Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
April 12, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 2 1
Joost ss 4 0 1 0
Throneberry lf 5 1 1 1
Jensen rf 4 0 2 0
White c 5 0 1 0
Zauchin 1b 5 1 0 0
Lepcio 3b 4 2 2 3
Piersall cf 3 2 3 0
Sullivan p 2 0 1 1
Totals 37 7 13 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 5 0 1 0
Leppert 2b 2 1 0 0
Coan lf 3 0 1 0
Woodling rf 2 0 0 1
Waitkus 1b 3 0 1 0
Abrams cf 3 0 0 0
Moss c 4 0 1 0
Miranda ss 3 0 1 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 1 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 1 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Boston 120 102 1007130
Baltimore 001 000 000151
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  W(1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 6 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
6
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L(0-1) 2.0 4 3 2 1 1
  Kretlow   3.1 6 3 3 0 4
  Ferrarese   3.2 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
3
6

  E–Waitkus (1).  DP–Boston 1. White-Lepcio, Baltimore 2. Moss-Leppert, Leppert-Waitkus.  2B–Boston Goodman (1,off Kretlow); Piersall (1,off Kretlow); Throneberry (1,off Ferrarese)., Baltimore Miranda (1,off F. Sullivan); Coan (1,off F. Sullivan).  HR–Boston Lepcio 2 (2,2nd inning off Coleman 1 on 0 out,6th inning off Kretlow 0 on 1 out).  SH–F. Sullivan 2 (2,off Coleman,off Ferrarese); Leppert (1,off F. Sullivan).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Woodling (1,off F. Sullivan).  Team–9.  SB–Jensen (1,2nd base off Ferrarese/Moss).  CS–Jensen (1,2nd base by Kretlow/Moss); Woodling (1,3rd base by F. Sullivan/White).  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.
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