Washington Senators vs Chicago White Sox
August 2, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1956 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 4, Chicago White Sox 5

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Herzog cf 5 3 4 1
Runnels 1b 3 0 1 2
Sievers lf 3 1 2 1
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Plews 2b 4 0 0 0
Berberet c 4 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 2 0 0 0
Wiesler p 3 0 1 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Esposito 3b 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 3 1 0 0
Doby cf 3 1 2 2
  Delsing pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 2 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 2 0
Moss c 4 1 1 3
Rivera rf 2 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 1 1 0
Keegan p 1 0 0 0
  McDonald p 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 6 5
Washington 002 010 100490
Chicago 002 003 00x560
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Wiesler  L(3-9) 5.1 5 5 5 5 1
  Byerly   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
6
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Keegan   4.1 7 3 3 2 2
  McDonald   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Kinder  W(1-1) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Washington 2. Valdivielso-Plews-Runnels, Berberet-Yost, Chicago 1. Aparicio-Fox-Dropo.  2B–Chicago Aparicio (10,off Wiesler); Doby (11,off Wiesler).  3B–Washington Herzog (5,off Keegan).  HR–Washington Sievers (20,3rd inning off Keegan 0 on 2 out); Herzog (4,5th inning off Keegan 0 on 0 out), Chicago Moss (7,6th inning off Wiesler 2 on 1 out).  SF–Runnels (3,off Keegan).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  SB–Herzog (4,2nd base off Keegan/Moss).  CS–Rivera (5,3rd base by Byerly/Berberet); Delsing (1,3rd base by Byerly/Berberet).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.
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