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July 27, 1955

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Bottom 11	R	H	E
Athletics	6	14	0
Senators	4	13	1

Bottom 11	R	H	E
Athletics	6	14	0
Senators	4	13	1

Jerry Snyder Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.600	.294
OBP	.600	.324
At Bats	5	68
Hits	3	20
• Singles	3	16
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	5

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	8	0

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Griffith Stadium - July 27, 1955

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Out

Art Ditmar

Joe Astroth

Vic Power

Jim Finigan

Hector Lopez

Joe DeMaestri

Bill Wilson

Harry Simpson

Enos Slaughter

Jerry Snyder

Eddie Yost

Clint Courtney

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Kansas City Athletics	6	14	0	9
Washington Senators	4	13	1	10
Winning Pitcher	Art Ditmar
Losing Pitcher	Mickey McDermott
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 48 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 11 Yost takes first base on ball four. Courtney moves to second.

Bottom 11 Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 11 McDermott 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 11 Pete Runnels pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso. Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 11 Wilson hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 11 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Slaughter moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 11 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.

Top 11 Ditmar hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 11 Simpson bunts towards third. Yost throws to first for one, and Vernon throws to home, and Courtney drops the ball. Lopez scores. DeMaestri moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 11 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Courtney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez moves to second.

Top 11 Mickey Vernon now playing first base. Roy Sievers now playing left field. Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 10 Umphlett hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 10 Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Johnny Groth. Vernon is walked intentionally.

Bottom 10 Sievers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Sievers reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 10 Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 10 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 10 Astroth is called out on strikes.

Top 10 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 10 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Yost strikes out.

Bottom 9 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Valdivielso moves to third.

Bottom 9 Art Ditmar now pitching. McDermott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Valdivielso moves to second.

Bottom 9 Valdivielso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Umphlett hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 9 Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 McDermott fires to first and picks off Slaughter.

Top 9 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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

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

Bottom 8 Sievers 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 8 Paula takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Yost is called out on strikes.

Top 8 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Groth. Lopez reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Clint Courtney now catching. Mickey McDermott now pitching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Shantz fires to first and picks off Courtney.

Bottom 7 Clint Courtney pinch hits for Bob Chakales. Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Juan Delis pinch hits for Bruce Edwards. Delis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bill Wilson now playing left field. Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Zernial strikes out.

Top 7 Power hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 7 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Umphlett hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Enos Slaughter now playing right field. Harry Simpson now playing center field. Joe Astroth now catching. Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Harry Simpson pinch hits for Billy Shantz. Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Lopez moves to third.

Top 6 Bob Chakales now pitching. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out. Finigan moves to third.

Top 6 Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finigan moves to second.

Top 6 Finigan takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 6 Power bunts towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Snyder covering, for the out. Shantz moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.

Top 6 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Don Plarski. Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Shantz moves to second.

Top 6 Shantz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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

Bottom 5 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yost moves to second.

Bottom 5 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 5 Stone bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stone for the out. Edwards moves to second.

Bottom 5 Edwards takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 5 DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Valdivielso is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Umphlett strikes out.

Bottom 4 Groth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 4 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power moves to second.

Top 4 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Power takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Sievers strikes out.

Bottom 3 Shantz fires to third and picks off Paula.

Bottom 3 Paula hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Plarski who is chasing the ball. Paula reaches third base with a triple. Snyder goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Yost hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Plarski strikes out.

Top 3 Shantz hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 2 Stone 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 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to home to get Valdivielso. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 2 Valdivielso hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Renna who is chasing the ball. Valdivielso reaches third base with a triple. Umphlett goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 2 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.

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

Top 2 There goes DeMaestri. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Snyder applying the tag.

Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Yost hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 1 Zernial hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Power takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Plarski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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