How to Use box score in a Sentence

box score

noun
  • His work doesn’t show up in a box score.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • One glance at the first-half box score confirms it.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe a shift in usage that doesn’t show up in box scores.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is Sunday’s box score, plain as day.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Look over at the Cubs’ box score after the game.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • All the telltale signs of a smooth road blowout were right there in the box score.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • All other teams’ box scores are in the paper.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • No one else in the box score even approached that kind of impact.
    — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2018
  • None of them are easy, no matter what the box score suggests.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The guy’s worth goes further than the points column in the box score.
    — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2019
  • And there were other sweet passes that didn’t show up in the box score.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Then there are all the shortcomings that won’t show up in any box score.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But that is where things start to break away in terms of box score statistics.
    — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • To be able to watch it in person and not just check a box score will be a lot of fun.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Those are the moments that don’t show up in a box score or on a highlight reel.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This was one of those days when a stroke of luck looks like a stroke of genius in the box score.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2017
  • What the box score won’t show is how close the Dodgers were to disaster.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
  • No box score was available online for that contest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Check out the live updates, the full box score and complete details about the game here.
    — OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But the Nuggets refused to allow his box score to be a punchline.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
  • So, The Freak Show will fill up a few box scores this season.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Mann had six points, making more plays than his box score showed, and Wall had 17 points.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The steady presence of Buehler, in that context, does even more than what shows up on a box score.
    — Ethan Sears, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And that’s the thing about Williams that doesn’t always show up in a box score or a highlight reel.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • But 24 years ago Tuesday, Bryant was just a blip in the box score.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The counting stats are nice, but Brown’s started to thrive outside the box score.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Brown noted that a lot of what McConnell does doesn’t show up in the box score.
    — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Nurse mentioned before the game Toronto’s need to sway the box score and make their shots.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022

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