New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
August 1, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1954 at Memorial Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
Collins 1b 5 0 1 0
Mantle cf 5 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Noren rf 4 1 3 0
Woodling lf 3 1 0 0
Carey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 1 1
  Coleman 2b 1 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Miranda pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Branca p 2 0 1 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 1 1
  Lopat p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 3 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 0 0
Diering cf 2 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 3 1 1 0
Courtney c 5 0 2 1
Fridley lf 2 0 1 0
Hunter ss 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 2 0 0 0
  Larsen ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Chakales p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
New York 000 002 000291
Baltimore 010 000 000151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Branca   4.0 2 1 1 6 1
  Stuart  W(3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lopat   3.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Reynolds  SV(4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
8
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L(10-13) 5.1 6 2 2 4 1
  Chakales   3.2 3 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
6
4

  E–Branca (1), Kennedy (10).  DP–New York 2. Carey-Berra-Collins, Coleman-Miranda-Collins, Baltimore 1. Young-Waitkus.  2B–New York McDougald (19,off Coleman); Slaughter (2,off Coleman); Berra (21,off Chakales)., Baltimore Courtney (9,off Branca).  3B–New York Noren (5,off Chakales), Baltimore Fridley (3,off Lopat).  SH–Lopat (3,off Chakales); Fridley (1,off Branca); Young (6,off Branca)..  IBB–Robinson (2,by Coleman).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Hunter (2,by Branca); Abrams (1,by Lopat)..  Team–13.  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:40.  A–28,643.
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