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Red Sox
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
April 12, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, played on April 12, 1955 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 12, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 12, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Sullivan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 38,085 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Larry Napp 3B: John Rice |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Goodman | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
| Faye Throneberry | Left Fielder |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Sammy White | Catcher |
| Norm Zauchin | First Baseman |
| Ted Lepcio | Third Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Frank Sullivan | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Don Leppert | Second Baseman |
| Gil Coan | Left Fielder |
| Gene Woodling | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
| Cal Abrams | Center Fielder |
| Les Moss | Catcher |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
April 12, 1955
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Coleman
Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Coleman
Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Throneberry vs. Coleman
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out. Goodman scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Coleman
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Coleman
White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Leppert reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Sullivan
Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leppert vs. Sullivan
Leppert bunts towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coan vs. Sullivan
Coan bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodling vs. Sullivan
Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zauchin vs. Coleman
Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus juggles the ball. That's an error on Waitkus. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lepcio vs. Coleman
Lepcio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Coleman
Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Coleman
Sullivan bunts towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Coleman
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Joost vs. Coleman
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Throneberry vs. Coleman
Throneberry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Sullivan
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abrams vs. Sullivan
Abrams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moss vs. Sullivan
Moss hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miranda vs. Sullivan
Miranda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Miranda reaches second base with a double. Abrams moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Young vs. Sullivan
Bobby Young pinch hits for Joe Coleman.
Young hits a popup towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kretlow
Lou Kretlow now pitching.
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kretlow
White hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zauchin vs. Kretlow
Zauchin hits a line drive towards short. Miranda reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Sullivan
Cox hits a popup towards third. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Sullivan
Leppert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coan vs. Sullivan
Coan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Coan reaches second base with a double. Leppert moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Woodling vs. Sullivan
Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Leppert tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Waitkus vs. Sullivan
Waitkus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Abrams vs. Sullivan
Abrams hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Kretlow
Lepcio strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Kretlow
Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Kretlow
Sullivan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Kretlow
Goodman hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Woodling chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Leppert. Leppert fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Leppert. Piersall goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Joost vs. Kretlow
Joost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Sullivan
Moss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miranda vs. Sullivan
Miranda takes first base on ball four. Moss moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kretlow vs. Sullivan
Kretlow hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out. Moss moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cox vs. Sullivan
Cox strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leppert vs. Sullivan
Leppert hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Kretlow
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leppert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kretlow
Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Kretlow
White strikes out. There goes Jensen. The throw from Moss to second, and Jensen is out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Sullivan
Coan hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Sullivan
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Sullivan
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Abrams vs. Sullivan
Abrams strikes out. There goes Woodling. The throw from White and Woodling is out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zauchin vs. Kretlow
Zauchin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Kretlow
Lepcio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Kretlow
Piersall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Woodling. Piersall reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sullivan vs. Kretlow
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Piersall scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Ferrarese
Don Ferrarese now pitching.
Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Ferrarese
Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Sullivan
Moss strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Sullivan
Miranda hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrarese vs. Sullivan
Ferrarese strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Ferrarese
Throneberry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan. Throneberry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Ferrarese
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Ferrarese
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Throneberry moves to third. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zauchin vs. Ferrarese
Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards second. Leppert scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Throneberry scores. Jensen moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lepcio vs. Ferrarese
Lepcio is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Sullivan
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Sullivan
Leppert hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Sullivan
Coan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Sullivan
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Ferrarese
Piersall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Ferrarese
Sullivan bunts towards the mound. Ferrarese fields it and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Ferrarese
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Joost vs. Ferrarese
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Sullivan
Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abrams vs. Sullivan
Abrams hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Sullivan
Moss hits a fly ball into left field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Ferrarese
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Ferrarese
Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Ferrarese
There goes Jensen. The throw from Moss and he is safe. Jensen steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Ferrarese
White hits a fly ball into center field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zauchin vs. Ferrarese
Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leppert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Sullivan
Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Sullivan
Vern Stephens pinch hits for Don Ferrarese.
Stephens hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Sullivan
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/12/1955 -- Boston at Baltimore (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Goodman B, 2b 5 1 2 1 Cox B, 3b 5 0 1 0
Joost E, ss 4 0 1 0 Leppert D, 2b 2 1 0 0
Throneberry F, lf 5 1 1 1 Coan G, lf 3 0 1 0
Jensen J, rf 4 0 2 0 Woodling G, rf 2 0 0 1
White S, c 5 0 1 0 Waitkus E, 1b 3 0 1 0
Zauchin N, 1b 5 1 0 0 Abrams C, cf 3 0 0 0
Lepcio T, 3b 4 2 2 3 Moss L, c 4 0 1 0
Piersall J, cf 3 2 3 0 Miranda W, ss 3 0 1 0
Sullivan F, p 2 0 1 1 Coleman J, p 0 0 0 0
Young B, ph 1 0 0 0
Kretlow L, p 1 0 0 0
Ferrarese D, p 1 0 0 0
Stephens V, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 7 13 6 29 1 5 1
Boston 120 102 100 -- 7
Baltimore 001 000 000 -- 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan F (W) 9.0 5 1 1 6 5
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman J (L) 2.0 4 3 2 1 1
Kretlow L 3.1 6 3 3 0 4
Ferrarese D 3.2 3 1 1 2 1
E -- Waitkus E, Leppert D
DP -- Boston 1, Baltimore 2
LOB -- Boston 8, Baltimore 9
2B -- Miranda W, Coan G, Goodman B, Piersall J, Throneberry F
HR -- Lepcio T 2
SB -- Jensen J
CS -- Jensen J, Woodling G
SH -- Leppert D, Sullivan F 2
SF -- Woodling G
T -- 2:25
A -- 38085
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