New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
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 Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 13

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Lumpe ss 6 1 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0
  McDermott p 1 1 1 0
Mantle cf 5 3 3 2
Berra lf 3 0 1 1
  Siebern lf 2 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 6 1 5 1
Howard c 6 0 1 0
Carey 3b 1 0 1 1
  Hunter pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll 3b 1 0 0 0
Coleman 2b 4 0 2 1
Turley p 2 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 3b 3 3 1 0
Klaus ss 5 2 2 5
Williams lf 4 2 2 1
  Stephens pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 1 2
  Zauchin pr,1b 1 0 1 0
Jensen rf 3 1 1 2
Piersall cf 5 0 1 3
Lepcio 2b 3 1 1 0
White c 4 1 2 0
Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 1 1 0
  Susce p 2 1 1 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 13 14 13
New York 310 100 2007151
Boston 006 330 01x13145
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  L(8-4) 2.2 7 6 6 2 1
  Dixon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Morgan   1.0 3 3 2 2 0
  Coates   1.0 1 3 3 2 0
  McDermott   3.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
13
12
7
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan   3.0 8 4 2 1 2
  Susce  W(2-4) 4.0 4 3 2 8 1
  Delock   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
7
4
9
6

  E–Lumpe (8), Bolling (9), Klaus 2 (27), Vernon (9), White (10).  DP–New York 2. Carey-J. Coleman-Skowron, McDermott-J. Coleman-Skowron.  2B–New York Slaughter (17,off Sullivan); Berra (28,off Sullivan); Skowron (19,off Susce), Boston Piersall (39,off Turley); Vernon (27,off Morgan).  3B–Boston Klaus (5,off Coates).  HR–New York Mantle (51,2nd inning off Sullivan 0 on 2 out).  SF–Carey (5,off Sullivan).  Team LOB–20.  HBP–Lepcio (3,by Coates).  Team–5.  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–3:23.  A–24,616.
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