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August 7, 1955

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Bottom 8	R	H	E
Athletics	7	12	1
Red Sox	12	15	0

Bottom 8	R	H	E
Athletics	7	12	1
Red Sox	12	16	0

Norm Zauchin Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.237
OBP	.750	.337
At Bats	3	337
Hits	2	80
• Singles	1	50
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	1	22
Walks	1	50
RBI’s	3	68

Bill Harrington Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	3	2

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Fenway Park - August 7, 1955

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Single

Bill Harrington

Billy Shantz

Vic Power

Jim Finigan

Hector Lopez

Joe DeMaestri

Bill Wilson

Harry Simpson

Bill Renna

Norm Zauchin

Jackie Jensen

Count: - , 0 Outs

Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 Gene Stephens pinch runs for Ted Williams. Jensen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. Klaus scores. Stephens goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 8 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Bill Renna now playing right field. Bill Wilson now playing left field. Billy Shantz now catching. Bill Harrington now pitching. Klaus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Klaus reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Zernial hits a popup towards short. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Power moves to second.

Top 8 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.

Top 8 Bill Wilson pinch hits for Art Ceccarelli. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin fields the ball and throws to Brodowski covering. Safe.

Top 8 Bill Renna pinch hits for Joe Astroth. Renna hits a popup towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 Brodowski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeMaestri for the out.

Top 7 Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lopez is hit by the pitch.

Top 7 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Zauchin is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Jensen hits a line drive towards third. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Goodman scores. Klaus scores.

Bottom 6 Klaus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Klaus reaches second base with a double. Brodowski scores. Goodman moves to third.

Bottom 6 Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brodowski moves to second.

Bottom 6 Art Ceccarelli now pitching. Brodowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Power hits a line drive into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Piersall strikes out.

Bottom 5 Hatton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores.

Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. White reaches second base with a double. Zauchin goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 5 Zauchin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.

Top 5 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards second. Goodman fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Klaus covering. It's a double play.

Top 5 Astroth takes first base on ball four. Finigan moves to second.

Top 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Finigan takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Klaus hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Brodowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power scores. Zernial moves to second.

Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ditmar scores. Power moves to third.

Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Brodowski Astroth scores. Ditmar moves to third. Power moves to second.

Top 4 Dick Brodowski now pitching. Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Astroth moves to third. Ditmar moves to second.

Top 4 Ditmar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Astroth moves to second.

Top 4 Astroth takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 DeMaestri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Finigan hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. White reaches second base with a double. Zauchin goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Zauchin takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Jensen is called out on strikes.

Top 3 Lopez is called out on strikes.

Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Zernial hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brewer moves to third.

Bottom 2 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out. Brewer moves to second.

Bottom 2 Brewer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Power strikes out.

Top 2 Ditmar hits a popup towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Astroth is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Zauchin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 1 Jensen takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Klaus hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Simpson chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Finigan. Finigan fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Finigan. Klaus moves all the way to home.

Bottom 1 Goodman strikes out.

Top 1 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Finigan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Finigan reaches second base with a double. Zernial scores. Simpson moves to third.

Top 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Slaughter tags and scores.

Top 1 Simpson takes first base on ball four. Slaughter moves to third. Zernial moves to second.

Top 1 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.

Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Athletics @ Red Sox
August 7, 1955