Boston Red Sox vs New York Giants
October 8, 1912 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1912 at Polo Grounds V. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, New York Giants 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hooper rf 3 1 1 1
Yerkes 2b 4 0 1 2
Speaker cf 3 1 1 0
Lewis lf 4 0 0 1
Gardner 3b 4 0 0 0
Stahl 1b 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 3 1 2 0
Cady c 3 0 1 0
Wood p 3 1 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
DeVore lf 3 1 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 1 2 0
Snodgrass cf 4 0 1 0
Murray rf 3 0 1 2
Merkle 1b 4 1 1 0
Herzog 3b 4 0 2 0
Meyers c 3 0 1 1
  Becker pr 0 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Tesreau p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick ph 1 0 0 0
  Crandall p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Boston 000 001 300461
New York 002 000 001381
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (1-0) 9.0 8 3 3 2 11
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
11
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Tesreau  L (0-1) 7.0 5 4 4 4 4
  Crandall   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
6

  E–Wagner (1), Fletcher (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Hooper (1,off Tesreau); Wagner (1,off Crandall).  3B–Boston Speaker (1,off Tesreau).  SH–Hooper (1,off Tesreau); Cady (1,off Crandall).  HBP–Meyers (1,by Wood).  CS–Stahl (1,2nd base by Tesreau/Meyers).  HBP–Wood (1,Meyers).  U-HP–Bill Klem (NL), 1B–Jim Evans (AL), 2B–Cy Rigler (NL), 3B–Silk O'Loughlin (AL).  T–2:10.  A–35,730.
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