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BAL
@BOS		5
6
CLE
@CHW		4
9
KCA
@DET		3
8
NYY
@WSH		5
2
MLN
@CIN		9
5
PHI
@NYG		3
8
BRO
@PIT		6
0
CHC
@STL		11
12		 
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Saturday, April 16, 1955
, Fenway Park
Attendance: 7,120, Time of Game: 2:31
Orioles
5
0-3
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
8th, 2½ GB
 at Red Sox
6
3-1
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
1st
W: Ike Delock (1-0)
L: Erv Palica (0-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Orioles         0  1  0   0  2  0   1  1  0    5  9  1
Red Sox         3  0  0   0  2  0   1  0  X    6 10  4

Baltimore Orioles

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Billy Cox SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .357 0.056 1.16 0.124 -0.068 0.1 1 3
   Gil Coan PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .804 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0
Bob Kennedy RF 5 2 1 0 0 0 .200 .400 -0.100 1.44 0.036 -0.136 -0.5 1 0
Hoot Evers CF 5 1 2 1 0 2 .400 1.200 0.043 1.35 0.176 -0.132 0.7 3 0 2·2B
Gene Woodling LF 4 1 1 2 0 0 .200 .650 0.097 1.67 0.195 -0.098 1.1 1 0
Vern Stephens 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .400 -0.047 1.29 0.053 -0.099 -0.5 0 2
Les Moss C 4 1 1 1 0 0 .333 1.111 0.014 1.23 0.102 -0.088 0.2 4 1 HR
Gus Triandos 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500 1.000 0.012 1.16 0.084 -0.072 0.6 10 0
Bobby Young 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .400 -0.076 1.05 0.020 -0.097 -0.5 4 6
Erv Palica P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 -0.073 1.40 0.000 -0.073 -0.7 0 1
   Harry Byrd P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 -0.036 1.37 0.000 -0.036 -0.3 0 0
   Eddie Waitkus PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .347 -0.077 2.93 0.000 -0.077 -0.3
Team Totals 39 5 9 5 0 5 .231 .590 -0.187 1.35 0.790 -0.976 0.1 24 13
2B: H Evers 2 (2, 2 off I Delock).
HR: L Moss (1, off E Kinder; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).
TB: L Moss 4; H Evers 4; G Triandos 2; V Stephens; B Kennedy; B Young; G Woodling.
RBI: G Woodling 2 (3); G Triandos (1); L Moss (1); H Evers (1).
2-out RBI: G Woodling 2; H Evers; G Triandos.
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 2 for 7.
Fielding
DP: 2. L Moss-B Young; B Cox-B Young-G Triandos.
E: B Cox (1).

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Billy Goodman 2B 3 2 2 0 2 0 .400 1.193 0.172 0.90 0.200 -0.028 1.6 2 3 3B,SB,CS
Eddie Joost SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .176 .440 0.007 0.90 0.079 -0.072 -0.1 0 3 HBP
Faye Throneberry LF 5 3 2 2 0 1 .353 1.216 0.059 1.09 0.107 -0.048 0.3 2 1 2B
Jackie Jensen RF 2 1 1 0 2 0 .357 1.042 0.025 0.90 0.063 -0.038 0.4 1 0
Sammy White C 3 0 2 2 1 0 .333 1.012 0.152 1.33 0.194 -0.042 1.9 5 0 2B
Harry Agganis 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .750 0.006 1.23 0.115 -0.109 -0.6 12 0 2B,GDP
Ted Lepcio 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .308 1.284 0.042 0.97 0.080 -0.038 0.5 1 5 HBP
Jim Piersall CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .973 -0.100 0.95 0.000 -0.100 -1.7 4 0
Ike Delock P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 -0.039 0.50 0.000 -0.039 -0.6 0 0
   Ellis Kinder P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.000 -0.011 0.44 0.000 -0.011 -0.2 0 0
Team Totals 32 6 10 6 5 3 .312 .905 0.313 0.97 0.838 -0.525 1.6 27 12
2B: S White (1, off H Byrd); F Throneberry (3, off H Byrd); H Agganis (1, off H Byrd).
3B: B Goodman (1, off E Palica).
HBP: E Joost (1, by H Byrd); T Lepcio (2, by H Byrd).
TB: B Goodman 4; S White 3; F Throneberry 3; H Agganis 2; T Lepcio; E Joost; J Jensen.
GIDP: H Agganis (1).
RBI: F Throneberry 2 (8); S White 2 (4); H Agganis (1); T Lepcio (4).
2-out RBI: H Agganis; T Lepcio.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 5 for 16.
Fielding
E: E Joost (1); F Throneberry (1); T Lepcio 2 (2).
Outfield Assists: F Throneberry (G Woodling at 2nd base).
Baserunning
SB: B Goodman (1, 3rd base off E Palica/L Moss).
CS: B Goodman (1, 2nd base by E Palica/L Moss).

Baltimore Orioles

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Erv Palica, L (0-1) 4.1 7 5 5 4 3 0 10.38 22 28 -0.277 1.04 -2.2
Harry Byrd 3.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 2.45 17 2 1 -0.037 0.88 0.6
Team Totals 8 10 6 6 5 3 0 6.75 39 28 2 1 -0.314 1.35 -1.6

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Ike Delock, W (1-0) 6.2 8 4 1 0 4 0 1.35 30 52 -0.058 1.10 -0.5
Ellis Kinder, S (2) 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.25 9 1 0 0.244 2.15 0.4
Team Totals 9 9 5 2 0 5 1 2.00 39 52 1 0 0.186 0.97 -0.1
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: H Byrd 2 (2; T Lepcio, E Joost).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Charlie Berry, 2B - Bill McKinley, 3B - Red Flaherty.
Time of Game: 2:31.
Attendance: 7,120.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Baltimore Orioles         Boston Red Sox
1 Billy Cox SS 1 Billy Goodman 2B
2 Bob Kennedy RF 2 Eddie Joost SS
3 Hoot Evers CF 3 Faye Throneberry LF
4 Gene Woodling LF 4 Jackie Jensen RF
5 Vern Stephens 3B 5 Sammy White C
6 Les Moss C 6 Harry Agganis 1B
7 Gus Triandos 1B 7 Ted Lepcio 3B
8 Bobby Young 2B 8 Jim Piersall CF
9 Erv Palica P 9 Ike Delock P

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
t5 1-3 2 -23 RRO BAL G. Woodling I. Delock -16% 57% Single to LF; Evers Scores/unER; Kennedy Scores/unER; Woodling out at 2B/LF-2B
t7 3-5 2 1-- R BAL H. Evers I. Delock -13% 72% Double to LF; Kennedy Scores
b5 4-3 2 12- R BOS H. Agganis H. Byrd 11% 81% Double to CF; Jensen to 3B; Throneberry Scores
t8 4-6 1 --- R BAL L. Moss E. Kinder -10% 79% Home Run
t9 5-6 1 1-- O BAL B. Kennedy E. Kinder 10% 92% Flyball: CF

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
Top of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- O BAL B. Cox I. Delock 2% 52% Groundout: 3B-1B
t1 0-0 1 --- O BAL B. Kennedy I. Delock 2% 54% Flyball: LF
t1 0-0 2 --- O BAL H. Evers I. Delock 1% 55% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles' Erv Palica facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 --- BOS B. Goodman E. Palica 9% 63% Triple to CF
b1 0-0 0 --3 O BOS E. Joost E. Palica -4% 59% Strikeout
b1 0-0 1 --3 R BOS F. Throneberry E. Palica 5% 64% Single to LF; Goodman Scores
b1 1-0 1 1-- BOS J. Jensen E. Palica 3% 67% Single; Throneberry to 2B
b1 1-0 1 12- R BOS S. White E. Palica 8% 75% Single to LF; Jensen to 2B; Throneberry Scores
b1 2-0 1 12- O BOS H. Agganis E. Palica -3% 72% Flyball: RF
b1 2-0 2 12- R BOS T. Lepcio E. Palica 7% 79% Single to LF; White to 2B; Jensen Scores
b1 3-0 2 12- O BOS J. Piersall E. Palica -2% 77% Flyball: CF
3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.
Top of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Behind 0-3, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 4-5-6
t2 0-3 0 --- BAL G. Woodling I. Delock -3% 74% Reached on E7 (Fly Ball)
t2 0-3 0 1-- O BAL V. Stephens I. Delock 3% 77% Flyball: LF
t2 0-3 1 1-- O BAL L. Moss I. Delock 2% 79% Groundout: 2B-1B; Woodling to 2B
t2 0-3 2 -2- R BAL G. Triandos I. Delock -7% 72% Single; Woodling Scores/unER
t2 1-3 2 1-- BAL B. Young I. Delock -2% 70% Single; Triandos to 2B
t2 1-3 2 12- O BAL E. Palica I. Delock 4% 74% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Orioles' Erv Palica facing 9-1-2
b2 3-1 0 --- O BOS I. Delock E. Palica -2% 73% Groundout: SS-1B
b2 3-1 1 --- BOS B. Goodman E. Palica 2% 74% Walk
b2 3-1 1 1-- OO BOS E. Joost E. Palica -4% 70% Double Play: Strikeout, Goodman Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Top of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-3, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 1-2-3
t3 1-3 0 --- BAL B. Cox I. Delock -4% 66% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
t3 1-3 0 1-- O BAL B. Kennedy I. Delock 2% 69% Groundout: 2B-1B; Cox to 2B
t3 1-3 1 -2- O BAL H. Evers I. Delock 4% 73% Strikeout Looking
t3 1-3 2 -2- O BAL G. Woodling I. Delock 3% 76% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Orioles' Erv Palica facing 3-4-5
b3 3-1 0 --- O BOS F. Throneberry E. Palica -2% 74% Strikeout
b3 3-1 1 --- BOS J. Jensen E. Palica 2% 76% Walk
b3 3-1 1 1-- BOS S. White E. Palica 2% 78% Walk; Jensen to 2B
b3 3-1 1 12- OO BOS H. Agganis E. Palica -6% 72% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Top of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-3, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 5-6-7
t4 1-3 0 --- O BAL V. Stephens I. Delock 3% 75% Groundout: 3B-1B
t4 1-3 1 --- O BAL L. Moss I. Delock 2% 77% Groundout: SS-1B
t4 1-3 2 --- BAL G. Triandos I. Delock -1% 75% Single to LF
t4 1-3 2 1-- O BAL B. Young I. Delock 3% 78% Groundout: 2B-1B
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Orioles' Erv Palica facing 7-8-9
b4 3-1 0 --- O BOS T. Lepcio E. Palica -2% 76% Flyball: 2B
b4 3-1 1 --- O BOS J. Piersall E. Palica -1% 75% Groundout: P-1B
b4 3-1 2 --- O BOS I. Delock E. Palica -1% 74% Groundout: 2B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
Top of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-3, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 9-1-2
t5 1-3 0 --- O BAL E. Palica I. Delock 3% 77% Strikeout Looking
t5 1-3 1 --- O BAL B. Cox I. Delock 2% 79% Groundout: 3B-1B
t5 1-3 2 --- BAL B. Kennedy I. Delock -2% 78% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
t5 1-3 2 1-- BAL H. Evers I. Delock -5% 73% Double to LF; Kennedy to 3B
t5 1-3 2 -23 RRO BAL G. Woodling I. Delock -16% 57% Single to LF; Evers Scores/unER; Kennedy Scores/unER; Woodling out at 2B/LF-2B
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 3-3, Orioles' Erv Palica facing 1-2-3
b5 3-3 0 --- BOS B. Goodman E. Palica 5% 61% Single to CF
b5 3-3 0 1-- BOS E. Joost E. Palica 7% 68% Single to LF; Goodman to 2B
b5 3-3 0 12- BOS F. Throneberry E. Palica 4% 72% Goodman Steals 3B
b5 3-3 0 1-3 RO BOS F. Throneberry E. Palica -0% 72% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Throneberry to 2B/Adv on E6; Goodman Scores
b5 4-3 1 -2- BOS J. Jensen E. Palica 2% 74% Walk
Harry Byrd replaces Erv Palica pitching and batting 9th
b5 4-3 1 12- O BOS S. White H. Byrd -4% 70% Flyball: LF
b5 4-3 2 12- R BOS H. Agganis H. Byrd 11% 81% Double to CF; Jensen to 3B; Throneberry Scores
b5 5-3 2 -23 BOS T. Lepcio H. Byrd 1% 82% Hit By Pitch
b5 5-3 2 123 O BOS J. Piersall H. Byrd -5% 77% Lineout: CF
2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Behind 3-5, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 5-6-7
t6 3-5 0 --- BAL V. Stephens I. Delock -5% 72% Single to LF
t6 3-5 0 1-- O BAL L. Moss I. Delock 5% 77% Flyball: CF
t6 3-5 1 1-- O BAL G. Triandos I. Delock 3% 80% Groundout: 3B-1B; Stephens to 2B
t6 3-5 2 -2- O BAL B. Young I. Delock 4% 84% Groundout: 1B unassisted
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-3, Orioles' Harry Byrd facing 9-1-2
b6 5-3 0 --- O BOS I. Delock H. Byrd -1% 83% Groundout: SS-1B
b6 5-3 1 --- O BOS B. Goodman H. Byrd -1% 81% Groundout: 2B-1B
b6 5-3 2 --- O BOS E. Joost H. Byrd -1% 81% Groundout: 3B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Behind 3-5, Red Sox' Ike Delock facing 9-1-2
t7 3-5 0 --- O BAL H. Byrd I. Delock 4% 84% Strikeout
t7 3-5 1 --- O BAL B. Cox I. Delock 2% 87% Groundout: 3B-1B
t7 3-5 2 --- BAL B. Kennedy I. Delock -2% 85% Single to CF
t7 3-5 2 1-- R BAL H. Evers I. Delock -13% 72% Double to LF; Kennedy Scores
Ellis Kinder replaces Ike Delock pitching and batting 9th
t7 4-5 2 -2- O BAL G. Woodling E. Kinder 6% 78% Flyball: RF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Orioles' Harry Byrd facing 3-4-5
b7 5-4 0 --- BOS F. Throneberry H. Byrd 5% 84% Double to RF
b7 5-4 0 -2- O BOS J. Jensen H. Byrd -4% 80% Groundout: 3B-1B
b7 5-4 1 -2- R BOS S. White H. Byrd 9% 89% Double (LF-CF); Throneberry Scores
b7 6-4 1 -2- O BOS H. Agganis H. Byrd -1% 88% Groundout: 2B-1B; White to 3B
b7 6-4 2 --3 O BOS T. Lepcio H. Byrd -2% 86% Flyball: CF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Red Sox 6.
Top of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 4-6, Red Sox' Ellis Kinder facing 5-6-7
t8 4-6 0 --- O BAL V. Stephens E. Kinder 4% 89% Groundout: SS-1B
t8 4-6 1 --- R BAL L. Moss E. Kinder -10% 79% Home Run
t8 5-6 1 --- O BAL G. Triandos E. Kinder 4% 83% Flyball: 3B
t8 5-6 2 --- O BAL B. Young E. Kinder 3% 86% Groundout: 1B unassisted
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 6.
Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-5, Orioles' Harry Byrd facing 8-9-1
b8 6-5 0 --- O BOS J. Piersall H. Byrd -2% 85% Flyball: 2B
b8 6-5 1 --- O BOS E. Kinder H. Byrd -1% 84% Foul Flyball: C
b8 6-5 2 --- BOS B. Goodman H. Byrd 1% 84% Walk
b8 6-5 2 1-- BOS E. Joost H. Byrd 1% 86% Hit By Pitch; Goodman to 2B
b8 6-5 2 12- O BOS F. Throneberry H. Byrd -3% 83% Groundout: 2B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 6.
Top of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 5-6, Red Sox' Ellis Kinder facing 9-1-2
Eddie Waitkus pinch hits for Harry Byrd (P) batting 9th
t9 5-6 0 --- O BAL E. Waitkus E. Kinder 8% 90% Strikeout
t9 5-6 1 --- BAL B. Cox E. Kinder -8% 82% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
Gil Coan pinch runs for Billy Cox (SS) batting 1st
t9 5-6 1 1-- O BAL B. Kennedy E. Kinder 10% 92% Flyball: CF
t9 5-6 2 1-- O BAL H. Evers E. Kinder 8% 100% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 6.

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