Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
July 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Athletics 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 1 0
Klaus ss 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
  Stephens lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 1
Zauchin 1b 4 1 0 1
White c 4 0 1 1
Hatton 3b 3 0 1 1
Piersall cf 3 0 0 0
Sullivan p 4 0 1 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Plarski cf 3 0 1 0
  Slaughter ph 1 1 1 1
  Ceccarelli p 0 0 0 0
Valo lf 4 0 1 2
Finigan 2b 4 0 0 0
Simpson rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 2 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 1 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Astroth c 2 1 0 0
Shantz p 2 0 0 0
  Renna ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Boston 004 000 000481
Kansas City 000 000 030362
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  W(12-8) 8.1 6 3 3 1 3
  Kinder  SV(12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
4
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L(4-8) 8.0 7 4 2 3 6
  Ceccarelli   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
3
6

  E–Klaus (14).  DP–Boston 2. Hatton-Goodman-Zauchin, F. Sullivan-Zauchin.  2B–Boston Klaus (11,off Bobby Shantz).  SF–Hatton (1,off Bobby Shantz).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Jensen (11,2nd base off Bobby Shantz/Astroth).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:14.  A–9,096.
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