Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Senators
May 8, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1955 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 7, Washington Senators 15

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 5 0 0 0
Coan lf 4 1 0 0
Waitkus 1b 5 1 1 0
Woodling rf 4 1 1 0
Moss c 4 1 3 1
Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Triandos ph 1 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 1 1 1
  Evers ph 1 0 1 2
  Marsh 2b 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 4 1 2 1
Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Pyburn ph,3b 4 0 1 2
Totals 38 7 11 7
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 0 0
Umphlett lf 5 4 4 1
Runnels 2b 3 3 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 1 2
Busby cf 4 1 2 1
Paula rf 6 1 3 3
Edwards c 2 2 2 1
Kline ss 4 2 1 3
Pascual p 3 0 1 0
  Levan ph 1 1 1 3
  McDermott p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 15 15 14
Baltimore 001 110 2207111
Washington 610 000 53x15150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  L(0-1) 0.2 2 4 4 2 1
  Coleman   1.1 4 3 3 3 1
  Kretlow   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Kuzava   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Johnson   0.1 3 5 5 1 1
  Ferrarese   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  McDonald   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
15
15
15
12
8
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  W(1-1) 7.0 7 5 5 0 6
  McDermott  SV(1) 2.0 4 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
1
9

  E–Miranda (10).  2B–Baltimore Pyburn (1,off Pascual), Washington Kline (1,off Coleman); Edwards (1,off Johnson); Vernon (6,off McDonald)..  HR–Baltimore Miranda (1,3rd inning off Pascual 0 on 1 out); Young (1,5th inning off Pascual 0 on 0 out)., Washington Umphlett (1,2nd inning off Coleman 0 on 0 out); Levan (1,7th inning off Johnson 2 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–5.  SH–Kline (2,off Johnson).  Team–12.  SB–Waitkus (1,2nd base off Pascual/Edwards).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:50.  A–8,644.
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