Athletics @ Tigers
July 8, 1955

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Bottom 11 R H E
Athletics 8 16 4
Tigers 8 9 0
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Athletics 8 16 4
Tigers 11 10 0

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .253
OBP .400 .377
At Bats 4 225
Hits 1 57
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 47
RBI’s 3 27

Johnny Sain Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 1
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Briggs Stadium - July 8, 1955
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Home Run
Johnny Sain
Joe Astroth
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Bill Renna
Harry Simpson
Enos Slaughter
Earl Torgeson
Al Kaline
Harvey Kuenn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 8 16 4 7
Detroit Tigers 11 10 0 7
Winning Pitcher Al Aber
Losing Pitcher Johnny Sain
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Earl Torgeson
Attendance 27,770
Time of Game 3 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Kaline bunts towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 11 Tuttle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Bill Renna now playing left field. Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Sain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Aber is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out.
Bottom 10 Wilson 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 10 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Lopez hits a line drive into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Delsing hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan misplays the ball. That's an error on Finigan.
Bottom 9 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Enos Slaughter now playing right field. Johnny Sain now pitching. Kaline strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Simpson. The slide. Wilson applies the tag. Simpson is out.
Top 9 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Slaughter scores. Simpson moves to third.
Top 9 Al Aber now pitching. Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 9 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Bill Wilson. Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Red Wilson now catching. Babe Birrer now pitching. Elmer Valo pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Paul Foytack. Maxwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Frank House. Hatfield bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Finigan covering, for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Gorman now pitching. House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power juggles the ball. That's an error on Power.
Top 8 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Finigan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Paul Foytack now pitching. Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. Zernial moves to third. Simpson moves to second.
Top 8 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Zernial moves to second.
Top 8 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Wilson moves to second.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Delsing is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Bill Harrington now pitching. Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Top 7 Clete Boyer pinch hits for Lou Sleater. Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Astroth hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Astroth settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Astroth.
Bottom 6 Hoeft 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 6 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 5 House hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lou Sleater now pitching. Delsing strikes out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Wilson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Hatfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 House hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Portocarrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Astroth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Portocarrero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Zernial scores.
Top 3 There goes Zernial. The throw from House and he is safe. Zernial steals second.
Top 3 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoeft takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hatfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 House hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Portocarrero hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Astroth takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Power reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Delsing 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 Boone takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wilson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.