Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph,1b 3 0 1 1
  Marsh pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Boyd 1b,lf,1b 6 1 2 1
Philley lf,3b,lf,rf 3 1 1 0
Francona rf 3 1 1 0
  Evers ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 5 0 2 2
Diering cf 5 0 2 0
Smith c 5 1 2 0
Miranda ss 4 0 1 1
Wight p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 3 1 1 0
  Zuverink p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 0 0
Brideweser 2b 3 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 1 1 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy lf 3 2 1 0
Phillips 1b 2 1 1 0
  Small pr 0 0 0 0
  House c 0 0 0 0
Wilson c 1 0 0 1
  Maxwell ph 1 0 1 1
  Brady p 0 0 0 0
Maas p 3 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Belardi ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 4 2
Baltimore 001 110 1105135
Detroit 120 000 010443
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wight   2.1 3 3 1 2 1
  Moore  W(3-3) 5.0 0 1 1 6 4
  Zuverink  SV(11) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
4
2
9
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maas  L(0-2) 6.2 10 4 3 4 3
  Aber   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Masterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Brady   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
5
3

  E–Boyd (3), Philley 2 (4), Francona (3), Wight (1), Kuenn (7), Boone (4), Phillips (1).  DP–Baltimore 1. Zuverink-Boyd.  2B–Baltimore Gardner (2,off Aber), Detroit Kaline (5,off Wight); Phillips (2,off Wight).  SH–Miranda (1,off Maas); Evers (1,off Aber)..  Team LOB–15.  SF–Wilson (1,off Wight).  Team–9.  SB–Diering (2,2nd base off Masterson/Wilson); Phillips (1,3rd base off Wight/Smith).  CS–Maas (1,2nd base by Wight/Smith).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–3:10.  A–8,668.
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