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August 18, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 10 1
White Sox 6 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 10 1
White Sox 6 11 0

Enos Slaughter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .304
OBP .250 .395
At Bats 4 217
Hits 1 66
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 25

Dixie Howell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 4
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Comiskey Park - August 18, 1955
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Out
Dixie Howell
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
Bob Kennedy
Chico Carrasquel
Minnie Minoso
Jim Busby
Jim Rivera
Enos Slaughter
Vic Power
Bill Wilson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 2 10 1 9
Chicago White Sox 6 11 0 9
Winning Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Losing Pitcher Ray Herbert
Save Dixie Howell
Game Winning RBI Jim Busby
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Power takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Top 9 Bill Wilson pinch hits for Cloyd Boyer. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Astroth is called out on strikes.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Minoso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 8 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Astroth fires to second and picks off Rivera for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Rivera reaches second base with a double. Minoso scores.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Carrasquel scores. Fox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cloyd Boyer now pitching. Carrasquel takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bill Renna pinch hits for Ray Herbert. Renna hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Astroth bunts towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Astroth for the out. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 7 Dixie Howell now pitching. DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bob Nieman pinch hits for Virgil Trucks. Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Busby hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lollar hits a line drive towards third. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gus Zernial now playing left field. Clete Boyer now playing second base. Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Jim Finigan. Zernial strikes out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Power scores. Slaughter scores. Simpson moves to second.
Top 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 6 Valo strikes out.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Top 6 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Herbert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 5 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fox bunts in front of the plate. Astroth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Astroth is called out on strikes.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lopez bunts in front of the plate. Lollar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Busby hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lollar hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a line drive towards first. Dropo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Rivera. The throw from Astroth and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herbert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Herbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Astroth strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lollar scores. Busby moves to second.
Bottom 2 Trucks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Fox 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 1 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.
Top 1 Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power strikes out.