Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
September 17, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1954 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 0, Washington Senators 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Mele 1b 4 0 1 0
Goodman 2b 4 0 0 0
White c 3 0 0 0
Lepcio 3b 2 0 1 0
Bolling ss 3 0 0 0
Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Morton ph 1 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
  Consolo ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 0 0 0
  Terwilliger pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 0 0
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Wright lf 4 2 2 0
Lemon rf 4 1 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 2 2 3
Snyder ss 3 2 1 1
Stone p 2 1 1 4
Totals 31 8 7 8
Boston 000 000 000033
Washington 040 300 01x870
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  L(13-12) 2.0 3 4 4 1 3
  Kemmerer   2.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Brown   4.0 1 1 0 0 5
Totals
8.0
7
8
7
2
9
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W(12-8) 9.0 3 0 0 2 9
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
9

  E–White (15), Lepcio (20), Brown (2).  2B–Boston Lepcio (19,off Stone); Mele (14,off Stone).  3B–Washington Wright (4,off Sullivan); Fitz Gerald (5,off Kemmerer); Snyder (1,off Kemmerer).  HR–Washington Stone (1,2nd inning off Sullivan 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Stone (1,off Kemmerer).  HBP–Yost (5,by Kemmerer).  IBB–Snyder (2,by Sullivan).  Team–3.  CS–Vernon (4,2nd base by Kemmerer/White).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:05.  A–4,589.
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