New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
April 14, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1955 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 3 0 0 0
  Collins rf 2 0 1 0
Carey 3b 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 2 1 1 0
Berra c 4 1 0 0
Skowron 1b 3 2 2 0
Cerv lf 1 0 0 0
  Noren ph,lf 2 0 1 2
  Howard lf 1 0 1 1
Coleman 2b 4 0 2 1
Rizzuto ss 2 0 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hunter ss 0 0 0 0
Grim p 1 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Byrne ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 1 2 1
Joost ss 5 0 1 0
Throneberry lf 3 0 1 2
Jensen rf 4 1 1 0
White c 3 1 1 2
Zauchin 1b 3 1 0 0
Lepcio 3b 3 2 1 0
Piersall cf 3 1 1 1
Nixon p 3 1 1 0
  Kinder p 1 0 1 2
Totals 32 8 10 8
New York 000 002 020490
Boston 110 102 12x8100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Grim  L(0-1) 6.0 7 5 5 1 5
  Sturdivant   2.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  W(1-0) 7.1 9 4 4 5 4
  Kinder  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2. Lepcio-Zauchin, Kinder-Joost, Boston 2. Lepcio-Zauchin, Kinder-Joost.  2B–New York Noren (1,off Nixon), Boston Goodman (2,off Grim); Lepcio (1,off Grim); Throneberry (2,off Sturdivant).  3B–Boston Nixon (1,off Sturdivant).  HR–Boston Piersall (1,4th inning off Grim 0 on 2 out); White (1,6th inning off Grim 1 on 0 out).  HBP–Grim (1,by Nixon); Lepcio (1,by Sturdivant).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Piersall (1,off Sturdivant).  SF–Throneberry (1,off Grim).  Team–6.  CS–J. Coleman (1,2nd base by Nixon/White).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:32.  A–22,246.
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