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Final Municipal Stadium
Linescore
123456789 R H E
Baltimore Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 11 3
Kansas City Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 6 1
Pitching
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Connie Johnson 8.0 5 4 3 2 6 49 41
George ZuverinkL 0.1 1 2 1 0 0 3 3
Kansas City Athletics
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Arnie Portocarrero 5.1 5 3 3 4 3 42 26
Glenn Cox 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jack Urban 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 10 10
Tom MorganW 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 6 6
Scoring Summary
▲ 2nd Al Pilarcik out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Johnny Groth. Bob Nieman scores. 1–0
▼ 3rd Billy Martin strikes out swinging. 1–1
▲ 6th Al Pilarcik singles. Gus Triandos scores. Jim Busby to 3rd. 2–1
▲ 6th Willy Miranda out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Woodie Held. Jim Busby scores. 3–1
▲ 7th Bob Nieman singles on a to center fielder Woodie Held. Billy Gardner scores. 4–1
▼ 7th Vic Power singles on a to right fielder Al Pilarcik. Hal Smith scores. 4–2
▲ 9th Tito Francona out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bob Cerv. Connie Johnson scores. 5–2
▼ 9th Vic Power reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Billy Gardner. Bob Cerv scores. Hal Smith to 3rd. 5–3
▼ 9th Gus Zernial hits a home run (17). Hal Smith scores. Vic Power scores. 5–6
Box Score
Baltimore Orioles
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
2BBilly Gardner 5 1 2 0 0 1
1BBob Boyd 4 0 4 0 0 0
3BBilly Goodman 4 0 1 0 1 0
LFBob Nieman 3 1 1 1 1 0
LFJoe Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0
LFTito Francona 0 0 0 1 0 0
CGus Triandos 4 1 1 0 1 1
CFJim Busby 3 1 0 0 1 1
RFAl Pilarcik 3 0 1 2 0 0
SSWilly Miranda 3 0 0 1 0 0
SSJim Brideweser 0 0 0 0 0 0
PConnie Johnson 4 1 1 0 0 0
PGeorge Zuverink 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City Athletics
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
3BBilly Hunter 2 0 0 0 1 0
PHTim Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 1
PTom Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 0
2BBilly Martin 4 0 0 0 0 1
LFBob Martyn 2 0 0 0 0 0
LFBob Cerv 2 1 1 0 0 1
CHal Smith 4 2 2 0 0 1
CFWoodie Held 4 0 0 0 0 1
1BVic Power 4 1 1 2 0 0
SSJoe Demaestri 3 0 0 0 0 1
PHGus Zernial 1 1 1 3 0 0
RFJohnny Groth 1 1 0 0 1 0
RFLou Skizas 1 0 0 0 0 0
PArnie Portocarrero 0 0 0 0 0 0
PGlenn Cox 0 0 0 0 0 0
PJack Urban 1 0 1 0 0 0
PHIrv Noren 1 0 0 0 0 0
3BHector Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0