New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
April 26, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer lf 4 1 0 0
McDougald 2b 4 1 2 0
Mantle cf 4 0 1 0
Berra c 3 1 0 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 0
Collins rf 4 2 2 3
Lumpe ss 4 0 1 1
Carey 3b 3 0 1 1
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
Byrne p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 2 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
  Skizas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 3 1 3 1
Dyck lf 1 0 1 0
  Francona ph,rf 3 0 0 0
  Diering rf 0 0 0 0
Philley rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Triandos 1b,c 3 1 1 1
Pyburn cf 4 1 1 0
Gardner 3b 4 2 2 1
Smith c 2 0 0 0
  Boyd ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 1
  Marsh pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Pope ph 1 1 0 1
  Zuverink p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 6
New York 400 001 000582
Baltimore 110 005 00x791
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Byrne   1.2 4 2 2 2 0
  Morgan  L(0-1) 3.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Grim   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Konstanty   2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
4
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W(2-0) 6.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Zuverink  SV(2) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
6

  E–Skowron (1), Lumpe (7), Marsh (2).  DP–New York 2. McDougald-Lumpe-Skowron, McDougald-Lumpe-Skowron.  2B–New York Collins (1,off Wilson), Baltimore Gardner (1,off Morgan).  3B–New York Collins (1,off Wilson).  HR–Baltimore Gardner (1,2nd inning off Byrne 0 on 0 out); Triandos (3,6th inning off Morgan 0 on 0 out)..  IBB–Berra (1,by Wilson).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:30.  A–6,250.
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