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May 24, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 9 12 2
Athletics 6 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 9 12 2
Athletics 6 8 0

Joe Astroth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .394
At Bats 0 54
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 4

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 24, 1955
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Out
Al Aber
Red Wilson
Jack Phillips
Harry Malmberg
Fred Hatfield
Reno Bertoia
Jim Delsing
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Joe Astroth
Bill Wilson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 9 12 2 7
Kansas City Athletics 6 8 0 9
Winning Pitcher Al Aber
Losing Pitcher Johnny Sain
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ray Boone
Attendance 18,217
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatfield.
Bottom 9 Jack Phillips now playing first base. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malmberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wilson strikes out.
Top 9 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Ferris Fain. Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips moves to second.
Top 9 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jack Littrell now playing second base. Joe Astroth now catching. Lou Sleater now pitching. Kaline hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malmberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malmberg fields it and throws to home to get Simpson. DeMaestri moves to third. Renna moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jack Littrell pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Littrell hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Malmberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Kryhoski pinch hits for Billy Shantz. Al Aber now pitching. Bill Renna pinch hits for Dick Kryhoski. Renna hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 8 Van Fletcher now pitching. DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Harry Simpson pinch hits for Pete Suder. Simpson takes first base on ball four. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Foytack moves to second.
Top 8 Foytack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores.
Top 8 Malmberg hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hatfield tags and scores.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Delsing scores. Hatfield moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Top 8 Hatfield bunts towards first. Power fields it and throws to third for the out. Delsing moves to second.
Top 8 Delsing takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Fain hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Fain reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Paul Foytack now pitching. Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Power moves to third.
Bottom 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain juggles the ball. That's an error on Fain.
Bottom 7 Gorman strikes out. Wilson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gorman out.
Bottom 7 Leo Cristante now pitching. Shantz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tuttle strikes out.
Top 7 Bob Miller pinch runs for Ray Boone. Bertoia hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ray Boone pinch hits for Ben Flowers. Tom Gorman now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Malmberg moves to second.
Top 7 Malmberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson moves to third.
Top 7 Pete Suder now playing second base. Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Ben Flowers now pitching. DeMaestri hits a popup towards short. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Hector Lopez. Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valo scores. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 George Zuverink now pitching. Power hits a popup towards short. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hatfield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnny Sain now pitching. Delsing hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bertoia bunts in front of the plate. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out. Porter moves to second.
Top 6 JW Porter pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ditmar strikes out.
Bottom 5 Shantz hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out. Finigan scores.
Bottom 5 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Finigan moves to third.
Bottom 5 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Malmberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Malmberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fain hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a line drive towards center. Tuttle catches it and throws to second to double up Shantz.
Bottom 3 Ditmar bunts towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out. Shantz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Shantz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a fly ball towards right. Slaughter catches it and throws to second to double up Bertoia.
Top 3 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gromek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a popup towards short. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Malmberg hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 1 Reno Bertoia now playing shortstop. Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Delsing hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fain hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Ditmar covering. It's a double play. Tuttle scores.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bertoia scores. Tuttle moves to third.
Top 1 Reno Bertoia pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Bertoia moves to second.
Top 1 Kuenn bunts towards third. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.