Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
July 4, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1953 at Fenway Park. The Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 4

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 1 2 2
Terwilliger 2b 5 1 2 1
Vernon 1b 5 1 2 2
Vollmer lf 4 0 0 0
  Coan lf 1 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 0 0
Yost 3b 4 2 2 2
Hoderlein ss 4 0 1 0
Grasso c 4 2 2 1
Dixon p 4 0 2 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 0 2 0
Evers lf 3 0 0 0
  Stephens lf 1 0 0 0
Gernert 1b 4 0 1 1
Kell 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lepcio 3b 2 1 1 0
Umphlett cf 4 0 0 0
Piersall rf 4 0 0 1
Bolling ss 3 1 1 0
Niarhos c 2 0 0 0
  Wilber ph,c 1 1 1 2
McDermott p 1 1 1 0
  Flowers p 1 0 0 0
  Consolo ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Washington 010 600 0108130
Boston 001 000 300471
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  W(3-5) 9.0 7 4 4 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
0
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott  L(8-6) 3.2 7 5 5 2 0
  Flowers   3.1 3 2 2 0 4
  Hudson   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
5

  E–Bolling (14), Bolling (14).  DP–Washington 1. Niarhos-Goodman, Boston 1. Niarhos-Goodman.  2B–Washington Dixon (1,off McDermott); Busby (13,off McDermott).  3B–Washington Yost (4,off McDermott), Boston Lepcio (2,off Dixon).  HR–Washington Yost (6,2nd inning off McDermott 0 on 2 out); Vernon (6,4th inning off Flowers 1 on 2 out), Boston Wilber (5,7th inning off Dixon 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  CS–Terwilliger (3,2nd base by McDermott/Niarhos); Vernon (6,2nd base by Flowers/Niarhos).  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Jim Honochick.
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