Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
June 20, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1956 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 3 1 0 0
Klaus 3b 2 2 1 1
Gernert lf 4 0 0 1
Jensen rf 5 1 2 2
Zauchin 1b 5 0 0 0
Lepcio 2b 3 0 0 0
White c 4 0 0 0
Buddin ss 3 0 1 0
Porterfield p 4 0 1 0
  Hurd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 5 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 3 3 0 0
Woodling lf 4 2 2 2
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 1 1
Rosen 3b 4 0 1 1
Busby cf 5 0 1 1
Carrasquel ss 5 0 3 0
Hegan c 3 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
  Kuhn pr 0 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
Score p 2 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Boston 200 000 200 0452
Cleveland 200 001 010 15110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield   7.1 9 4 4 7 2
  Hurd  L(1-3) 2.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.2
11
5
5
9
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score   6.0 4 2 2 5 10
  Narleski   1.0 1 2 2 1 2
  McLish   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Mossi  W(2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
4
4
8
15

  E–Zauchin (1), Lepcio (5).  2B–Boston Buddin (11,off Score), Cleveland Woodling (3,off Porterfield); Smith (11,off Porterfield).  3B–Boston Klaus (1,off Narleski).  HR–Boston Jensen (8,1st inning off Score 1 on 2 out), Cleveland Woodling (2,8th inning off Porterfield 0 on 1 out).  SH–White (1,off McLish); Woodling (1,off Hurd).  SF–Gernert (4,off Narleski).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Avila (4,by Porterfield); Wertz (4,by Hurd)..  IBB–Rosen (2,by Porterfield); Wertz 2 (4,by Porterfield,by Hurd)..  Team–16.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:29.  A–14,271.
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