Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 26, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1917 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 8, Detroit Tigers 11
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Witt ss 4 0 0 1
Strunk cf 4 1 2 1
Bodie lf 4 0 1 1
Bates 3b 5 1 0 0
McInnis 1b 5 1 2 0
Schang c 1 0 1 0
  Haley c 4 0 3 0
  Lawry ph 0 0 0 0
Johnson B. rf 3 0 0 1
Grover 2b 3 3 2 1
Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Seibold p 2 2 1 1
Totals 35 8 12 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 4 1 1 1
Young 2b 4 3 3 1
Cobb cf 3 2 1 1
Veach lf 4 1 2 1
Heilmann rf 5 0 1 0
Burns 1b 5 1 2 0
Vitt 3b 4 1 1 0
Stanage c 0 0 0 0
  Spencer c 3 0 1 1
  Jones B. pr 0 1 0 0
Cunningham p 2 0 0 0
  Boland p 0 0 0 0
  Jones D. p 0 0 0 1
  Crawford ph 1 1 1 0
  Ehmke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 13 0
Philadelphia 002 041 100–8121
Detroit 520 000 04x–11131
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   1.0 5 5 3 1 1
  Seibold  L(0-3) 7.0 8 6 6 5 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cunningham   4.1 5 5 3 4 0
  Boland   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Jones  W(2-2) 3.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Ehmke  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  E–Schang (5), Bush (14).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Witt-McInnis, Detroit 1. Heilmann-Spencer.  2B–Philadelphia Haley (1), Detroit Bush (4); Veach (9); Spencer (4).  3B–Philadelphia Strunk (1); McInnis (1), Detroit Cobb (4).  SH–B. Johnson (2); Seibold (2); Cobb (5).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Grover (2).  U–Silk O'Loughlin, George Hildebrand.  T–2:02.  A–5,167.
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