Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
July 18, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rivera cf 3 1 0 0
Fox 2b 5 1 1 0
Minoso lf,rf,lf 3 0 1 1
Northey rf,lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Philley 1b 4 0 1 1
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
  Esposito pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
  Delsing ph 0 0 0 1
  Moss c 0 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 1 0
  Doby ph 0 0 0 0
  Pierce pr 0 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf,1b 4 0 0 0
Hale 1b 2 0 0 0
  Pyburn cf 1 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
Nieman lf 4 1 2 0
Francona rf 4 1 2 1
Triandos c 3 1 1 0
Gardner 2b 3 1 1 2
Miranda ss 3 0 1 0
  Frazier ph 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
Chicago 101 000 001371
Baltimore 020 100 001471
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   8.0 5 3 3 2 6
  Kinder  L(0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.2
7
4
3
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   8.1 7 3 3 5 5
  Martin  W(2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
5

  E–Hatfield (7), Johnson (1).  2B–Baltimore Nieman (11,off Wilson).  HR–Baltimore Gardner (8,2nd inning off Wilson 1 on 2 out).  SH–Delsing (1,off Johnson).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Gardner (4,by Wilson).  Team–6.  CS–Hale (2,2nd base by Wilson/Lollar); Hale (2,2nd base by Wilson/Lollar).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:49.  A–15,918.
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