Wednesday, November 28, 2007

 

Vic Power's 3 run homer in the 11th inning led the Athletics to a 9-5 win over the White Sox in the 1st of two games.





Strat-O-Matic Report








BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Chicago White Sox 8/18/1955



Athletics AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG

V.Power 1B 6 1 2 3 .277 C.Carrasquel SS 6 1 1 0 .206

E.Slaughter RF 3 1 0 0 .280 N.Fox 2B 5 2 2 2 .328

E.Valo LF 6 0 2 1 .363 M.Minoso LF 3 2 1 0 .268

H.Simpson CF 6 2 3 0 .265 W.Dropo 1B 5 0 2 0 .327

H.Lopez 3B 6 2 2 2 .292 J.Rivera RF,CF 4 0 0 0 .268

I-C.Boyer 3B 0 0 0 0 .407 B.Kennedy 3B 5 0 2 1 .302

J.Finigan 2B 5 0 0 0 .269 S.Lollar C 2 0 0 0 .252

J.Demaestri SS 5 1 3 3 .233 B-B.Nieman PH 0 0 0 0 .281

J.Astroth C 3 0 0 0 .225 D-L.Moss C 0 0 0 0 .297

E-B.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .204 J-G.Kell PH 1 0 0 0 .371

T.Gorman P 1 1 1 0 .100 J.Busby CF 3 0 0 0 .276

R.Herbert P 1 0 0 0 .167 C-G.Coan PH,RF 2 0 1 1 .248

A-G.Zernial PH 1 0 1 0 .234 V.Trucks P 3 0 0 0 .061

A.Ditmar P 0 0 0 0 .135 D.Howell P 0 0 0 0 .667

F-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .219 H-B.Adams PH 1 0 0 0 .154

G-B.Shantz C 1 1 1 0 .254 M.Martin P 0 0 0 0 .000

J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 .220

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 46 9 15 9 Totals 40 5 9 4



A-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 7th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Lollar In 7th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Busby In 7th Inning

D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nieman In 8th Inning

E-Pinch Hit For Astroth In 9th Inning

F-Pinch Hit For Ditmar In 9th Inning

G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Renna In 9th Inning

H-Pinch Hit For Howell In 10th Inning

I-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lopez In 11th Inning

J-Pinch Hit For Moss In 11th Inning



Athletics....... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 - 9 15 1

White Sox....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1



Athletics (40-79) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

R.Herbert 6 5 3 3 5 3 1 4.46

A.Ditmar 2 2 2 2 4 1 0 5.41

T.Gorman WIN(5-5) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.39

Totals 11 9 5 5 9 5 1



White Sox (77-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

V.Trucks 7 1/3 8 5 5 3 2 2 3.45

D.Howell 2 2/3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1.91

M.Martin LOSS(2-1) 0 1/3 4 4 4 1 0 1 3.38

J.Harshman 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.36

Totals 11 15 9 9 4 5 3



ATTENDANCE- 21,518 DATE- Thursday, August 18th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good

UMPIRES- Bill McKinley, Hank Soar, Ed Runge, Bill Summers

T- 3:24

LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 White Sox:14

DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 White Sox: 2

ERRORS- E.Valo, W.Dropo

DOUBLES- H.Simpson(11th), B.Shantz(6th), N.Fox(19th)

HOME RUNS- V.Power(15th), H.Lopez(14th), J.Demaestri(9th), N.Fox(7th)

STOLEN BASES- E.Slaughter(1st), M.Minoso(19th)

CAUGHT STEALING- J.Demaestri

SACRIFICE HITS- J.Rivera, L.Moss, V.Trucks

WALKS- E.Slaughter-3, R.Herbert, N.Fox, M.Minoso-3, W.Dropo, J.Rivera,

B.Kennedy, S.Lollar, B.Nieman

STRIKE OUTS- E.Valo, H.Simpson, H.Lopez, J.Astroth, B.Renna, M.Minoso, W.Dropo,

J.Rivera, V.Trucks, B.Adams

GIDP- V.Power, E.Slaughter

WILD PITCHES- A.Ditmar

WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Jim Busby robbed Vic Power of an extra base hit.



At Comiskey Park the Kansas City Athletics easily handled the Chicago White

Sox in 11 innings by the score of 9 to 5.



Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Kansas City ended

up winning it in the 11th inning. The crucial at-bat was provided by Vic

Power who silenced the crowd when he clubbed a three-run home run (his 15th

of the season). Overall Kansas City out-hit Chicago 15 to 9.



Tom Gorman(5-5) went 3 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Morrie

Martin(2-1) was charged with the loss in relief. He gave up 4 runs and 4

hits in 1/3 of an inning.














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