Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1960 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red 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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Washington Senators 1, Boston Red Sox 5

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Allison rf 4 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 1 2 0
Lemon lf 4 0 1 1
Becquer 1b 3 0 0 0
Dobbek cf 3 0 0 0
Battey c 3 0 1 0
Valdivielso ss 3 0 0 0
Fischer p 2 0 0 0
  Kralick p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Hyde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Keough cf 5 1 2 0
Runnels 2b,1b 4 0 1 0
Geiger rf 4 2 2 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 2 1
  Green 2b 0 0 0 0
Stephens lf 4 1 1 1
Malzone 3b 3 1 1 0
Buddin ss 4 0 1 0
Sadowski c 1 0 1 1
  Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
Brewer p 3 0 1 1
Totals 34 5 12 4
Washington 000 001 000142
Boston 110 001 11x5120
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer  L (0-2) 6.1 9 4 3 0 4
  Kralick   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hyde   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
1
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W (4-4) 9.0 4 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
6

  E–Gardner (7), Battey (4).  PB–Sadowski (1).  2B–Washington Battey (2,off Brewer); Killebrew (4,off Brewer), Boston Geiger (3,off Fischer); Wertz (3,off Fischer); Keough 2 (3,off Fischer 2).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Brewer (1,off Fischer); Malzone (1,off Hyde).  IBB–H Sullivan (1,by Hyde).  Team–8.  SB–Stephens (4,2nd base off Fischer/Battey); Buddin (2,2nd base off Fischer/Battey).  WP–Fischer (1), Hyde (1), Brewer (4).  IBB–Hyde (1,H Sullivan).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:23.  A–7,320.
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