Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
April 21, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 8, Baltimore Orioles 4

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 3 2 0
Tettelbach lf 3 1 1 3
Olson cf 4 1 2 1
Sievers 1b 4 1 1 1
Lemon rf 4 0 1 2
Snyder ss 5 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 1 3 1
Stone p 3 1 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Diering 3b 3 1 1 0
Dyck lf 4 0 0 0
Philley rf 4 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 4 2 2 0
Pyburn cf 4 0 1 1
Adams 2b 3 1 1 1
Smith c 4 0 2 0
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Gastall ph 1 0 0 0
Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 2 0 0 0
  Marsh ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 2
Washington 400 103 0008111
Baltimore 200 001 010471
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W(1-0) 9.0 7 4 2 5 7
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wight  L(0-2) 0.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Zuverink   6.0 6 4 3 2 3
  Ferrarese   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
4
6

  E–Runnels (2), Smith (1).  DP–Washington 1. Snyder-Runnels-Sievers, Baltimore 2. Miranda-Adams-Triandos, Adams-Marsh-Triandos.  2B–Washington Fitz Gerald (1,off Zuverink), Baltimore Diering (1,off Stone); Smith (1,off Stone); Triandos (1,off Stone); Adams (2,off Stone).  3B–Washington Tettelbach (2,off Wight).  SH–Stone (1,off Zuverink).  SF–Tettelbach (1,off Zuverink).  HBP–Yost (1,by Zuverink).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Yost (1,2nd base off Zuverink/Smith).  CS–Pyburn (1,2nd base by Stone/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:27.  A–11,067.
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