How to Use box score in a Sentence

box score

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  • Williams makes an impact outside of the box score, too.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 25 Feb. 2020
  • How does the box score explain a runner who didn’t earn his way to second?
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2020
  • But box scores and stats tell only part of the story of Mays’ greatness.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • Quinn continued to light up box scores in his senior season.
    — Tyler James, Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The Mavericks’ short-handedness glared in the box score.
    — Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Favors’ impact is not always gauged properly in the box score, but something felt off.
    — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The unselfishness didn’t specifically show in the box score.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020
  • But fans this month may finally get a chance to see some real live sports on television, if not in person, and to check box scores and statistics again.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 1 May 2020
  • Faulkner and Langdon round things out Tyler Sharpe wasn't the only Norse player to fill out the box score.
    — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Kansas State shot technical free throws to booing from a few thousand fans, and the one make necessitated a change to the final box score.
    — Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The box score scouts would certainly be in their feelings over signing Pennel, as the former Chief’s stat line is rather unimpressive.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Robinson scored 21, with center Kelly Olynyk filling out the box score with 15 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Outside of possession, where Orlando leads significantly, the box score is fairly even.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Nate's box scores, but a lot of the plays from the game.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Some of them show up in the box score, some of them don’t.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • The fifth, a 24-10 win against N.C. State, should have been a tossup based on the box score.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But the box score was pretty ugly for the rest of the Bucks.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 9 July 2021
  • All the telltale signs of a smooth road blowout were right there in the box score.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Bridges doesn’t score the most points or do the most of anything that might pop in the box score.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Why even risk it just to get an assist in the box score?
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Hart’s impact on the game didn’t translate to the box score.
    — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But 24 years ago Tuesday, Bryant was just a blip in the box score.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • What the box score won’t show is how close the Dodgers were to disaster.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
  • And then there are the intangibles, the things that don’t show up in the box score.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Sengun scored nine points in his 24 minutes and was a +20 in the box score.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Feb. 2022
  • And there were other sweet passes that didn’t show up in the box score.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • None of them are easy, no matter what the box score suggests.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Then there are all the shortcomings that won’t show up in any box score.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Dieonte Miles didn't noticeably pop out in the box score, but the 6-foot-11 sophomore changed the game for Xavier.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Mays homered with the Black Barons, too, but his career total remains at 660 because there was no box score to document the long ball.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024

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