Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
May 11, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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, New York Yankees 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 5 1 3 1
  Miranda ss 0 0 0 0
Diering cf 3 0 1 0
Philley rf 3 0 0 1
Triandos 1b 3 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 5 0 2 0
Smith c 4 0 2 0
Pyburn lf 2 1 1 0
Marsh ss,3b 4 0 2 0
Palica p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 12 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 0 1 1
McDougald ss 3 0 0 1
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Collins 1b 4 1 1 0
Howard lf 3 0 0 0
  Cerv pr 0 0 0 0
Carey 3b 2 1 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Martin pr 0 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 1 1
Ford p 2 1 1 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Baltimore 110 000 0002121
New York 000 020 001350
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(1-4) 8.1 5 3 3 4 4
Totals
8.1
5
3
3
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W(5-0) 9.0 12 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
5
5

  E–Gardner (3).  DP–New York 1. Ford-Richardson-Collins.  2B–Baltimore Adams 2 (4,off Ford 2); Smith (6,off Ford)., New York Ford (2,off Palica).  3B–Baltimore Pyburn (1,off Ford), New York Collins (2,off Palica).  SH–Diering 2 (5,off Ford 2); Pyburn (1,off Ford).; Ford (1,off Palica).  IBB–Triandos (1,by Ford); Howard (3,by Palica); Robinson (1,by Palica).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:23.  A–13,991.
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