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Orioles 9 @ Red Sox 12
Fenway Park
April 17, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles, played on April 17, 1955 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Orioles with a score of 12 to 9.

Game Summary

DateApril 17, 1955 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 9 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 11
Runs: 9
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 12 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 12
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherHal Brown  
Losing PitcherDon Johnson  
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Game Winning RBISammy White 

Game Info

DateApril 17, 1955 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherLou Kretlow  
Home Starting PitcherRuss Kemmerer  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance15,345 
Time of Game3 hours 8 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Charlie Berry

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Cox  Third Baseman 
Cal Abrams  Center Fielder 
Gil Coan  Left Fielder 
Gene Woodling  Right Fielder 
Les Moss  Catcher 
Gus Triandos  First Baseman 
Bobby Young  Second Baseman 
Willie Miranda  Shortstop 
Lou Kretlow  Pitcher 
Paul Richards  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Goodman  Second Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Faye Throneberry  Left Fielder 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Harry Agganis  First Baseman 
Ted Lepcio  Third Baseman 
Owen Friend  Shortstop 
Russ Kemmerer  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

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Orioles 9 @ Red Sox 12
Fenway Park
April 17, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/17/1955, game 2 -- Baltimore at Boston (N)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Cox B, 3b             5  3  3  0   Goodman B, 2b         3  0  0  1   
Abrams C, cf          5  1  1  1   Piersall J, cf        4  1  0  0   
Coan G, lf            2  1  1  0   Throneberry F, lf     5  3  2  1   
Evers H, ph-lf        2  1  1  0   Jensen J, rf          4  3  2  0   
Woodling G, rf        5  2  1  3   White S, c            5  2  3  4   
Moss L, c             3  0  1  1   Agganis H, 1b         5  1  2  2   
Diering C, pr         0  1  0  0   Lepcio T, 3b          5  2  2  2   
Smith H, c            0  0  0  0   Friend O, ss          3  0  0  0   
Triandos G, 1b        5  0  3  2   Hatton G, ph          0  0  0  0   
Marsh F, pr-ss        0  0  0  0   Brown H, p            1  0  1  1   
Young B, 2b           4  0  1  1   Kemmerer R, p         0  0  0  0   
Miranda W, ss         2  0  0  0   Kiely L, p            2  0  1  0   
Waitkus E, ph-1b      1  0  0  0   Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0   
Kretlow L, p          3  0  0  0   Stephens G, ph        0  0  0  0   
Johnson D, p          1  0  0  0   Susce G, p            0  0  0  0   
Leppert D, ph         1  0  0  0   Klaus B, ph-ss        1  0  0  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  9 12  8                        38 12 13 12

Baltimore        310 004 010 --  9
Boston           000 430 23x -- 12

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kretlow L             4.1  8  7  7  1  4
Johnson D (L)         3.2  5  5  3  4  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kemmerer R            2.2  8  4  4  1  3
Kiely L*              2.1  2  4  3  4  3
Freeman H             1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Susce G               1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Brown H (W)           2.0  1  1  1  1  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 6th

E -- Triandos G, Agganis H 2, Miranda W, Klaus B, Smith H
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Baltimore 11, Boston 9
2B -- Coan G, Woodling G, Cox B 2, Throneberry F, Jensen J, Lepcio T, White S
HR -- Lepcio T
SH -- Young B, Jensen J
SF -- Goodman B
WP -- Kretlow L
PB -- White S
T -- 3:08
A -- 15345

    

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