Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Billy Hoeft tossed a 7 hitter as the Tigers win game one over the White Sox 4-1.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago White Sox At 1955 Detroit Tigers 9/5/1955
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Busby CF 4 0 0 0 .266 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .313
N.Fox 2B 4 0 0 0 .330 B.Tuttle CF 4 1 2 0 .270
M.Minoso LF 4 1 3 1 .273 A.Kaline RF 4 1 1 3 .336
B.Nieman RF 3 0 0 0 .274 E.Torgeson 1B 3 0 0 0 .271
B.Kennedy 3B 4 0 1 0 .319 R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .268
W.Dropo 1B 4 0 2 0 .335 J.Delsing LF 3 0 0 0 .259
S.Lollar C 3 0 0 0 .234 F.House C 3 0 0 0 .256
J.Brideweser SS 3 0 1 0 .154 F.Hatfield 2B 3 2 2 1 .259
V.Trucks P 1 0 0 0 .074 B.Hoeft P 2 0 0 0 .162
A-L.Moss PH 1 0 0 0 .299
S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .077
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Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 29 4 5 4
A-Pinch Hit For Trucks In 8th Inning
White Sox....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 5 0
White Sox (85-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Trucks LOSS(11-9) 7 5 4 4 1 1 2 3.91
S.Consuegra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.33
Totals 8 5 4 4 1 1 2
Tigers (70-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Hoeft WIN(17-9) 9 7 1 1 1 3 1 2.68
Totals 9 7 1 1 1 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,965 DATE- Monday, September 5th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:53
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 5 Tigers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0 Tigers: 2
DOUBLES- J.Brideweser(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Minoso(12th), A.Kaline(27th), F.Hatfield(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Trucks
WALKS- B.Nieman, B.Hoeft
STRIKE OUTS- B.Kennedy, W.Dropo, L.Moss, B.Hoeft
GIDP- W.Dropo, J.Brideweser
Fred Hatfield went deep and Billy Hoeft was able to finish what he started and
was credited with a complete game as the Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago
White Sox by a score of 4 to 1 at Briggs Stadium.
In the bottom of the 3rd inning Detroit scored 3 runs with the help of 3 hits.
That was all Hoeft(17-9) needed. Detroit had only 5 hits for the game.
The loss was charged to Virgil Trucks(11-9). He gave up 4 runs and 5 hits in
7 innings.
