Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
April 20, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1953 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Washington Senators 2, Boston Red Sox 4

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 2 1
Busby cf 5 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 5 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Runnels ss 4 1 0 0
Wood lf 3 0 2 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 0 0 0
Grasso c 4 1 3 1
Marrero p 2 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 1 1 0
Piersall rf 4 0 1 1
Stephens lf 4 0 0 0
Gernert 1b 4 2 3 2
Kell 3b 4 0 1 0
White c 4 0 0 0
Umphlett cf 3 0 0 0
Bolling ss 2 0 1 0
Parnell p 2 1 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 3
Washington 000 010 010280
Boston 012 001 00x471
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Marrero  L(0-1) 7.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Dixon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  W(1-0) 7.2 6 2 2 5 1
  Kinder   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Kennedy  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
6
1

  E–Piersall (1), Piersall (1).  2B–Washington Wood (1,off Parnell); Grasso (1,off Kinder); Jensen (3,off Kinder)., Boston Bolling (2,off Marrero); Goodman (1,off Marrero); Kell (3,off Marrero).  HR–Boston Gernert 2 (2,2nd inning off Marrero 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Marrero 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Jensen (1,by Parnell).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Parnell (2,off Marrero).  Team–5.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Bill McGowan.  T–2:17.  A–5,385.
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