Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
May 31, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1954 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 6, New York Yankees 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 6 1 1 0
Busby cf 6 3 4 0
Vernon 1b 6 1 2 0
Sievers lf 5 1 2 2
Lemon rf 4 0 1 1
Runnels ss 4 0 2 2
Tipton c 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 0 0
  Vollmer ph 0 0 0 0
  Hoderlein 2b 0 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Pascual p 1 0 0 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 1 0 0 0
  Umphlett ph 1 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 13 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 4 1 1 0
Coleman ss 5 1 2 0
Mantle cf 3 0 3 2
  Noren cf 2 0 1 0
Bauer rf 2 1 1 1
  Slaughter ph,rf 3 1 0 0
Skowron 1b 2 2 2 1
  Collins ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Woodling lf 4 0 1 1
Carey 3b 5 0 1 1
Silvera c 2 0 0 0
  Berra ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 2 1 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sain p 0 0 0 1
Totals 39 7 12 7
Washington 100 031 010 06132
New York 015 000 000 17122
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart   2.1 8 6 5 1 1
  Pascual   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Dixon   4.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Shea  L(0-6) 1.2 1 1 0 3 2
Totals
9.2
12
7
5
5
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kuzava   3.0 4 1 0 3 2
  Morgan   1.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Gorman   5.0 4 2 1 1 10
  Sain  W(2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
6
4
4
12

  E–Lemon (2), Runnels (6), Skowron (3), Carey (7).  DP–Washington 2. Runnels-Terwilliger-Vernon, Vernon-Runnels.  PB–Silvera (2).  2B–Washington Busby (7,off Kuzava); Sievers (9,off Kuzava); Yost (6,off Gorman); Tipton (2,off Gorman)..  3B–New York Mantle (3,off Pascual).  HR–New York Skowron (3,2nd inning off Stewart 0 on 0 out).  SH–Tipton (2,off Gorman); Collins (1,off Shea).  IBB–Vollmer (1,by Gorman); Woodling (1,by Shea); Berra (2,by Shea)..  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  SB–Woodling (2,2nd base off Shea/Tipton).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–3:17.  A–36,256.
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