Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
April 23, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 0, Baltimore Orioles 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 0 0
Sievers lf 2 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 0 0
Oravetz rf 4 0 2 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 1 0
Snyder ss 1 0 0 0
  Levan ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline ss 0 0 0 0
  Delis ph 1 0 0 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Paula ph 0 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
  Hyde p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Currie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Pyburn 3b 2 0 0 0
  Woodling ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 3 0 0 0
  Waitkus ph 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph,3b 1 0 1 2
Evers lf 3 0 0 0
  Coan pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Moss ph 0 0 0 0
  Abrams rf 0 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith c 3 1 0 0
Marsh 2b 1 0 1 0
  Young pr,2b 3 0 0 0
Diering cf 4 1 4 0
Miranda ss 3 1 1 1
Byrd p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Washington 000 000 000032
Baltimore 010 000 20x370
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (0-1) 6.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Shea   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Hyde   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Stewart   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Currie   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 7 3 3 5 6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W (1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 4 2
Totals 9.0 3 0 0 4 2

  E–Busby (1), Yost (2).  DP–Washington 1. Stone-Fitz Gerald-Vernon.  SH–Stone (1,off Byrd); Byrd (1,off Hyde).  HBP–Paula (1,by Byrd).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Woodling (1,by Hyde); Moss (1,by Stewart).  Team–9.  SB–Diering 2 (2,2nd base off Stone/Fitz Gerald,2nd base off Currie/Fitz Gerald); Coan (1,2nd base off Stone/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:32.  A–7,891.

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