Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
September 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 2, New York Yankees 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 3 1 1 0
Klaus ss 2 1 1 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 2 0 1 2
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Lepcio 3b 4 0 1 0
Daley c 4 0 0 0
Porterfield p 1 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Susce p 0 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 0 0 1
Siebern lf 3 1 1 0
Mantle cf 4 1 1 1
  Cerv cf 0 0 0 0
Berra c 2 1 0 0
Skowron 1b 4 1 1 1
McDougald ss 3 2 2 3
Martin 2b 4 0 0 0
Carey 3b 4 1 2 0
Larsen p 3 0 1 1
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Boston 000 000 020–240
New York 401 200 00x–780
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  L(3-12) 5.0 7 7 7 2 1
  Susce   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Dorish   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
4
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  W(11-5) 7.0 3 0 0 4 6
  Grim   2.0 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
7
  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Klaus-Goodman-Vernon, New York 2. Martin-McDougald-Skowron, Martin-McDougald-Skowron.  HR–New York McDougald (13,1st inning off Porterfield 2 on 2 out); Mantle (52,3rd inning off Porterfield 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:28.  A–16,760.
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