Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Senators
May 7, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1955 at Griffith Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Senators 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 5, Washington Senators 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 5 0 0 0
Coan lf 3 3 1 0
Evers rf 3 2 2 1
Triandos 1b 4 0 2 2
  Abrams pr 0 0 0 0
  Waitkus 1b 1 0 1 1
Smith c 5 0 1 1
Cox 3b 5 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 0 2 0
Miranda ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson p 4 0 1 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 1 0 0
Oravetz rf 4 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 2 0 1 1
Vernon 1b 3 0 0 0
Sievers lf 4 0 0 0
Busby cf 4 0 2 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 0 0
Kline ss 2 0 1 0
  Paula ph 1 0 0 0
  Snyder ss 0 0 0 0
Schmitz p 2 0 0 0
  Levan ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Baltimore 100 020 1015121
Washington 000 001 000151
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W(1-3) 9.0 5 1 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(3-1) 8.0 11 4 4 1 2
  Abernathy   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
2

  E–Miranda (8), Kline (4).  DP–Baltimore 2. Miranda-Young-Triandos, Young-Waitkus.  2B–Baltimore Triandos (2,off Schmitz).  HR–Baltimore Evers (4,1st inning off Schmitz 0 on 2 out).  SH–Evers 2 (2,off Schmitz,off Abernathy).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Runnels (2,off Wilson).  Team–6.  SB–Coan (3,2nd base off Abernathy/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:04.  A–4,584.
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