St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1917 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 0, Detroit Tigers 8
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Shotton lf 4 0 0 0
Austin 3b 4 0 0 0
Sisler 1b 3 0 1 0
Pratt 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Severeid c 4 0 1 0
Jacobson rf 3 0 0 0
Lavan ss 3 0 1 0
Sothoron p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 4 2 0 1
Vitt 3b 5 1 2 0
Cobb cf 5 1 4 0
Veach lf 4 1 1 0
Heilmann rf 3 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 1 1 0
Young 2b 1 1 0 3
Spencer c 3 1 2 1
Mitchell p 2 0 0 1
Totals 31 8 10 0
St. Louis 000 000 000–052
Detroit 120 041 00x–8100
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Sothoron  L(11-13) 1.2 3 3 2 2 0
  Hamilton   6.1 7 5 4 4 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  W(7-6) 9.0 5 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
7
  E–Sisler (20), Smith (1).  2B–St. Louis Pratt (13); Lavan (7), Detroit Cobb 2 (34); Veach (25); Spencer (8).  3B–Detroit Cobb (22).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Heilmann (13); Mitchell (4).  Team–7.  SB–Sisler (21).  U–Tommy Connolly, George Hildebrand.  T–1:37.  A–14,671.
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