Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Athletics 2 (1) (original) (raw)

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Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Athletics 2 (1)

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Day

Game Played on Thursday, August 18, 1955 (D) at Comiskey Park I

KC A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 CHI A 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 x - 6 11 0

BATTING

Kansas City Athletics AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Power 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 Slaughter rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Valo lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Clete Boyer 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Simpson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Lopez 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 Finigan 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Zernial ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 Astroth c 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 Herbert p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Renna ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cloyd Boyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 10 2 1 7 24 8

FIELDING - E: Lopez (19).

BATTING - SH: Astroth (8,off Howell). Team LOB: 9.

Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Carrasquel ss 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 Fox 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 Minoso lf 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 9 0 Rivera rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 Kennedy 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 Lollar c 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 Busby cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Trucks p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howell p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 6 11 6 5 1 27 6

BATTING - 2B: Minoso (18,off Cloyd Boyer); Rivera (22,off Cloyd Boyer). Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING - CS: Rivera (12,2nd base by Herbert/Astroth).

PITCHING

Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Herbert L(1-7) 6 7 3 3 3 1 0 27 Cloyd Boyer 2 4 3 2 2 0 0 12 Totals 8 11 6 5 5 1 0 39

Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Trucks W(12-6) 6 6 2 2 0 6 0 24 Howell SV(5) 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 14 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 7 0 38

Umpires: HP - Bill McKinley, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Charlie Berry

Time of Game: 2:49

Starting Lineups:

Kansas City Athletics Chicago White Sox

1. Power 1b Carrasquel ss
2. Slaughter rf Fox 2b
3. Valo lf Minoso lf
4. Simpson cf Dropo 1b
5. Lopez 3b Rivera rf
6. Finigan 2b Kennedy 3b
7. DeMaestri ss Lollar c
8. Astroth c Busby cf
9. Herbert p Trucks p

ATHLETICS 1ST: Power struck out; Slaughter popped to catcher in foul territory; Valo singled to center; Simpson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Carrasquel grounded out (third to first); Fox grounded out (second to first); Minoso walked; Dropo popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Lopez flied out to center; Finigan grounded out (pitcher to first); DeMaestri flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Rivera walked; Kennedy popped to shortstop in foul territory; Lollar singled to left [Rivera to second]; Busby singled to left [Lollar to second, Rivera scored]; Trucks made an out to second; Carrasquel singled to left [Busby to second, Lollar scored]; Fox flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Astroth struck out; Herbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Power made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Minoso flied out to center; Dropo singled to left; Rivera forced Dropo (pitcher to shortstop); Rivera was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Slaughter lined to first; Valo grounded out (second to first); Simpson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kennedy was called out on strikes; Lollar flied out to right; Busby flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: On a bunt Lopez grounded out (catcher to first); Finigan grounded out (third to first); DeMaestri singled to center; Astroth was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Trucks grounded out (shortstop to first); Carrasquel singled to left; On a bunt Fox singled to catcher [Carrasquel to second]; Minoso flied out to center; Dropo singled to center [Fox to second, Carrasquel scored]; Rivera made an out to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Herbert was called out on strikes; Power singled to center; Slaughter singled to right [Power to second]; Valo struck out; Simpson singled to pitcher [Slaughter to second, Power to third]; Lopez singled to right [Simpson to second, Slaughter scored, Power scored]; ZERNIAL BATTED FOR FINIGAN; Zernial struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: ZERNIAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CLETE BOYER REPLACED VALO (PLAYING 2B); Kennedy walked; Lollar lined to third; Busby flied out to left; NIEMAN BATTED FOR TRUCKS; Nieman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOWELL REPLACED NIEMAN (PITCHING); DeMaestri singled to center; Astroth out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [DeMaestri to second]; RENNA BATTED FOR HERBERT; Renna lined to center; Power grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: CLOYD BOYER REPLACED RENNA (PITCHING); Carrasquel walked; Fox reached on an error by Lopez [Carrasquel to second]; Minoso doubled to left [Fox scored (unearned), Carrasquel scored]; Dropo popped to catcher in foul territory; Rivera doubled to left [Minoso scored]; Rivera was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Kennedy walked; Lollar popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Slaughter flied out to center; Clete Boyer singled to shortstop; Simpson flied out to left; Lopez singled to left [Clete Boyer to second]; Zernial made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Busby grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell singled to right; Carrasquel forced Howell (shortstop to second); Fox singled to shortstop [Carrasquel to second]; Minoso popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DeMaestri lined to right; Astroth was called out on strikes; WILSON BATTED FOR CLOYD BOYER; Wilson singled to pitcher; Power walked [Wilson to second]; Slaughter flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 6.

Final Totals R H E LOB Athletics 2 10 1 9 White Sox 6 11 0 9

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