Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
June 26, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1956 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 3, Cleveland Indians 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0
Hale 1b 4 1 1 0
Frazier rf 4 1 1 0
Nieman lf 3 1 1 1
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Francona cf 3 0 0 1
Smith c 4 0 1 1
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 1 1 0
Woodling lf 4 1 3 1
Smith rf 4 1 2 1
Wertz 1b 3 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 1 1 0
Busby cf 3 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 1 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 0 0 0 1
  Strickland pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
  Naragon ph,c 1 0 1 1
Wynn p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Baltimore 011 001 000350
Cleveland 000 003 10x491
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Zuverink  L(4-3) 2.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(8-4) 9.0 5 3 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
2
5

  E–Wynn (3).  DP–Baltimore 1. Miranda-Gardner-Hale.  2B–Baltimore Smith (11,off Wynn); Hale (6,off Wynn)., Cleveland Woodling 2 (6,off Johnson,off Zuverink); Avila (9,off Zuverink)..  SF–Francona (2,off Wynn); Naragon (1,off Zuverink).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Wertz (5,by Zuverink).  Team–8.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:25.  A–8,250.
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