Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 5, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1956 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 16, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 2 2 4
Torgeson 1b 6 1 3 2
Kaline rf 5 1 1 0
Boone 3b 5 1 1 2
Tuttle cf 6 0 4 0
House c 6 2 1 2
Maxwell lf 6 3 4 2
Bertoia 2b 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield 2b 4 2 1 1
Hoeft p 3 4 3 2
Totals 47 16 20 15
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bolling 2b 2 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 1
Jensen rf 5 0 1 0
Gernert lf 4 0 1 1
Zauchin 1b 4 0 0 0
Piersall cf 3 1 2 0
Buddin ss 4 0 0 0
White c 4 2 2 2
Delock p 0 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Susce p 2 0 1 0
  Williams ph 1 0 1 0
  Consolo pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Detroit 002 701 14116200
Boston 020 000 0114103
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(2-0) 9.0 10 4 4 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  L(0-1) 3.1 6 5 4 2 3
  Kiely   0.1 4 4 0 2 0
  Susce   5.1 10 7 6 3 2
Totals
9.0
20
16
10
7
5

  E–Bolling (1), Malzone (3), White (2), Bolling (1), Malzone (3), White (2).  2B–Detroit Tuttle (5,off Delock); Kuenn 2 (6,off Delock,off Susce); Kaline (4,off Kiely); Hoeft (1,off Susce)., Boston Piersall (4,off Hoeft).  3B–Boston Malzone (1,off Hoeft).  HR–Detroit Maxwell (3,6th inning off Susce 0 on 2 out), Boston White (1,2nd inning off Hoeft 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Hatfield (1,by Kiely).  IBB–Boone (1,by Kiely).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Malzone (1,off Hoeft).  Team–8.  SB–Kaline (1,2nd base off Susce/White).  CS–Tuttle (1,2nd base by Susce/White).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:50.  A–17,730.
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