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Kansas City Athletics 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 4 12 16 3
Cleveland Indians 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 2
Pitching
Kansas City Athletics
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Bobby ShantzW 5.1 6 4 3 5 0 43 23
Tom GormanS 3.2 2 0 0 2 2 24 16
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Bob FellerL 4.2 6 6 1 1 1 26 22
Don Mossi 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 8 8
Art Houtteman 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 14 10
Bill Wight 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 11 7
Scoring Summary
▼ 1st Al Rosen reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Joe Demaestri. Gene Woodling scores. Bobby Avila to 3rd. 0–1
▼ 1st Ralph Kiner grounds into a force out, shortstop Joe Demaestri to second baseman Jim Finigan. Bobby Avila scores. Al Rosen out at 2nd. Ralph Kiner to 1st. 0–2
▼ 2nd Gene Woodling singles on a to center fielder Harry Simpson. George Strickland scores. Gene Woodling to 2nd. Gene Woodling advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by center fielder Harry Simpson. 0–3
▲ 4th Harry Simpson hits a home run (3). Gus Zernial scores. 2–3
▲ 5th Enos Slaughter reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Al Smith. Joe Astroth scores. Bobby Shantz scores. Enos Slaughter to 3rd. 4–3
▲ 5th Gus Zernial hits a home run (17). Enos Slaughter scores. 6–3
▼ 6th Gene Woodling singles on a to center fielder Harry Simpson. Hank Foiles scores. Dave Philley to 3rd. 6–4
▲ 7th Gus Zernial triples (1) on a to center fielder Larry Doby. Enos Slaughter scores. 7–4
▲ 7th Harry Simpson singles on a to left fielder Ralph Kiner. Gus Zernial scores. 8–4
▲ 9th Jim Finigan triples (6) on a to right fielder Gene Woodling. Enos Slaughter scores. Harry Simpson scores. Vic Power scores. 11–4
▲ 9th Hector Lopez singles on a to right fielder Gene Woodling. Jim Finigan scores. 12–4
Box Score
Kansas City Athletics
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
SSJoe Demaestri 5 0 1 0 0 0
RFEnos Slaughter 4 3 1 0 1 0
LFGus Zernial 5 3 2 3 0 0
LFBill Renna 0 0 0 0 0 0
CFHarry Simpson 4 2 2 3 1 1
1BVic Power 5 1 3 0 0 0
2BJim Finigan 5 1 1 3 0 1
3BHector Lopez 5 0 3 1 0 0
CJoe Astroth 4 1 1 0 1 0
PBobby Shantz 3 1 2 0 0 0
PTom Gorman 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland Indians
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFGene Woodling 4 1 2 2 1 0
2BBobby Avila 4 1 1 0 1 1
3BAl Smith 4 0 1 0 1 0
1BAl Rosen 5 0 1 1 0 1
LFRalph Kiner 4 0 0 1 1 0
CFLarry Doby 5 0 1 0 0 0
SSGeorge Strickland 3 1 1 0 0 0
PHDale Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0
SSSam Dente 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHank Foiles 1 1 0 0 2 0
PHStu Locklin 1 0 1 0 0 0
CJim Hegan 0 0 0 0 0 0
PBob Feller 1 0 0 0 0 0
PDon Mossi 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHDave Philley 0 0 0 0 1 0
PArt Houtteman 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHBobby Young 1 0 0 0 0 0
PBill Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0