Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 1, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1956 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 5 1 1 0
Lopez cf,3b 5 0 0 0
Zernial lf 2 0 1 1
  Baxes pr 0 1 0 0
  Renna lf 0 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 3 1 1 1
  Groth cf 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 1
Jacobs 2b 3 0 1 0
Kretlow p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 2 0
Gernert lf 4 1 2 2
Piersall cf 3 0 0 0
Buddin ss 3 0 1 0
White c 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Porterfield p 3 0 2 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Kansas City 000 001 020–370
Boston 020 000 000–271
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  W(1-1) 9.0 7 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  L(1-2) 7.1 6 3 3 4 1
  Sisler   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
2
  E–Malzone (1).  DP–Kansas City 2. DeMaestri-Jacobs-Power, Lopez-Jacobs-Power, Boston 1. Buddin-Vernon.  3B–Kansas City Power (1,off Porterfield).  HR–Boston Gernert (2,2nd inning off Kretlow 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:08.  A–4,224.
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