Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
April 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 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 2, Boston Red Sox 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 1 2 0 0
Pope rf 2 0 0 0
Philley lf 3 0 1 1
Triandos 1b 4 0 0 0
Francona cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Causey 3b 3 0 1 0
Miranda ss 3 0 0 0
Palica p 2 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 2 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 3 1 0 0
Gernert lf 4 2 3 0
  Stephens lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 3 1 2 2
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 2
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Buddin ss 3 0 1 0
White c 4 0 1 0
Brewer p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Baltimore 101 000 000221
Boston 200 020 00x481
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(0-1) 7.0 7 4 4 4 3
  Dorish   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W(1-0) 9.0 2 2 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
2
2
1
4
2

  E–Francona (1), Buddin (2).  DP–Boston 1. Buddin-Goodman-Vernon.  2B–Baltimore Philley (1,off Brewer), Boston Gernert (1,off Palica); Vernon (3,off Palica); White (1,off Dorish)..  3B–Boston Jensen (1,off Palica).  SH–Pope (1,off Brewer).  HBP–Pope (1,by Brewer).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:01.  A–23,962.
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