Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
May 26, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1956 at Fenway Park. The Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 1 0 0
Herzog cf,lf 4 0 2 0
Runnels 2b 5 0 0 1
Sievers 1b 4 1 2 0
Courtney c 4 1 1 1
Lemon rf 3 0 1 0
Paula lf 3 0 1 2
  Olson cf 1 0 0 0
Snyder ss 4 0 1 0
Stobbs p 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 4 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 0 0
Gernert lf 3 0 2 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 1 2 0
White c 2 0 1 0
Delock p 1 0 0 0
  Zauchin ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 1 1
  Consolo pr 0 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Daley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Washington 000 210 100490
Boston 000 000 100180
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs  W(3-3) 9.0 8 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  L(1-3) 5.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Sisler   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Kiely   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Washington 3. Runnels-Snyder-Sievers, Snyder-Runnels-Sievers, Stobbs-Snyder-Sievers, Boston 2. Goodman-Buddin-Vernon, Goodman-Buddin-Vernon.  2B–Washington Courtney (8,off Delock); Paula (2,off Delock), Boston Gernert (4,off Stobbs).  SH–Herzog (1,off Sisler); Stobbs (1,off Kiely)..  IBB–Yost (2,by Kiely).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:17.  A–10,753.
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