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Baltimore Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 9 15 0
Kansas City Athletics 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 13 2
Pitching
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Billy Loes 1.0 5 4 4 1 0 12 8
Mike Fornieles 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 10 10
Billy O'Dell 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 11 11
George ZuverinkW 4.0 4 1 0 1 0 18 14
Kansas City Athletics
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Tom Morgan 5.0 8 4 4 4 1 41 25
Ryne Duren 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 10 2
Virgil Trucks 2.1 3 0 0 1 1 14 10
Mickey McDermottL 1.0 3 3 0 1 1 13 9
Scoring Summary
▼ 1st Hal Smith singles. Johnny Groth scores. Bob Cerv to 3rd. Harry Simpson to 2nd. 0–1
▼ 1st Hector Lopez singles on a to center fielder Al Pilarcik. Bob Cerv scores. Harry Simpson scores. Hal Smith to 3rd. 0–3
▼ 1st Jim Pisoni grounds into a force out, shortstop Jim Brideweser to second baseman Billy Gardner. Hal Smith scores. Hector Lopez out at 2nd. Jim Pisoni to 1st. 0–4
▲ 2nd Bob Boyd out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jim Pisoni. Tito Francona scores. 1–4
▼ 3rd Hal Smith hits a home run (6). Harry Simpson scores. 1–6
▲ 6th Joe Ginsberg singles on a to center fielder Jim Pisoni. Tito Francona scores. Al Pilarcik to 2nd. 2–6
▲ 6th Billy Gardner grounds into a double play, shortstop Joe Demaestri to second baseman Billy Hunter to first baseman Harry Simpson. Al Pilarcik scores. Willy Miranda to 3rd. Bob Hale out at 2nd. Billy Gardner out at 1st. 3–6
▲ 6th George Kell hits a home run (5). Willy Miranda scores. 5–6
▲ 6th Gus Triandos singles on a to left fielder Bob Cerv. Dick Williams scores. Bob Nieman out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Bob Cerv to third baseman Hector Lopez. 6–6
▲ 9th Billy Gardner reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Billy Hunter. Tito Francona scores. Al Pilarcik to 3rd. George Zuverink to 2nd. 7–6
▲ 9th George Kell singles on a to left fielder Lou Skizas. Al Pilarcik scores. George Zuverink scores. Billy Gardner to 2nd. 9–6
▼ 9th Joe Demaestri out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jim Pyburn. Milt Graff scores. 9–7
Box Score
Baltimore Orioles
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
2BBilly Gardner 5 0 1 0 1 0
3BGeorge Kell 6 1 3 4 0 0
1BDick Williams 5 1 1 0 1 1
RFBob Nieman 1 0 0 0 4 0
LFJim Pyburn 0 0 0 0 0 0
CGus Triandos 5 0 1 1 0 1
RFTito Francona 5 3 4 0 0 0
CFAl Pilarcik 4 2 2 0 1 0
SSJim Brideweser 1 0 0 0 1 1
PHJoe Ginsberg 1 0 1 1 0 0
SSWilly Miranda 2 1 0 0 0 0
PBilly Loes 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHBob Boyd 0 0 0 1 0 0
PMike Fornieles 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHTex Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0
PBilly O'Dell 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHBob Hale 1 0 1 0 0 0
PGeorge Zuverink 2 1 1 0 0 0
Kansas City Athletics
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFVic Power 1 0 1 0 0 0
RFJohnny Groth 4 1 2 0 0 0
SSJoe Demaestri 4 0 1 1 0 0
CFBob Cerv 5 1 1 0 0 0
1BHarry Simpson 3 2 2 0 1 1
CHal Smith 3 2 2 3 0 0
3BHector Lopez 3 0 1 2 1 0
CFJim Pisoni 3 0 1 1 0 1
PHIrv Noren 1 0 0 0 0 0
PMickey McDermott 0 0 0 0 0 0
PTom Morgan 2 0 1 0 0 0
PRyne Duren 0 0 0 0 0 0
PVirgil Trucks 1 0 0 0 0 0
LFLou Skizas 1 0 0 0 0 0
2BBilly Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 1
PHTim Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0
PRMilt Graff 0 1 0 0 0 0