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Athletics 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
May 30, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics, played on May 30, 1955 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1955 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 5 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherArt Ceccarelli  
Losing PitcherGeorge Zuverink  
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Game Winning RBIGus Zernial 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherVic Raschi  
Home Starting PitcherDuke Maas  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance19,480 
Time of Game2 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Charlie Berry

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Second Baseman 
Elmer Valo  Right Fielder 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Center Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Jack Littrell  Shortstop 
Joe Astroth  Catcher 
Vic Raschi  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Fred Hatfield  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Ferris Fain  First Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Left Fielder 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Harry Malmberg  Second Baseman 
Reno Bertoia  Third Baseman 
Duke Maas  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Athletics 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
May 30, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/30/1955, game 2 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           5  0  0  1   Hatfield F, ss        6  0  0  0   
Lopez H, 2b           3  1  1  0   Tuttle B, cf          5  0  0  0   
Kryhoski D, ph        0  0  0  0   Kaline A, rf          3  0  2  0   
Sain J, p             1  0  0  0   Fain F, 1b            5  0  0  0   
Ceccarelli A, p       1  0  0  0   Delsing J, lf         4  1  1  0   
Valo E, rf            6  2  4  0   Wilson R, c           4  1  1  0   
Zernial G, lf         6  0  3  1   Malmberg H, 2b        5  1  2  1   
Wilson B, pr-cf       0  0  0  0   Bertoia R, 3b         3  1  1  0   
Simpson H, cf-lf      5  0  0  0   Kuenn H, ph           1  0  1  1   
Finigan J, 3b         4  2  2  1   Miller B, pr          0  0  0  0   
Littrell J, ss        5  0  1  1   Phillips J, 3b        1  0  0  0   
Astroth J, c          4  0  1  0   Maas D, p             1  0  0  0   
Raschi V, p           3  0  1  0   Cristante L, p        0  0  0  0   
Sleater L, p          0  0  0  0   Boone R, ph           1  0  1  1   
Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   Hoeft B, pr           0  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, ph       1  0  0  1   Phillips B, pr        0  0  0  0   
Suder P, 2b           1  0  0  0   Fletcher V, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Maxwell C, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Zuverink G, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Porter J, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5 13  5                        41  4  9  3

Kansas City      200 010 100 01 --  5
Detroit          000 021 010 00 --  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Raschi V              5.0  5  2  1  2  1
Sleater L             0.1  1  1  1  1  0
Gorman T              0.2  0  0  0  1  0
Sain J                2.0  2  1  1  0  1
Ceccarelli A (W)      3.0  1  0  0  0  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maas D                4.2  8  3  3  6  3
Cristante L           0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Fletcher V            3.0  2  1  0  0  1
Zuverink G (L)        3.0  3  1  1  0  2

E -- Tuttle B, Littrell J, Zernial G, Bertoia R, Hatfield F
DP -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- Kansas City 14, Detroit 9
2B -- Kaline A, Finigan J, Valo E
SH -- Finigan J, Wilson R
T -- 2:23
A -- 19480

    

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