Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
May 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 1 1 0
Herzog cf 5 0 2 0
Runnels 2b 4 2 2 1
Sievers 1b 4 1 1 1
Courtney c 4 0 2 2
Lemon rf 3 0 1 1
Oravetz lf 5 0 0 0
Snyder ss 5 0 1 0
Wiesler p 2 0 0 0
  Clevenger p 0 0 0 0
  Killebrew ph 0 1 0 0
  Chakales p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Pyburn cf 2 0 0 1
  Francona ph,rf,1b 1 1 0 0
Evers rf 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Diering pr,cf 2 0 1 1
Kell 3b 3 1 1 1
  Marsh pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Nieman lf 5 1 1 1
Triandos 1b 5 0 4 1
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Nelson rf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 2 0
Miranda ss 4 1 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 10 5
Washington 000 002 300 05103
Baltimore 200 102 000 16101
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Wiesler   5.1 5 5 3 6 1
  Clevenger   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Chakales  L(3-2) 3.0 4 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
10
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Ferrarese   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink   1.0 1 3 2 2 0
  Fornieles  W(1-1) 3.2 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
4
7
6

  E–Runnels (7), Courtney (4), Snyder (8), Marsh (3).  DP–Washington 2. Runnels-Snyder-Sievers, Sievers-Snyder-Sievers, Baltimore 2. Kell-Triandos, Nieman-Smith-Gardner.  2B–Washington Sievers (7,off Zuverink), Baltimore Nieman (2,off Wiesler); Gardner (3,off Wiesler); Triandos (6,off Chakales); Fornieles (2,off Chakales)..  IBB–Courtney (2,by Fornieles); Smith (1,by Chakales); Francona (3,by Chakales).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Johnson (1,off Wiesler); Zuverink (3,off Wiesler).  SF–Pyburn (1,off Wiesler).  Team–14.  SB–Herzog (1,2nd base off Johnson/Smith).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:09.  A–8,541.
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