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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 1 0
Klaus ss 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 3
  Stephens lf 1 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 5 0 1 0
  Zauchin 1b 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 3 0
Piersall cf 5 1 3 0
Lepcio 3b 3 0 1 0
Daley c 5 1 1 1
Brewer p 5 0 2 2
Totals 40 6 14 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hatton 3b 4 0 0 0
Francona rf 4 0 1 0
Nieman lf 2 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 4 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 1 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 0 0
Pyburn cf 3 1 0 0
Miranda ss 4 0 2 0
Loes p 1 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 0 0 0 1
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Kell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Boston 303 000 000–6143
Baltimore 000 000 100–140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W(19-7) 9.0 4 1 1 4 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Loes  L(2-7) 5.0 10 6 6 3 2
  Palica   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Moeller   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
5
4
  E–Goodman (16), Vernon (8), Brewer (1).  DP–Baltimore 1. Pyburn-Miranda-Gardner.  HR–Boston Williams (19,1st inning off Loes 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Causey (1,off Brewer).  Team–9.  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:23.  A–10,476.
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