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July 16, 1955

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Senators	8	9	1
Athletics	7	13	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Senators	8	9	1
Athletics	7	13	0

Jack Littrell Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.192
OBP	.000	.236
At Bats	0	52
Hits	0	10
• Singles	0	9
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	1

Chuck Stobbs Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	10	1

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Municipal Stadium - July 16, 1955

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Out

Chuck Stobbs

Clint Courtney

Mickey Vernon

Harmon Killebrew

Eddie Yost

Jose Valdivielso

Johnny Groth

Tom Umphlett

Carlos Paula

Jack Littrell

Hector Lopez

Billy Shantz

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Washington Senators	8	9	1	8
Kansas City Athletics	7	13	0	11
Winning Pitcher	Bob Chakales
Losing Pitcher	Bill Harrington
Save	Chuck Stobbs
Game Winning RBI	Carlos Paula
Attendance	14,572
Time of Game	3 hours 20 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jack Littrell pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Littrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stobbs fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Shantz moves to third.

Bottom 9 Chuck Stobbs now pitching. Shantz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.

Bottom 9 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chakales fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 9 Power hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Tom Umphlett now playing center field. Johnny Groth now playing left field. Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Yost hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Paula scores. Sievers moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.

Top 9 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Sievers moves to second.

Top 9 Sievers is walked intentionally.

Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Paula moves to third.

Top 9 Paula hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. Paula reaches second base with a double. Vernon scores.

Top 9 Vernon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. Vernon reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Groth hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon fields the ball and throws to Chakales covering. Safe.

Bottom 8 There goes DeMaestri. The throw from Courtney and he is out, Valdivielso applying the tag.

Bottom 8 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Eddie Yost now playing third base. Harmon Killebrew now playing second base. Bob Chakales now pitching. Harrington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Camilo Pascual. McDermott hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Courtney is walked intentionally.

Top 8 Eddie Yost pinch hits for Bobby Kline. Yost hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Killebrew strikes out.

Top 8 The ball gets by Shantz for a passed ball. Sievers moves to second.

Top 8 Enos Slaughter now playing right field. Hector Lopez now playing third base. Sievers takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Clete Boyer. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pascual fields it and throws to third for the out. Slaughter moves to second.

Bottom 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Bill Renna. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon juggles the ball. That's an error on Vernon. Power moves to second.

Bottom 7 Power takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Paula hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 7 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 7 Harry Simpson now playing center field. Groth 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 Harry Simpson pinch hits for Bill Wilson. Simpson strikes out.

Bottom 6 Zernial is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 6 Finigan hits a line drive into right field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 DeMaestri bunts towards the mound. Pascual fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrington moves to second.

Bottom 6 Camilo Pascual now pitching. Harrington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Finigan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 6 Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Oravetz hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Courtney hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Killebrew tags and scores.

Top 6 Bill Harrington now pitching. Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Killebrew moves to third.

Top 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Sievers scores.

Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Sievers moves to second.

Top 6 Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Shantz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Power reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Paula hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Vernon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Zernial takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Clint Courtney now catching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Valdivielso hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Ramos takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Edwards strikes out. Shantz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Edwards out.

Top 4 Kline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Kellner hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shantz moves to second.

Bottom 3 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Sievers hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 3 Paula hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Vernon strikes out.

Top 3 Groth takes first base on ball four. Valdivielso moves to second.

Top 3 Valdivielso bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Power hits a fly ball towards right. Paula catches it and throws to Kline who relays to Vernon to double up Wilson.

Bottom 2 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Zernial moves to second.

Bottom 2 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Ramos strikes out.

Top 2 Edwards 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 2 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 1 Kellner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kline settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Power scores. Renna goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 1 Shantz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kline settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Renna is hit by the pitch. Wilson moves to third. Power moves to second.

Bottom 1 Pedro Ramos now pitching. Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.

Bottom 1 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Zernial scores.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Finigan moves to third. Zernial moves to second.

Bottom 1 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Finigan moves to second.

Bottom 1 Finigan takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 The ball gets by Edwards for a passed ball. DeMaestri moves to second.

Bottom 1 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Sievers hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Paula strikes out.

Top 1 Vernon bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Valdivielso moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 1 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Valdivielso takes first base on ball four.

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