Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
May 16, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1917 at Navin Field. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 5, Detroit Tigers 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Judge 1b 4 0 0 0
Foster 3b 4 1 2 0
Milan cf 5 1 1 0
Rice rf 4 1 3 1
Smith lf 1 0 0 0
  Shanks lf 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 0 0
Henry c 5 0 2 3
Crane ss 5 0 0 0
Gallia p 4 0 2 0
Totals 39 5 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Vitt 3b 4 0 2 0
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Cobb rf 2 0 1 1
Veach lf 3 0 0 0
Heilmann cf 4 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 0 1 0
Dyer ss 4 0 2 0
Spencer c 3 0 0 0
Mitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Cunningham p 0 0 0 0
  Nicholson ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Washington 000 032 000–5110
Detroit 000 000 010–184
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Gallia  W(3-2) 9.0 8 1 1 5 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
5
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L(1-2) 5.1 9 5 0 5 1
  Jones   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Cunningham   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
  E–Cobb (2), Burns (3), Dyer (3), Mitchell (1).  DP–Washington 1. Crane-Morgan-Judge, Detroit 2. Young, Spencer-Dyer.  2B–Washington Foster (5); Henry 2 (2), Detroit Vitt (2).  3B–Washington Gallia (1), Detroit Young (1).  HBP–Smith (1).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Young (8).  Team–10.  U–Bill Dinneen, Brick Owens.  T–2:07.  A–2,396.
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