Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
April 18, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1917 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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, Philadelphia Athletics 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hooper rf 2 1 0 0
Barry 2b 3 1 0 0
Hoblitzell 1b 4 0 2 1
Lewis lf 3 0 2 1
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Gardner 3b 3 0 0 0
Scott ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas c 4 0 0 0
Leonard p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Witt ss 4 0 0 0
Grover 2b 4 0 2 0
Bodie lf 4 0 0 0
Schang c 4 0 1 0
McInnis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bates 3b 4 0 2 0
Strunk cf 4 0 1 0
Thrasher rf 3 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Noyes p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 7 0
Boston 001 000 010261
Philadelphia 000 000 000072
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W(2-0) 9.0 7 0 0 0 10
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
10
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Noyes  L(0-1) 9.0 6 2 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
4

  E–Lewis (2), Witt (4), McInnis (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Schang-Witt.  2B–Boston Hoblitzell (1); Lewis (2), Philadelphia Strunk (1).  3B–Boston Hoblitzell (1).  SH–Barry (4).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U–Brick Owens, Bill Dinneen.  T–1:55.  A–4,500.
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