Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
April 18, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1954 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."

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Philadelphia Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 4

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 5 0 3 1
Jacobs 2b 4 1 1 1
Power cf 5 1 2 1
Zernial lf 3 0 1 1
Bollweg 1b 5 1 1 0
Renna rf 5 1 1 0
Suder 3b 5 0 2 1
Shantz c 4 1 2 1
Trice p 2 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 2 0
Piersall rf 5 0 0 0
Jensen cf 5 1 2 2
Kell 3b 5 1 2 0
Agganis 1b 4 0 2 0
  Evers pr 0 1 0 0
  Clevenger p 0 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 1 0
Owen c 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Lepcio ss 3 0 1 1
Brewer p 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
  White ph,c 2 0 1 1
Totals 35 4 11 4
Philadelphia 011 202 0006140
Boston 002 000 0204112
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Trice  W(1-0) 9.0 11 4 4 4 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L(0-1) 3.1 7 4 3 1 2
  Brown   2.2 5 2 1 1 0
  Sullivan   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Clevenger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
4
2
4

  E–Agganis (1), Owen (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2. DeMaestri-Jacobs-Bollweg, Jacobs-DeMaestri-Bollweg, Boston 1. Kell-Goodman-Agganis-Owen.  PB–Owen (1).  2B–Philadelphia Bollweg (2,off Brewer); DeMaestri (1,off Brewer); Power (1,off Brown); Zernial (1,off Brown)., Boston Agganis (1,off Trice); Maxwell (1,off Trice); Goodman (2,off Trice); White (2,off Trice)..  HR–Boston Jensen (2,3rd inning off Trice 1 on 1 out).  SH–Jacobs (1,off Sullivan).  HBP–Zernial (1,by Brewer).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Lepcio (1,off Trice).  IBB–Owen (1,by Trice).  Team–9.  SB–Renna (1,2nd base off Brewer/Owen).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill McGowan, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:35.
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