Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
September 11, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Kansas City Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 2b 4 0 1 0
Valo cf 4 0 0 0
Stewart rf 4 1 2 0
Zernial lf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0
Schypinski ss 3 0 0 0
  Power ph 1 0 1 1
Littrell 1b 3 1 2 0
  Renna ph 1 0 0 0
Astroth c 3 0 2 0
Kume p 1 0 0 0
  Finigan ph 1 0 1 0
  Kellner p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Causey 3b 4 1 1 0
Leppert 2b 1 0 0 0
  Philley ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Pope rf 4 1 1 2
Hale 1b 3 1 2 1
Abrams cf 2 0 1 0
  Diering cf 0 0 0 0
Dagres lf 2 0 0 1
  Marsh 2b 1 0 1 0
Smith c 3 0 1 0
Miranda ss 4 0 1 0
Lopat p 2 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 8 4
Kansas City 000 000 011290
Baltimore 010 030 00x480
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kume  L(0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Kellner   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  W(6-10) 8.2 9 2 2 1 3
  Wight  SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. Stewart-Littrell, Baltimore 3. Miranda-Marsh-Hale, Causey-Marsh-Hale, Miranda-Marsh-Hale.  2B–Kansas City Stewart (1,off Lopat).  3B–Baltimore Causey (1,off Kume); Pope (4,off Kume).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lopat (1,off Kume); Smith (4,off Kellner); Diering (4,off Kellner).  SF–Hale (1,off Kume).  HBP–Marsh (1,by Kellner).  Team–7.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:18.  A–9,305.
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