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Tigers 10 @ Athletics 11
Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 2, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 11 to 10.

Game Summary

DateJuly 2, 1955 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 10 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 10
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 11 H: 17 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 11
Hits: 17
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning PitcherJohnny Sain  
Losing PitcherAl Aber  
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Game Winning RBIJoe DeMaestri 

Game Info

DateJuly 2, 1955 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherFrank Lary  
Home Starting PitcherArnie Portocarrero  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance17,024 
Time of Game3 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Eddie Hurley
3B: Hank Soar

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Left Fielder 
Frank House  Catcher 
Fred Hatfield  Second Baseman 
Frank Lary  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Bill Wilson  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Center Fielder 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Joe Astroth  Catcher 
Arnie Portocarrero  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Tigers 10 @ Athletics 11
Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/2/1955 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           5  2  2  0   DeMaestri J, ss       5  2  3  2   
Tuttle B, cf          6  1  1  0   Slaughter E, rf       5  2  2  1   
Kaline A, rf          5  4  3  4   Wilson B, lf          5  1  0  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        5  0  0  1   Simpson H, cf         5  2  2  3   
Boone R, 3b           6  1  3  3   Power V, 1b           6  1  1  2   
Delsing J, lf         5  0  1  0   Finigan J, 2b         5  0  2  1   
House F, c            5  0  0  0   Lopez H, 3b           6  1  4  2   
Hatfield F, 2b        6  1  3  1   Astroth J, c          4  1  2  0   
Lary F, p             1  0  1  0   Portocarrero A, p     2  1  0  0   
Zuverink G, p         0  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           2  0  1  0   
Maxwell C, ph         0  0  0  0   Boyer C, pr           0  0  0  0   
Foytack P, p          0  0  0  0   Sain J, p             1  0  0  0   
Fain F, ph            0  0  0  0                                      
Phillips B, pr        0  1  0  0                                      
Birrer B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Phillips J, ph        0  0  0  0                                      
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44 10 14  9                        46 11 17 11

Detroit          300 010 240 00 -- 10
Kansas City      001 630 000 01 -- 11
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lary F                3.1  9  7  5  2  4
Zuverink G            1.2  4  3  3  3  2
Foytack P             2.0  1  0  0  0  4
Birrer B              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Aber A (L)            2.0  2  1  1  0  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Portocarrero A        5.1  9  4  4  3  1
Gorman T              2.2  3  6  5  2  0
Sain J (W)            3.0  2  0  0  1  1

E -- Lopez H, Torgeson E, Boone R, Gorman T, Hatfield F
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 10, Kansas City 14
2B -- Tuttle B, Kaline A 2, Simpson H, Gorman T
HR -- Boone R, Hatfield F, Kaline A, DeMaestri J
SB -- DeMaestri J
SH -- Lary F, Portocarrero A, Slaughter E, House F
SF -- Torgeson E, DeMaestri J
HBP -- by Zuverink G (DeMaestri J)
T -- 3:26
A -- 17024

    

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