Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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."
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Washington Senators 1, Boston Red Sox 4
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 1 3 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 1 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 1
Jensen rf 4 0 0 0
Vollmer lf 4 0 2 0
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 0
Davalillo ss 2 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Runnels ss 1 0 1 0
Masterson p 2 0 0 0
  Hoderlein ph 1 0 1 0
  Lane p 0 0 0 0
  Coan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 10 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 1 1 0
Piersall rf 4 0 1 0
Kell 3b 3 1 1 2
Gernert 1b 2 1 1 0
White c 2 0 1 1
Evers lf 4 0 1 0
Umphlett cf 4 0 0 0
Lepcio ss 4 0 0 0
Parnell p 4 1 1 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 3
Washington 100 000 000–1102
Boston 011 010 10x–470
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Masterson  L(8-10) 7.0 7 4 4 5 4
  Lane   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  W(17-7) 8.1 10 1 1 0 9
  Kinder  SV(18) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
9
  E–Yost (16), Jensen (5).  DP–Washington 1. Yost-Vernon.  2B–Washington Yost (19,off Parnell).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Jensen (14,2nd base off Parnell/White).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Jim Duffy, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:57.  A–25,564.
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