Washington Senators vs Kansas City Athletics
August 23, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 3, Kansas City Athletics 4
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 1 0
Snyder 2b 3 0 0 0
  Runnels ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 0 0
Sievers lf 3 2 2 2
Paula rf 4 1 3 1
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
Umphlett cf 3 0 2 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 3 0 0 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Pascual p 1 0 0 0
  Groth ph 1 0 1 0
  Ramos pr 0 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 1 2 3
Lopez 3b 3 0 3 0
Zernial lf 3 0 0 1
  Wilson lf 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 0 1 0
Renna rf 3 0 0 0
Boyer 2b 4 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Astroth c 3 2 2 0
Kellner p 2 1 1 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Washington 000 000 201–390
Kansas City 000 020 20x–490
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   4.1 6 0 0 0 0
  Pascual  L(2-10) 2.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Shea   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
0
0
0
0
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  W(9-7) 7.1 7 0 0 0 0
  Gorman   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Ditmar  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
0
0
  E–None.  DP–Washington 2. Renna-DeMaestri, Clete Boyer-Power-DeMaestri-Power.  2B–Washington Paula (13).  3B–Washington Paula (6).  HR–Washington Sievers 2 (21,9th inning off Gorman 0 on 0 out,7th inning off Kellner 0 on 0 out); Paula (6,7th inning off Kellner 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Stone (10).  Team LOB–5.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Grieve.
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