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Athletics 6 @ Red Sox 5
Fenway Park
September 13, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 13, 1955 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 13, 1955 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 6 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherTom Gorman  
Losing PitcherEllis Kinder  
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Game Info

DateSeptember 13, 1955 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherVic Raschi  
Home Starting PitcherWillard Nixon  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Red Flaherty

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Harry Simpson  Center Fielder 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Bill Renna  Right Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Jerry Schypinski  Shortstop 
Joe Astroth  Catcher 
Vic Raschi  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Goodman  Second Baseman 
Billy Klaus  Shortstop 
Ted Williams  Left Fielder 
Faye Throneberry  Right Fielder 
Norm Zauchin  First Baseman 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Grady Hatton  Third Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Willard Nixon  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

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Athletics 6 @ Red Sox 5
Fenway Park
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         Game of 9/13/1955, game 1 -- Kansas City at Boston (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           5  2  2  1   Goodman B, 2b         4  1  2  2   
Simpson H, cf         6  0  2  0   Klaus B, ss           6  0  3  2   
Zernial G, lf         4  1  1  0   Williams T, lf        6  0  2  1   
Wilson B, lf          2  0  0  0   Throneberry F, rf     3  0  0  0   
Lopez H, 3b           4  0  1  0   Joost E, ph           1  0  0  0   
Renna B, rf           1  1  0  0   Olson K, rf           2  0  1  0   
Slaughter E, ph-rf    2  0  1  1   Zauchin N, 1b         6  0  1  0   
Finigan J, 2b         5  1  1  1   White S, c            5  0  1  0   
Schypinski J, ss      5  0  1  2   Hatton G, 3b          3  1  1  0   
Astroth J, c          5  1  1  0   Consolo B, pr         0  1  0  0   
Raschi V, p           2  0  0  0   Lepcio T, 3b          1  0  0  0   
Gray J, p             1  0  0  0   Piersall J, cf        4  1  1  0   
Shantz B, p           1  0  0  0   Nixon W, p            2  1  1  0   
Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   Stephens G, ph        0  0  0  0   
                                   Hurd T, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Jensen J, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Kinder E, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  6 10  5                        44  5 13  5

Kansas City      000 310 100 001 --  6
Boston           003 010 001 000 --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Raschi V              4.2  8  4  4  0  0
Gray J*               1.1  0  0  0  1  0
Shantz B              3.1  3  1  1  2  2
Gorman T (W)          2.2  2  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nixon W               7.0  7  5  5  3  4
Hurd T                2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Kinder E (L)          3.0  2  1  1  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Lopez H, Shantz B
DP -- Kansas City 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Boston 10
2B -- Hatton G, Goodman B, Zernial G, Finigan J, Schypinski J, Power V
CS -- Jensen J
SH -- Goodman B 2, White S, Piersall J, Gorman T
SF -- Slaughter E
WP -- Nixon W
T -- 3:26
A -- 0

    

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