8/29/1954, Det54-KC54, game 2, KC Municipal Stadium
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1954 Detroit 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 6 1
1954 Kansas City 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 x 5 9 1 9 2
Detroit AB R H BI AVG Kansas City AB R H BI AVG
Kaline rf 2 0 0 0 .325 Fox 2b 3 0 1 0 .277
Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0 .227 Kell 3b 4 1 1 1 .286
Adcock 1b 3 1 0 0 .314 McDermott p 0 0 0 0 .178
Triandos c 4 0 2 0 .310 Foiles c 1 0 0 0 .238
Hunter ss 3 0 0 0 .243 Post rf 4 1 1 2 .289
Simpson lf 4 0 0 0 .263 Jensen lf 4 1 2 1 .230
Baumholtz cf 4 1 1 0 .271 Virdon cf 3 0 1 0 .267
Allie 3b 4 1 1 1 .164 Harris 1b 3 0 1 0 .250
Maglie p 1 0 0 0 .123 Bilko 1b 0 0 0 0 .247
Birrer p 1 0 0 0 .222 Seminick c 2 1 1 0 .166
Noren ph 0 0 0 1 .309 Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0 .150
Wight p 0 0 0 0 .000 DeMaestri ss 3 1 0 0 .242
Tiefenauer p 1 0 0 0 .000 Byrne p 3 0 1 1 .250
29 3 4 2 Miksis 3b 1 0 0 0 .208
31 5 9 5
Detroit INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Maglie L 7-11 2.2 4 3 3 2 2 48 28 4.04
Birrer 3.1 4 2 2 2 2 54 32 2.60
Wight 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 13 8 2.51
Tiefenauer 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 5.76
8.0 9 5 5 5 6 125 75
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Byrne W 7-8 6.0 1 1 0 5 2 83 48 4.25
McDermott H 1 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 23 13 5.39
Jeffcoat S 10 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 19 12 4.96
9.0 4 3 2 6 4 125 73
Det: Noren batted for Birrer in the 7th
KC : Miksis inserted at 3b in the 7th
Foiles inserted at c in the 8th
Bilko inserted at 1b in the 8th
E-Wight, Post. 3B-Allie(5), Seminick(2). HR-Post(24), Jensen(12).
RBI-Allie(16), Noren(49), Kell(53), Post 2(87), Jensen(63), Byrne(4).
SB-Kaline(4). K-Roberts, Adcock, Hunter, Tiefenauer, Kell, Virdon,
DeMaestri 3, Byrne. BB-Kaline 2, Roberts 2, Adcock, Hunter, Virdon, Harris,
Seminick 2, DeMaestri. SH-Fox. SF-Noren. HBP-Fox. HB-Birrer.
GWRBI: Post
George Kell was injured for this game only
Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 9 MPH.
8/29/1954, Det54-KC54, game 2, KC Municipal Stadium
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1954 Detroit 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 6 1
1954 Kansas City 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 x 5 9 1 9 2
Detroit -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Kaline rf 1>9 W 53 W
Roberts 2b W 8 W k
Adcock 1b k 4>W 9 SB2
8
Triandos c 8 S.1-2 6>53 8>Jeffcoat
S
Hunter ss 2>W k 63 46/f.B-1
Simpson lf 9 note 1 3/g 643/gdp
Baumholtz cf 543/gdp note 2 7>McDermott 9>5/fl
S
Allie 3b 3>63 63 T.1-H 43
Maglie p 53
Birrer p 5>63
Noren ph 7/SF.3-H
Wight p
Tiefenauer p k
1: 4/f.2-3;B-1 2: e9.3-H;1-3;B-2
Kansas City -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Fox 2b 1>3 S HBP note 1 13
Kell 3b S 46/f.B-1 k 43.3-H;2-3
McDermott p
Foiles c 8
Post rf 6 HR.1-H 43 7
Jensen lf 46/f HR 5>7 7>Wight
S
Virdon cf 2>W Birrer 5 k
S
Harris 1b W.1-2 S.1-3 8 7
Bilko 1b
Seminick c 63/gdp.2-3 W.1-2 6>T note 2
W
Jeffcoat p
DeMaestri ss k k W Tiefenauer
k
Byrne p 3>k 4>63 S.3-H;1-2
Miksis 3b 8>43
1: 14/SH.2-3;1-2 2: POE1(e1).1-2
Detroit IN OUT ER Kansas City IN OUT ER
Maglie A1 B4 3 L 7-11 Byrne A1 C6 0 W 7-8
Birrer B5 D3 2 McDermott C7 D3 2 H 1
Wight D4 D7 0 Jeffcoat D4 D9 0 S 10
Tiefenauer D8 E2 0
8/29/1954, Det54-KC54, game 2, KC Municipal Stadium
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1954 Detroit 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 6 1
1954 Kansas City 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 x 5 9 1 9 2
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Detroit batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Kaline flied out to right (CFBBX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Roberts walked (BBFBFFB)
0-0 1 1-- 12 Adcock struck out (FCBS)
0-0 2 1-- 01 Triandos flied out to center (1C11X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Fox popped out to first (CFBBX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Kell lined a single to center (X)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Post popped out to short (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 00 Jensen grounded to second, forcing Kell at second (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Detroit batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Hunter walked (BFBBB)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Simpson flied out to right (B1X)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Baumholtz grounded into a double play, Kell to Fox to
Harris (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Virdon walked (SBBSBB)
0-0 0 1-- 31 Harris walked, Virdon to second (BFBBB)
0-0 0 12- 01 Seminick grounded into a double play, Hunter to Adcock,
Virdon to third (FX)
0-0 2 --3 12 DeMaestri struck out (BCSS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Detroit batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Allie grounded out to short (BX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Maglie grounded out to third (BCFBBFX)
0-0 2 --- 32 Kaline walked (FBBFFBB)
0-0 2 1-- 00 Roberts lined out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Byrne struck out (BCBSFFS)
0-0 1 --- 22 Fox lined a single to shallow right (BFFBFX)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Kell grounded to second, forcing Fox at second, Kell to
first (CX)
0-0 2 1-- 21 Post homered deep down the left-field line, Kell scored
(B1CBX)
0-2 2 --- 20 Jensen homered deep down the left-field line (BBX)
Birrer now pitching
0-3 2 --- 10 Virdon lined a single to shallow right (BX)
0-3 2 1-- 31 Harris lined a single up the middle, Virdon to third
(BBBCX)
0-3 2 1-3 31 Seminick walked, Harris to second (BBBCB)
0-3 2 123 22 DeMaestri struck out (CFFBBFS)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Detroit batting
0-3 0 --- 31 Adcock walked (FBBBB)
0-3 0 1-- 01 Triandos grounded a single between third and short,
Adcock to second (FX)
0-3 0 12- 02 Hunter struck out (FFS)
0-3 1 12- 11 Simpson grounded to second, forcing Triandos at second,
Adcock to third, Simpson to first (BFX)
0-3 2 1-3 12 Adcock scored, Simpson to third, Baumholtz to second on
an error by the right fielder Post (CCBX)
1-3 2 -23 00 Allie grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Kansas City batting
1-3 0 --- 00 Byrne grounded out to short (X)
1-3 1 --- 02 Fox was hit by a pitch (FCH)
1-3 1 1-- 32 Kell struck out (BBCFB1FS)
1-3 2 1-- 11 Post grounded out to second (SB11X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Detroit batting
1-3 0 --- 10 Birrer grounded out to short (BX)
1-3 1 --- 12 Kaline grounded out to third (CFBX)
1-3 2 --- 31 Roberts walked (BBBCB)
1-3 2 1-- 11 Adcock flied out to right (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Kansas City batting
1-3 0 --- 02 Jensen flied out to left (SCX)
1-3 1 --- 11 Virdon popped out to third (BSX)
1-3 2 --- 00 Harris flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Detroit batting
1-3 0 --- 11 Triandos grounded out to third (FBX)
1-3 1 --- 01 Hunter grounded out to short (FX)
1-3 2 --- 11 Simpson grounded out to first (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Kansas City batting
1-3 0 --- 00 Seminick lined a triple to shallow center (X)
1-3 0 --3 30 DeMaestri walked (BBBB)
1-3 0 1-3 02 Byrne grounded a single between first and second,
Seminick scored, DeMaestri to second (CFX)
1-4 0 12- 00 Fox sacrifice bunted to the mound, DeMaestri to third,
Byrne to second (Xb)
1-4 1 -23 10 Kell grounded out to second, DeMaestri scored, Byrne to
third (BX)
Kell left the game with an injury
1-5 2 --3 11 Post lined out to left (BCX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Detroit batting
Miksis now playing third base
McDermott now pitching
1-5 0 --- 11 Baumholtz grounded a single between first and second (BCX)
1-5 0 1-- 12 Allie tripled deep to right center, Baumholtz scored
(FCBX)
Noren pinch hitting for Birrer
2-5 0 --3 21 Noren hit a sacrifice fly to left, Allie scored (BCBX)
3-5 1 --- 31 Kaline walked (BBBFB)
3-5 1 1-- 12 Roberts struck out (SFBS)
3-5 2 1-- 00 Kaline stole second (>C)
3-5 2 -2- 11 Adcock flied out to center (>C.BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Kansas City batting
Wight now pitching
3-5 0 --- 01 Jensen lined a single down the left field line (FX)
3-5 0 1-- 12 Virdon struck out (BFbCC)
3-5 1 1-- 02 Harris lined out to left (FF1X)
3-5 2 1-- 10 On pickoff throw to first, Jensen to second on an error
by the pitcher Wight (1B111)
3-5 2 -2- 30 Seminick walked (1B111.2BBB)
Tiefenauer now pitching
3-5 2 12- 12 DeMaestri struck out (2SBCF2S)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Detroit batting
Foiles now playing catcher
Bilko now playing first base
Jeffcoat now pitching
3-5 0 --- 00 Triandos lined a single to shallow left (X)
3-5 0 1-- 22 Hunter grounded to second, forcing Triandos at second,
Hunter to first (BFBSX)
3-5 1 1-- 11 Simpson grounded into a double play, DeMaestri to Fox to
Bilko (1C1BX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Kansas City batting
3-5 0 --- 00 Miksis grounded out to second (X)
3-5 1 --- 00 Fox grounded out to the mound (X)
3-5 2 --- 20 Foiles flied out to center (BBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Detroit batting
3-5 0 --- 10 Baumholtz popped out to third (BX)
3-5 1 --- 01 Allie grounded out to second (FX)
3-5 2 --- 32 Tiefenauer struck out (BBBCCS)