4/17/1955, Cle55-ChA55, game 1, Comiskey Park
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1955 Cleveland 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 7 1
1955 Chicago (A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 x 4 10 0 7 0
Cleveland AB R H BI AVG Chicago (A) AB R H BI AVG
Smith rf 4 0 0 0 .263 Carrasquel ss 4 0 0 0 .000
Avila 2b 4 1 1 1 .056 Fox 2b 4 1 1 0 .294
Doby cf 3 1 0 0 .105 Minoso lf 3 1 1 1 .231
Rosen 3b 3 1 2 1 .167 Kell 3b 4 0 1 0 .250
Kiner lf 2 0 1 1 .294 Rivera cf 3 1 1 0 .429
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0 .158 Dropo 1b 4 1 4 1 .375
Altobelli 1b 0 0 0 0 .000 Nieman rf 3 0 1 1 .375
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0 .273 Lollar c 4 0 0 0 .250
Naragon ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Harshman p 2 0 0 0 .000
Foiles c 3 0 0 0 .000 Courtney ph 1 0 1 1 1.000
Houtteman p 3 0 0 0 .000 Fornieles p 0 0 0 0 .000
Narleski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Donovan p 0 0 0 0 .000
Pope ph 1 0 1 0 .667 32 4 10 4
31 3 5 3
Cleveland INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Houtteman L 0-1 7.0 9 4 2 1 3 103 67 2.57
Narleski BS 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 8 0.00
8.0 10 4 2 1 3 115 75
Chicago (A) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Harshman 7.0 4 3 3 6 4 111 57 3.86
Fornieles W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0.00
Donovan S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 9 0.00
9.0 5 3 3 6 4 138 71
Cle: Altobelli inserted at 1b in the 8th
Naragon batted for Strickland in the 9th
Pope batted for Narleski in the 9th
ChA: Courtney batted for Harshman in the 7th
E-Avila, Rosen. 2B-Pope, Nieman. 3B-Fox. HR-Avila(1), Rosen(1). K-Doby,
Wertz, Foiles 2, Lollar 2, Harshman. BB-Smith, Doby, Rosen, Kiner 2, Foiles,
Minoso. SH-Rivera. SF-Nieman.
GWRBI: Nieman
Temperature: 46, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 16 MPH.
4/17/1955, Cle55-ChA55, game 1, Comiskey Park
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1955 Cleveland 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 7 1
1955 Chicago (A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 x 4 10 0 7 0
Cleveland -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Smith rf 1>W 3>43 5>7 7>13 2/fl
Avila 2b PO1(13) HR 9 9
9
Doby cf W 9 k 3/L
Rosen 3b W.1-2 HR 6>S 8>Fornieles
4
Kiner lf S.2-H;1-2 W W.1-2 53
Wertz 1b k 63 9.2-3 7
Altobelli 1b
Strickland ss 2>3 4>6/L note 1 9>Donovan
Naragon ph 53
Foiles c k k W.2-3;1-2 43
Houtteman p 43 5 43
Narleski p
Pope ph D
1: 12.3xH;1-2;B-1
Chicago (A) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Carrasquel ss 1>13 53 6>3/g note 1
Fox 2b 4/L 4>T 8 63
Minoso lf 8 63.3-H W 8>S
Kell 3b 2>9 63 e4.1-2;B-1 S/b.1-2
Rivera cf S 13 43 note 2
Dropo 1b S.1-3 5>S 7>S Narleski
note 3
Nieman rf 143/gdp 6/L D.1-3 note 4
Lollar c 3>k 46/f.B-1 k 9
Harshman p k 8
Courtney ph S.3-H;2-3
Fornieles p
Donovan p
1: 52.3xH;1-2;B-1 2: e5/SH.2-3;1-2;B-1 3: S.3-H;2xH(72);1-3;B-2 4: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Cleveland IN OUT ER Chicago (A) IN OUT ER
Houtteman A1 D5 2 L 0-1 Harshman A1 D3 3
Narleski D6 D8 0 BS 1 Fornieles D4 D6 0 W 1-0
Donovan D7 E1 0 S 1
4/17/1955, Cle55-ChA55, game 1, Comiskey Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1955 Cleveland 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 7 1
1955 Chicago (A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 x 4 10 0 7 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Cleveland batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Smith walked (CBFBBFB)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Smith was picked off first by Harshman (1)
0-0 1 --- 10 Avila flied out to right (1.BbX)
0-0 2 --- 31 Doby walked (BBBCB)
0-0 2 1-- 32 Rosen walked, Doby to second (SBFBB>B)
0-0 2 12- 10 Kiner lined a single to shallow center, Doby scored,
Rosen to second (BX)
1-0 2 12- 32 Wertz struck out (BBBCC>S)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Chicago (A) batting
1-0 0 --- 12 Carrasquel grounded out to the mound (CFBX)
1-0 1 --- 12 Fox lined out to second (CCBFFX)
1-0 2 --- 00 Minoso flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Cleveland batting
1-0 0 --- 00 Strickland popped out to first (X)
1-0 1 --- 02 Foiles struck out (CSFC)
1-0 2 --- 11 Houtteman grounded out to second (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Chicago (A) batting
1-0 0 --- 00 Kell flied out to right (X)
1-0 1 --- 31 Rivera lined a single to right center (BBCBX)
1-0 1 1-- 20 Dropo lined a single to right center, Rivera to third
(BBX)
1-0 1 1-3 21 Nieman grounded into a double play, Houtteman to Avila to
Wertz (CBBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Cleveland batting
1-0 0 --- 31 Smith grounded out to second (BBCBX)
1-0 1 --- 20 Avila homered deep to left (BBX)
2-0 1 --- 11 Doby flied out to right (CBX)
2-0 2 --- 20 Rosen homered deep down the left-field line (BBX)
3-0 2 --- 31 Kiner walked (CBBBB)
3-0 2 1-- 21 Wertz grounded out to short (C1BBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Chicago (A) batting
3-0 0 --- 02 Lollar struck out (CCS)
3-0 1 --- 12 Harshman struck out (SBFS)
3-0 2 --- 10 Carrasquel grounded out to third (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Cleveland batting
3-0 0 --- 01 Strickland lined out to short (CX)
3-0 1 --- 22 Foiles struck out (BCFBS)
3-0 2 --- 01 Houtteman popped out to third (SX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Chicago (A) batting
3-0 0 --- 12 Fox grounded a triple down the first base line (FFBX)
3-0 0 --3 11 Minoso grounded out to short, Fox scored (BCX)
3-1 1 --- 12 Kell grounded out to short (BFFX)
3-1 2 --- 22 Rivera grounded out to the mound (BBSFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Cleveland batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Smith flied out to left (BX)
3-1 1 --- 00 Avila flied out to right (X)
3-1 2 --- 02 Doby struck out (CFS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Chicago (A) batting
3-1 0 --- 11 Dropo grounded a single to right (BCX)
3-1 0 1-- 12 Nieman lined out to short (BF1CX)
3-1 1 1-- 00 Lollar grounded to second, forcing Dropo at second,
Lollar to first (X)
3-1 2 1-- 10 Harshman flied out to center (BX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Cleveland batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Rosen grounded a single between third and short (X)
3-1 0 1-- 31 Kiner walked, Rosen to second (BBCBB)
3-1 0 12- 22 Wertz flied out to right, Rosen to third (CBSB+1X)
3-1 1 1-3 32 Strickland out to the mound, Rosen out at home, Kiner to
second, Strickland to first (BBFFFBX)
3-1 2 12- 30 Foiles walked, Kiner to third, Strickland to second (BBBB)
3-1 2 123 21 Houtteman grounded out to second (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Chicago (A) batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Carrasquel grounded out to first (BX)
3-1 1 --- 21 Fox flied out to center (BBCX)
3-1 2 --- 30 Minoso walked (BBBB)
3-1 2 1-- 12 Minoso to second, Kell to first on an error by the second
baseman Avila (FBFX)
3-1 2 12- 01 Rivera grounded out to second (2FX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Cleveland batting
3-1 0 --- 22 Smith grounded out to the mound (BBCFX)
3-1 1 --- 00 Avila flied out to right (X)
3-1 2 --- 22 Doby lined out to first (BBCCX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Chicago (A) batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Dropo lined a single between third and short (X)
3-1 0 1-- 10 Nieman lined a double down the left field line, Dropo to
third (BX)
3-1 0 -23 12 Lollar struck out (BFFS)
Courtney pinch hitting for Harshman
3-1 1 -23 00 Harshman lined a single to shallow right, Dropo scored,
Nieman to third (X)
3-2 1 1-3 12 Carrasquel out to third, Nieman out at home, Courtney to
second, Carrasquel to first (CCBX)
3-2 2 12- 21 Fox grounded out to short (BFBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Cleveland batting
Fornieles now pitching
3-2 0 --- 00 Rosen popped out to second (X)
3-2 1 --- 32 Kiner grounded out to third (CSBBBX)
3-2 2 --- 10 Wertz flied out to left (BX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Chicago (A) batting
Altobelli now playing first base
3-2 0 --- 22 Minoso lined a single to shallow center (FFBFFFBX)
3-2 0 1-- 20 Kell bunted for a single, Minoso to second (BBXb)
3-2 0 12- 00 Minoso to third, Kell to second, Rivera to first on an
error by the third baseman Rosen (Xb)
Narleski now pitching
3-2 0 123 12 Dropo lined a single to left, Minoso scored, Kell out at
home, Rivera to third, Dropo to second (BCCFX)
3-3 1 -23 22 Nieman hit a sacrifice fly to center, Rivera scored,
Dropo to third (SBBSX)
3-4 2 --3 10 Lollar flied out to right (BX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Cleveland batting
Donovan now pitching
Naragon pinch hitting for Strickland
3-4 0 --- 20 Naragon grounded out to third (BBX)
3-4 1 --- 11 Foiles grounded out to second (BFX)
Pope pinch hitting for Narleski
3-4 2 --- 31 Pope grounded a double down the first base line (CBBBX)
3-4 2 -2- 32 Smith popped out to the catcher (CSBBFBX)