Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
July 30, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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, Kansas City Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 5 0 2 0
  Evers rf 0 0 0 0
Francona rf,1b 5 0 0 0
Kell 3b 5 0 0 0
Nieman lf 2 2 2 1
Triandos 1b,c 5 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 2 0
Smith c 4 0 2 1
  Pyburn pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 1 1 0
Moore p 3 1 1 2
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Skizas lf 5 1 2 0
Simpson cf 5 0 2 1
Robinson 1b 4 1 2 1
Power 2b 4 0 1 1
Ginsberg c 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Burnette p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 9 3
Baltimore 000 120 000 14101
Kansas City 010 001 010 0391
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   6.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Wight   1.2 1 1 0 1 2
  Zuverink   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fornieles  W(3-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
3
2
2
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burnette   5.1 7 3 3 4 3
  Gorman  L(7-7) 4.2 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–Triandos (9), DeMaestri (16).  DP–Baltimore 2. Gardner-Miranda-Triandos, Miranda-Triandos, Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Power-Robinson.  2B–Baltimore Williams (8,off Burnette), Kansas City Lopez (17,off Moore); Slaughter (13,off Fornieles).  3B–Kansas City Robinson (1,off Moore); Skizas (2,off Moore).  HR–Baltimore Moore (2,5th inning off Burnette 1 on 0 out); Nieman (10,10th inning off Gorman 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Smith (1,2nd base off Burnette/Ginsberg); Gardner (3,2nd base off Gorman/Ginsberg).  CS–Williams (1,2nd base by Burnette/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:51.  A–9,355.
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