Athletics @ Indians
September 5, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 12 0
Indians 4 6 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 12 0
Indians 4 6 2

Ralph Kiner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .243
OBP .000 .368
At Bats 0 301
Hits 0 73
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 62
RBI’s 0 50

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 11 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - September 5, 1955
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Art Ditmar
Billy Shantz
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Clete Boyer
Elmer Valo
Harry Simpson
Enos Slaughter
Ralph Kiner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 5 12 0 12
Cleveland Indians 4 6 2 2
Winning Pitcher Art Ditmar
Losing Pitcher Don Mossi
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hector Lopez
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ralph Kiner pinch hits for Sam Dente. Kiner hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 9 Rosen hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doby strikes out.
Top 9 Sal Maglie now pitching. Shantz hits a line drive towards short. Strickland reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Boyer takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to third. Finigan moves to second.
Top 9 Finigan is walked intentionally.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Valo moves to second.
Top 9 Jose Santiago now pitching. Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simpson tags and scores.
Top 9 Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third.
Top 9 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Naragon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sam Dente now playing third base. Al Rosen now playing first base. Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith strikes out.
Top 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ditmar strikes out.
Top 8 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mossi hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Strickland hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clete Boyer now playing shortstop. Naragon hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Jerry Schypinski. Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Finigan hits a popup towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Valo moves to second.
Top 7 Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fain hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rosen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Doby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 6 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Don Mossi now pitching. Simpson strikes out.
Top 6 Houtteman fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Houtteman. Schypinski scores. Power moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ditmar strikes out.
Top 6 Shantz bunts towards the mound. Houtteman fields it and throws to first for the out. Schypinski moves to second.
Top 6 Schypinski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Houtteman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Naragon trying to get to home. Valo throws the ball in to Shantz who tags Naragon, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 5 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Naragon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Naragon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Fain 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 5 Art Houtteman now pitching. Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Valo moves to third.
Top 5 Valo is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Simpson moves to second.
Top 5 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rosen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Doby hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 4 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Shantz strikes out.
Top 4 Schypinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Finigan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Lopez. The throw from Naragon and he is out, Strickland applying the tag.
Top 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Feller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Strickland hits a popup towards short. Schypinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Valo hits a popup towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Simpson goes all the way around to score. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ditmar hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Naragon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. Naragon reaches second base with a double. Simpson throws the ball in to Finigan who relays the ball to Lopez who tags Naragon trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Fain goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rosen strikes out.
Bottom 2 Doby strikes out.
Top 2 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shantz for the out.
Top 2 Schypinski hits a popup towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Finigan reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Woodling hits a line drive towards first. Power catches it and steps on first to double up Avila.
Bottom 1 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Smith strikes out.
Top 1 Valo strikes out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Power reaches second base with a double.