Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox 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, Chicago White Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 3 0 1 1
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 0 0 0
House c 4 1 2 1
  Bertoia pr 0 0 0 0
Hatfield 2b 3 0 2 0
Bunning p 0 0 0 0
  Foytack p 1 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 1 0
  Coleman p 1 0 1 0
  Small ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 2 1 0
Fox 2b 5 0 1 2
Minoso lf 5 1 4 2
Rivera rf 5 0 2 0
Kennedy 3b 5 1 2 1
Dropo 1b 3 2 2 1
Busby cf 4 1 2 2
Lollar c 4 0 0 0
Donovan p 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 8 15 8
Detroit 000 110 000281
Chicago 041 200 10x8151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L(2-4) 1.1 5 4 4 3 0
  Foytack   2.2 6 3 3 2 2
  Coleman   4.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
6
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  W(14-4) 9.0 8 2 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
2
3

  E–House (6), Kennedy (4).  DP–Chicago 2. Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo, Fox-Carrasquel-Dropo.  2B–Chicago Dropo (14,off Foytack); Busby (16,off Foytack); Carrasquel (7,off Coleman); Kennedy (6,off Coleman)..  3B–Detroit Torgeson (1,off Donovan), Chicago Minoso (7,off Foytack).  HR–Detroit House (12,5th inning off Donovan 0 on 1 out), Chicago Dropo (17,2nd inning off Bunning 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Lollar (2,off Bunning).  Team–12.  SB–Busby (11,3rd base off Bunning/House); Rivera (21,2nd base off Coleman/House).  CS–Rivera (14,3rd base by Coleman/House).  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:32.  A–34,542.
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