Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
April 24, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1953 at Fenway Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Philadelphia Athletics 7, Boston Red Sox 2

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 3 0 1 0
Philley cf 5 1 2 0
Michaels 2b 5 2 2 0
Robinson 1b 5 2 4 3
Valo rf 3 1 0 1
Zernial lf 4 1 2 1
Suder 3b 4 0 2 1
Murray c 4 0 1 1
Kellner p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Merson 2b 4 0 0 0
Piersall rf 4 0 0 0
Evers lf 4 0 1 0
Gernert 1b 4 2 2 1
Kell 3b 4 0 2 1
White c 3 0 0 0
Umphlett cf 3 0 0 0
Bolling ss 3 0 0 0
Freeman p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon p 1 0 0 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
  DiMaggio ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Philadelphia 110 020 2017140
Boston 000 100 001251
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  W(3-0) 9.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman  L(0-2) 4.1 8 3 3 1 1
  Nixon   2.1 5 3 3 3 1
  Delock   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Kennedy   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
5
2

  E–Merson (1).  DP–Boston 1. Bolling-Gernert.  PB–Murray (4).  2B–Philadelphia Philley (4,off Freeman); Suder (1,off Nixon); Michaels (1,off Kennedy)., Boston Kell (5,off A. Kellner).  3B–Boston Evers (1,off A. Kellner).  HR–Philadelphia Robinson (1,5th inning off Nixon 1 on 2 out), Boston Gernert (4,9th inning off A. Kellner 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  SB–Michaels (1,2nd base off Nixon/White).  CS–Joost (1,2nd base by Delock/White); Valo (1,2nd base by Kennedy/White).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Bill McGowan, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:16.  A–5,991.
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