 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 1 2 2
Klaus ss 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 1
  Stephens pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 3 1 1 2
Zauchin 1b 4 1 0 0
White c 4 2 2 0
Hatton 3b 3 2 1 0
Piersall cf 3 1 1 2
Parnell p 4 0 1 1
  Hurd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 8
Kansas City 100 100 004681
Boston 224 000 01x9112
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L(0-6) 7.0 9 8 7 5 3
  Harrington   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
7
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  W(1-1) 8.2 8 6 3 2 5
  Hurd  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
3
5

  E–DeMaestri (9), Goodman 2 (10).  DP–Kansas City 1. Lopez-Power.  2B–Kansas City Zernial (3,off Parnell).  HR–Kansas City Zernial (15,1st inning off Parnell 0 on 2 out); Renna (5,4th inning off Parnell 0 on 0 out); Wilson (9,9th inning off Parnell 0 on 0 out)., Boston Jensen (11,1st inning off Herbert 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Piersall (4,off Herbert).  Team–8.  U–Eddie Hurley, Ed Runge, Bill Summers.
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