Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
August 24, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox 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 1, Chicago White Sox 14

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Marsh 2b 4 0 0 0
Abrams cf 4 0 2 0
Philley lf 4 1 1 1
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Pope rf 4 0 1 0
Diering 3b 4 0 1 0
Miranda ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 1 0
  Schallock p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 6 1 3 2
Fox 2b 6 3 4 0
Minoso lf 5 1 2 1
Rivera rf 4 1 3 1
Kennedy 3b 5 2 2 3
Dropo 1b 2 3 2 1
Busby cf 4 1 1 1
Lollar c 3 1 1 1
  Moss c 1 1 1 0
Pierce p 5 0 1 3
Totals 41 14 20 13
Baltimore 000 010 000180
Chicago 103 303 04x14201
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L(8-16) 3.0 10 7 7 2 1
  Schallock   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Gray   2.0 4 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
20
14
14
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W(11-8) 9.0 8 1 1 2 9
  Labine  SV(5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.2
17
6
5
6
16

  E–Kennedy (5).  DP–Baltimore 1. Nelson-Marsh, Chicago 1. Kennedy-Fox-Dropo.  2B–Chicago Carrasquel 2 (9,off Wilson,off Gray); Pierce (1,off Johnson); Busby (17,off Gray)..  HR–Baltimore Philley (8,5th inning off Pierce 0 on 1 out), Chicago Kennedy (5,8th inning off Gray 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Rivera (10,off Schallock).  Team–9.  SB–Rivera (23,2nd base off Wilson/Smith).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:45.
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