Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 17, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 1 3 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 0
Delsing lf 5 0 1 1
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 0
House c 5 0 3 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 1 1
Malmberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Gromek p 5 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 11 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams lf 3 0 0 0
  Diering lf,ss 2 0 1 1
Causey 3b 4 1 2 1
Evers rf 3 0 0 0
Pope cf 4 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Coan ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Schallock p 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 3 6 3
Detroit 000 010 010 002111
Baltimore 000 000 110 01360
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  L(6-4) 10.1 6 3 3 1 10
Totals
10.1
6
3
3
1
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.2 10 2 2 2 4
  Schallock  W(2-2) 3.1 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
11.0
11
2
2
4
6

  E–Kuenn (14).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Malmberg-Torgeson, Malmberg-Kuenn-Torgeson, Baltimore 2. Young-Triandos, Johnson-Miranda-Triandos.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (13,off Johnson), Baltimore Diering (6,off Gromek).  HR–Baltimore Causey (1,7th inning off Gromek 0 on 0 out); Coan (1,8th inning off Gromek 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Malmberg (1,by Schallock).  Team LOB–11.  Team–3.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:31.  A–11,430.
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