Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
September 21, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Plews 2b 3 1 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 5 0 2 0
Runnels 1b 5 0 2 0
Sievers lf 4 1 2 2
Lemon rf 3 0 1 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
Olson cf 4 0 0 0
Luttrell ss 3 1 0 0
  Yost ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdivielso ss 0 0 0 0
Pascual p 3 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 7 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 3 1 1 1
Boyd 1b 3 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
  Robinson 3b 0 0 0 0
Nieman lf 1 1 0 0
Francona rf 4 1 1 0
Triandos c 4 3 3 3
Gardner 2b 3 1 0 0
Miranda ss 4 0 0 1
Wight p 4 0 1 1
Totals 30 7 6 6
Washington 010 000 002372
Baltimore 010 200 13x763
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L(6-18) 7.0 4 4 4 5 7
  Ramos   1.0 2 3 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
7
6
6
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wight  W(9-12) 9.0 7 3 2 6 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
6
7

  E–Sievers (9), Pascual (2), Gardner 2 (16), Wight (4).  HR–Washington Sievers (29,9th inning off Wight 1 on 2 out), Baltimore Triandos 2 (21,2nd inning off Pascual 0 on 0 out,4th inning off Pascual 1 on 0 out); Williams (10,7th inning off Pascual 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Gardner (7,by Ramos).  Team–6.  SB–Luttrell (5,Home off Wight/Triandos); Francona (11,2nd base off Pascual/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:50.  A–5,275.
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