Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
April 18, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1956 at Fenway Park. 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Boston Red Sox 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b,2b 3 1 1 0
Dyck lf 2 0 0 0
Philley rf 4 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 3 2 1 2
Francona cf 3 1 1 2
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Marsh 2b 2 0 0 0
  Causey 3b 2 0 0 0
Miranda ss 4 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 1 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Pope ph 1 0 0 0
  Besana p 0 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 2 0
Klaus 3b 3 1 1 0
Williams lf 1 0 1 1
  Stephens pr 0 1 0 0
  Gernert ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Jensen rf 3 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 2 2 1
Piersall cf 3 1 1 2
Buddin ss 3 0 1 1
White c 3 1 0 1
Porterfield p 3 0 0 1
Totals 29 8 8 8
Baltimore 200 200 000451
Boston 110 060 00x880
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L(0-1) 4.2 8 8 8 9 1
  Ferrarese   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Zuverink   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Besana   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
12
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  W(1-0) 9.0 5 4 4 5 5
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
5
5

  E–Adams (1).  DP–Baltimore 2. Moore-Marsh-Triandos, Miranda-Marsh-Triandos.  2B–Baltimore Adams (1,off Porterfield), Boston Goodman 2 (3,off Moore 2); Vernon (2,off Moore); Buddin (1,off Moore)..  HR–Baltimore Triandos (1,1st inning off Porterfield 1 on 2 out); Francona (1,4th inning off Porterfield 1 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–5.  SH–Vernon (1,off Besana).  SF–Porterfield (1,off Moore).  Team–11.  CS–Adams (1,2nd base by Porterfield/White).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:45.  A–8,759.
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