Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
April 20, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1955 at Griffith Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 1, Washington Senators 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 0 2 0
Piersall cf 4 0 1 0
Jensen rf 5 0 0 0
White c 3 1 2 0
Mele lf 4 0 1 0
  Throneberry lf 0 0 0 0
Zauchin 1b 4 0 1 1
Lepcio 3b 2 0 0 0
Friend ss 4 0 1 0
Nixon p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Umphlett rf 4 0 1 0
Busby cf 3 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 0
  Delis pr 0 0 0 0
Sievers lf 4 0 0 0
Yost 3b 4 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 2 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 0 0
  Ramos pr 0 0 0 0
  Oldis c 0 0 0 0
Kline ss 2 0 0 0
  Levan ph 1 0 0 0
  Snyder ss 0 0 0 0
Stobbs p 1 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Boston 000 100 000–180
Washington 000 000 000–050
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  W(2-0) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs  L(0-1) 8.0 8 1 1 4 5
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
5
6
  E–None.  2B–Boston Friend (1,off Stobbs); White (3,off Stobbs)., Washington Vernon (2,off Nixon).  SH–Nixon (1,off Stobbs).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:52.  A–5,495.
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