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Baltimore Orioles @ Washington Senators

1955-05-07 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 4584 · night · 2:04

Baltimore Orioles defeated Washington Senators 5–1. Baltimore Orioles put up 2 in the 5th. Jim Wilson earned the win. Hoot Evers went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	12
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

W: Jim Wilson L: Johnny Schmitz SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Joe Paparella · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Diering	5	0	0	0	0	1
Gil Coan	3	3	1	0	2	0
Hoot Evers	3	2	2	1	0	0
Gus Triandos	4	0	2	2	0	0
Hal Smith	5	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Cox	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Willy Miranda	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	1	0	1	1	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ernie Oravetz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	2	0	1	1	1	0
Mickey Vernon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Roy Sievers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Busby	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kline	2	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Paula	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Levan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Wilson	9.0	5	4	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Schmitz	8.0	11	1	2
Ted Abernathy	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Diering: K/C
Gil Coan: 9
Hoot Evers: HR/7
Gus Triandos: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: 63
Ernie Oravetz: 8
Pete Runnels: 31

Top 2

Hal Smith: 8/L
Billy Cox: K/C
Bobby Young: S8
Willy Miranda: S8.1-2
Jim Wilson: 5(2)/FO

Bot 2

Mickey Vernon: W
Roy Sievers: WP.1-2
Roy Sievers: 43.2-3
Jim Busby: 53
Ed FitzGerald: 53

Top 3

Chuck Diering: 13
Gil Coan: 13
Hoot Evers: 53

Bot 3

Bobby Kline: S9
Johnny Schmitz: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Eddie Yost: 7/FL
Ernie Oravetz: 6

Top 4

Gus Triandos: 8
Hal Smith: 63
Billy Cox: S7
Bobby Young: S9.1-2
Willy Miranda: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Pete Runnels: S8
Mickey Vernon: 7/7D
Roy Sievers: 54(1)/FO
Jim Busby: K

Top 5

Jim Wilson: 53
Chuck Diering: 13
Gil Coan: W
Hoot Evers: S8.1-3
Gus Triandos: S7.1-3;3-H
Hal Smith: S8.1-2;3-H
Billy Cox: 3

Bot 5

Ed FitzGerald: 6
Bobby Kline: 53
Johnny Schmitz: 63

Top 6

Bobby Young: 23
Willy Miranda: 7
Jim Wilson: S7
Chuck Diering: 43

Bot 6

Eddie Yost: W
Ernie Oravetz: S9.1-3
Pete Runnels: 8/SF.3-H
Mickey Vernon: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Gil Coan: S8
Hoot Evers: 53/SH.1-2
Gus Triandos: D7.2-H
Hal Smith: 8/L
Billy Cox: E6/TH.2-3
Bobby Young: 6(1)/FO

Bot 7

Roy Sievers: 3/FL
Jim Busby: S8
Ed FitzGerald: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Willy Miranda: 43
Jim Wilson: 63
Chuck Diering: 53

Bot 8

Carlos Paula: 9
Jesse Levan: 43
Eddie Yost: W
Ernie Oravetz: 3/G

Top 9

Gil Coan: W
Hoot Evers: SB2
Hoot Evers: 14/SH.2-3
Eddie Waitkus: S8.3-H
Hal Smith: 43.1-2
Billy Cox: 43

Bot 9

Pete Runnels: W
Mickey Vernon: K
Roy Sievers: 9
Jim Busby: S5.1-3
Ed FitzGerald: 13