Chicago White Sox vs Washington Senators
August 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1956 at Griffith Stadium. 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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Chicago White Sox 5, Washington Senators 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rivera rf 5 0 1 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Doby cf 3 1 0 0
Minoso lf 4 1 1 2
Philley 1b 3 1 1 1
  Dropo 1b 1 0 1 0
Lollar c 4 1 2 0
Hatfield 3b 4 1 1 0
Aparicio ss 2 0 0 0
  Northey ph 1 0 1 2
  Esposito pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Harshman p 4 0 1 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 5 1 2 0
Runnels 1b 5 0 0 0
Sievers lf 2 1 1 0
Lemon rf 3 1 0 0
Olson cf 4 0 3 0
Plews 2b 4 0 2 2
Valdivielso ss 4 0 0 0
Ramos p 2 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Pascual p 0 0 0 0
  Berberet ph 0 0 0 0
  Griggs pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Chicago 000 000 320–5101
Washington 000 100 020–390
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harshman  W(11-9) 8.0 8 3 3 4 7
  Kinder  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
7
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos  L(12-9) 6.1 8 3 3 0 0
  Stone   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Stewart   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Pascual   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
3
  E–Fox (11).  DP–Chicago 1. Esposito-Fox-Dropo.  2B–Chicago Northey (2,off Ramos).  3B–Washington Olson (2,off Harshman).  HR–Chicago Philley (5,7th inning off Ramos 0 on 1 out); Minoso (12,8th inning off Stewart 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:49.  A–4,389.
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