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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Athletics

1955-06-03 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 21399 · 2:07

Kansas City Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Johnny Sain earned the win. Norm Zauchin went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	9
KC1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		4	6

W: Johnny Sain L: Ike Delock SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McKinley · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Nestor Chylak · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	5	0	1	0	0	2
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ted Williams	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jackie Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Zauchin	4	1	3	2	0	0
Sammy White	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ted Lepcio	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jim Piersall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ike Delock	2	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Klaus	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	3	0	1	1	1	0
Harry Simpson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	2	0	1	0	2	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Finigan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Lopez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Littrell	3	2	2	0	0	0
Billy Shantz	3	2	1	2	0	1
Bobby Shantz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Sain	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ike Delock	8.0	6	3	3

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Shantz	5.0	5	3	5
Johnny Sain	4.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Goodman: K
Eddie Joost: S
Ted Williams: S.1-2
Jackie Jensen: 7/F
Norm Zauchin: D.2-H;1-3
Sammy White: IW
Ted Lepcio: 8/F

Bot 1

Vic Power: FLE2
Vic Power: 53
Harry Simpson: 7/F
Elmer Valo: W
Gus Zernial: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Jim Piersall: S8.BX2(86)
Ike Delock: K
Billy Goodman: K

Bot 2

Jim Finigan: K
Hector Lopez: 9/F
Jack Littrell: 4/P

Top 3

Eddie Joost: K
Ted Williams: 13
Jackie Jensen: K

Bot 3

Billy Shantz: K
Bobby Shantz: 53
Vic Power: W
Harry Simpson: 8/L

Top 4

Norm Zauchin: S
Sammy White: W.1-2
Ted Lepcio: 4/P
Jim Piersall: 8/F
Ike Delock: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Goodman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Elmer Valo: W
Gus Zernial: 3/FL
Jim Finigan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Eddie Joost: 8/F
Ted Williams: 31
Jackie Jensen: 13

Bot 5

Hector Lopez: S
Jack Littrell: S.1-2
Billy Shantz: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2;B-1
Bobby Shantz: 5/P
Vic Power: S9.2-H(RBI);1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Simpson: 7/F

Top 6

Norm Zauchin: HR
Sammy White: 63
Ted Lepcio: S
Jim Piersall: 5/FL
Ike Delock: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Elmer Valo: 8/F
Gus Zernial: K
Jim Finigan: 8/F

Top 7

Billy Goodman: S
Eddie Joost: 14/SH.1-2
Ted Williams: IW
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Hector Lopez: 3/FL
Jack Littrell: S
Billy Shantz: HR.1-H
Johnny Sain: 9/F
Vic Power: E6.B-1
Harry Simpson: 13

Top 8

Norm Zauchin: 2/FL
Sammy White: 63
Ted Lepcio: HR
Jim Piersall: 4/F

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: S
Gus Zernial: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Finigan: 3/FL

Top 9

Billy Klaus: 8/F
Billy Goodman: 3/G
Eddie Joost: 4/P