Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 3, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 0

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rivera rf 4 2 1 0
Fox 2b 5 1 3 0
Minoso lf 4 1 1 2
Lollar c 3 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 1 1
Esposito 3b 4 0 3 2
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 2 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
Torgeson 1b 2 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
House c 4 0 2 0
Hoeft p 1 0 1 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
  Small ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Chicago 000 301 2006101
Detroit 000 000 000062
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W(11-4) 9.0 6 0 0 4 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  L(9-6) 6.0 9 6 5 2 5
  Masterson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Aber   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
6

  E–Aparicio (13), House (3), Masterson (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Esposito-Fox-Dropo.  PB–Lollar (3).  HR–Chicago Dropo (2,6th inning off Hoeft 0 on 2 out).  SH–Lollar (1,off Hoeft); Wilson (1,off Aber).; Hoeft (3,off Wilson).  SF–Minoso (2,off Masterson).  IBB–Dropo (1,by Hoeft).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:27.  A–7,971.
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