New York Yankees vs Washington Senators
July 5, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 0, Washington Senators 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
Noren cf 4 0 1 0
Bauer rf 3 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Bollweg 1b 4 0 1 0
Woodling lf 3 0 0 0
Martin 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 1 0 0 0
  Carey 3b 2 0 1 0
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Scarborough p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 0 1 1
Terwilliger 2b 2 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 1 1 0
Coan lf 4 1 0 1
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Yost 3b 3 0 1 1
Runnels ss 3 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 1 3 0
Porterfield p 3 0 1 0
Totals 28 4 7 3
New York 000 000 000051
Washington 310 000 00x470
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L(6-5) 1.1 4 4 2 1 0
  Scarborough   5.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Gorman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
2
2
1
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  W(10-7) 9.0 5 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
3

  E–Reynolds (2).  DP–New York 3. McDougald-Martin-Bollweg, McDougald-Bollweg, Bauer-Martin-Carey, Washington 1. Terwilliger-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–New York McDougald (11,off Porterfield), Washington Vernon (19,off Reynolds); Yost (13,off Reynolds); Fitz Gerald 2 (7,off Reynolds,off Scarborough).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Terwilliger (10,off Scarborough).  Team–3.  U–Eddie Rommel, Eddie Hurley, Hank Soar.  T–2:14.  A–27,685.
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