Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 0 3 1
Klaus ss 5 1 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
  Stephens lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 5 0 1 1
Zauchin 1b 4 0 0 0
White c 5 2 4 0
Hatton 3b 3 1 1 1
Piersall cf 3 0 1 0
Baumann p 3 1 2 1
  Hurd p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Marsh 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Leppert pr 0 0 0 0
Abrams cf,1b 3 0 0 0
Philley rf 4 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 4 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Causey 3b 0 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Dyck lf 4 3 2 1
Diering 3b,cf 4 1 3 1
Miranda ss 3 0 1 2
Palica p 2 0 0 0
  Pyburn ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Pope ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Boston 002 210 0005131
Baltimore 020 101 000491
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann  W(2-1) 6.0 7 4 4 3 5
  Hurd  SV(5) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(5-11) 6.0 11 5 5 3 1
  Dorish   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Zuverink   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
4
2

  E–Klaus (23).  DP–Boston 1. Klaus-Goodman-Zauchin.  PB–White (3).  2B–Boston White (28,off Palica).  SH–Piersall (8,off Palica).  Team LOB–10.  CS–Marsh (1,3rd base by Baumann/White).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:37.  A–12,422.
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