Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 18, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 5 1 1 0
Valo lf 3 0 1 0
  Boyer C. 2b 1 0 1 0
Simpson cf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 2 2
Finigan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Zernial ph,lf 2 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 0
Astroth c 3 0 0 0
Herbert p 2 0 0 0
  Renna ph 1 0 0 0
  Boyer C. p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 2 2 1
Fox 2b 5 1 2 0
Minoso lf 4 1 1 2
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1
Rivera rf 3 1 1 1
Kennedy 3b 2 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 1 1 0
Busby cf 4 0 1 1
Trucks p 2 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Kansas City 000 002 000–2101
Chicago 020 010 30x–6110
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L(1-7) 6.0 7 3 3 3 1
  Boyer   2.0 4 3 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
5
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(12-6) 6.0 6 2 2 0 6
  Howell  SV(5) 3.0 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
7
  E–Lopez (18).  2B–Chicago Minoso (18,off Cloyd Boyer); Rivera (22,off Cloyd Boyer)..  SH–Astroth (8,off Howell).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:49.
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