Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 13, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1955 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 5 2 2 1
Simpson cf 6 0 2 0
Zernial lf 4 1 1 0
  Wilson lf 2 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 0
Renna rf 1 1 0 0
  Slaughter ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Finigan 2b 5 1 1 1
Schypinski ss 5 0 1 2
Astroth c 5 1 1 0
Raschi p 2 0 0 0
  Gray p 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 1 2 2
Klaus ss 6 0 3 2
Williams lf 6 0 2 1
Throneberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Joost ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson rf 2 0 1 0
Zauchin 1b 6 0 1 0
White c 5 0 1 0
Hatton 3b 3 1 1 0
  Consolo pr 0 1 0 0
  Lepcio 3b 1 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 1 1 0
Nixon p 2 1 1 0
  Stephens ph 0 0 0 0
  Hurd p 0 0 0 0
  Jensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Kinder p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 13 5
Kansas City 000 310 100 0016101
Boston 003 010 001 0005130
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi   4.2 8 4 4 0 0
  Gray   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Shantz   3.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Gorman  W(7-6) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
13
5
5
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon   7.0 7 5 5 3 4
  Hurd   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Kinder  L(5-4) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
12.0
10
6
6
3
7

  E–Lopez (25).  DP–Kansas City 1. Zernial-Power-Schypinski, Boston 1. Hurd-Zauchin.  2B–Kansas City Zernial (8,off Nixon); Finigan (30,off Nixon); Schypinski (2,off Nixon); Power (32,off Nixon), Boston Hatton (11,off Raschi); Goodman (30,off Raschi).  SH–Gorman (1,off Kinder); Goodman 2 (10,off Raschi,off Bobby Shantz); White (5,off Gray); Piersall (9,off Bobby Shantz).  SF–Slaughter (4,off Nixon).  IBB–Lopez (1,by Nixon).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  CS–Jensen (9,2nd base by Bobby Shantz/Astroth).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–3:25.
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