Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
August 13, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1955 at Fenway Park. The Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 18, Boston Red Sox 9

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 3 1 1
Runnels 2b 5 3 2 2
Vernon 1b 5 3 3 4
Sievers lf 5 3 2 3
Paula rf 6 1 4 4
Courtney c 5 1 1 0
Umphlett cf 5 1 2 0
Valdivielso ss 4 2 2 2
Porterfield p 3 0 0 1
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott p 2 1 1 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 18 18 17
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 0 1 0
  Joost 2b 1 0 0 0
Klaus ss 4 1 0 0
Williams lf 3 1 2 0
  Olson lf 1 1 1 0
Jensen rf 3 2 1 0
Zauchin 1b 4 2 2 3
White c 3 1 1 1
  Pagliaroni c 0 0 0 1
Hatton 3b 3 1 2 3
  Lepcio 3b 1 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Nixon p 1 0 0 0
  Brodowski p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 1
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 0 0 0 0
  Bolling ph 1 0 0 0
  Hurd p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
Washington 010 711 40418180
Boston 000 330 0039101
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield   4.1 7 6 6 3 1
  Chakales   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  McDermott  W(7-8) 3.1 2 3 3 4 3
  Ramos  SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
9
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  L(12-6) 3.1 8 6 6 2 2
  Brodowski   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Kiely   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Hurd   3.0 6 8 7 3 0
Totals
9.0
18
18
17
7
3

  E–None.  DP–Washington 2. Chakales-Runnels-Vernon, Valdivielso-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–Washington Paula 3 (12,off Nixon,off Kiely,off Hurd); Runnels 2 (11,off Nixon 2); Sievers (15,off Hurd)..  HR–Washington Valdivielso (2,5th inning off Kiely 0 on 0 out); Vernon (11,7th inning off Hurd 3 on 1 out); Yost (4,9th inning off Hurd 0 on 1 out)..  SF–Valdivielso (3,off Nixon).  IBB–Vernon (6,by Brodowski).  Team LOB–7.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:59.  A–7,888.
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