Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 31, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago White Sox 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 0 0 0
Klaus ss 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 2 0
Zauchin 1b 4 1 2 1
White c 4 1 3 0
Hatton 3b 4 0 0 0
Piersall cf 3 0 1 1
Brewer p 1 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Joost ph 1 0 0 0
  Susce p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 2 0
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 1 0 0
Rivera cf,rf 4 2 2 4
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy rf,3b 3 0 1 0
Lollar c 3 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 3 0 1 0
Keegan p 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Boston 000 001 001280
Chicago 202 000 00x490
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L(9-10) 4.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Kiely   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Susce   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Keegan  W(1-4) 9.0 8 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Goodman-Kiely.  2B–Boston White (27,off Keegan).  HR–Boston Zauchin (25,6th inning off Keegan 0 on 2 out).  SF–Piersall (6,off Keegan).  Team LOB–7.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:06.  A–22,638.
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