Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
June 27, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 11, Cleveland Indians 12

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0
Hale 1b 5 1 2 0
  Kell 1b,3b 1 0 0 0
Frazier rf 5 1 1 1
  Pyburn cf 1 0 0 0
Nieman lf 4 2 2 0
Francona cf,rf 4 3 3 1
Williams 3b,1b 6 2 3 3
Gastall c 4 1 1 1
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith c 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 5 1 2 3
Wight p 2 0 1 2
  Fornieles p 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 15 11
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 6 2 2 1
Woodling lf 5 1 1 1
Smith rf 3 1 1 2
Rosen 3b 6 3 4 2
Wertz 1b 5 0 1 2
  Kuhn pr 0 0 0 0
  Mossi p 1 0 0 0
Busby cf 4 2 2 0
Carrasquel ss 6 2 5 1
Averill c 3 1 1 1
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 0 0
  Feller p 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 1
  Strickland pr 0 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 17 11
Baltimore 034 200 002 0011151
Cleveland 100 610 012 0112170
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wight   3.1 9 6 6 0 2
  Fornieles   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Brown  L(4-1) 6.1 5 4 4 3 1
Totals
10.1
17
12
12
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
  McLish   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Houtteman   1.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Feller   4.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Narleski   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Mossi  W(3-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
11.0
15
11
11
5
10

  E–Gardner (7).  DP–Baltimore 1. Miranda-Hale.  2B–Baltimore Francona (4,off Garcia); Miranda (8,off Houtteman); Hale (7,off Houtteman); Frazier (1,off Houtteman)., Cleveland Carrasquel 2 (7,off Wight,off Brown); Rosen (6,off Brown)..  3B–Baltimore Nieman (3,off Mossi).  HR–Baltimore Francona (3,9th inning off Narleski 0 on 1 out); Williams (1,9th inning off Narleski 0 on 1 out)., Cleveland Rosen (9,4th inning off Fornieles 1 on 2 out).  SH–Gardner (5,off Feller); Averill (2,off Brown); Busby (3,off Brown).  HBP–Gastall (1,by Garcia); Gardner (3,by Garcia).; Woodling (2,by Wight).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Smith 2 (5,off Wight,off Fornieles).  IBB–Averill (1,by Brown); Busby (2,by Brown).  Team–9.  CS–Miranda (3,Home by Houtteman/Averill); Francona (1,Home by Houtteman/Averill).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–3:47.  A–4,514.
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