Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
April 30, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1955 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Baltimore Orioles 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 4 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 2 2
Diering cf 3 0 0 0
Woodling rf 4 0 1 0
Coan lf 4 0 0 0
Moss c 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 1 1 0
Rogovin p 2 1 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 3 0 1 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
  Altobelli 1b 0 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 0 0
Doby cf 4 2 2 0
Kiner lf 3 2 1 3
Strickland ss 2 0 0 0
Hegan c 2 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 0 0 0 0
  Foiles ph,c 0 0 0 0
Lemon p 3 0 1 2
Totals 28 5 6 5
Baltimore 000 002 000242
Cleveland 000 300 20x561
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Rogovin  L(1-2) 6.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Miller   0.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Kretlow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(5-0) 9.0 4 2 0 1 7
  Friend  W(1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.2
15
6
3
3
10

  E–Waitkus (2), Miranda (6), Rosen (3).  HR–Cleveland Kiner (3,4th inning off Rogovin 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Strickland (3,off Rogovin).  IBB–Foiles (3,by Miller).  Team–4.  CS–Diering (1,2nd base by Lemon/Hegan).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:09.  A–4,608.
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