Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
July 8, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1956 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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 4, Boston Red Sox 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf,2b 4 1 1 0
Francona cf 5 0 1 0
Kell 3b 5 2 4 4
Nieman lf 3 0 0 0
Triandos 1b 3 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 2 0 1 0
  Frazier ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Miranda ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson p 2 1 1 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 0 2 3
Klaus 3b 5 1 2 0
Williams lf 5 1 1 1
  Stephens lf 0 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 2 1 1 2
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Piersall cf 5 0 0 0
Daley c 3 1 1 0
Buddin ss 4 2 3 0
Nixon p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Lepcio ph 1 1 0 0
  Hurd p 1 0 1 0
  Gernert ph 0 0 0 1
  Delock p 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 12 8
Baltimore 103 000 0004101
Boston 003 110 30x8121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   3.1 7 4 4 2 2
  Ferrarese  L(3-6) 1.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Zuverink   2.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Fornieles   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon   2.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Sisler   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Hurd  W(2-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Delock  SV(2) 4.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
2

  E–Gardner (8), Buddin (24).  DP–Boston 3. Nixon-Buddin-Vernon, Goodman-Buddin-Vernon, Klaus-Goodman-Vernon.  2B–Baltimore Johnson (1,off Nixon), Boston Buddin (17,off Johnson); Goodman (14,off Johnson); Daley (6,off Zuverink); Delock (1,off Zuverink).  HR–Baltimore Kell 2 (4,1st inning off Nixon 0 on 2 out,3rd inning off Sisler 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Vernon (2,off Zuverink).  HBP–Vernon (5,by Ferrarese).  Team–10.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:39.  A–20,723.
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