Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 30, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1917 at Dunn Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 5 1 3 1
Vitt 3b 5 0 1 0
Cobb cf 5 0 4 1
Veach lf 5 1 1 0
Heilmann rf 2 0 0 0
  Harper ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Burns 1b 4 2 2 1
Young 2b 4 0 2 0
Stanage c 4 0 0 0
Boland p 4 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Ehmke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 14 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 5 1 2 0
Chapman ss 6 0 0 0
Speaker cf 4 0 1 0
Roth rf 5 0 3 1
Harris 1b 6 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 1 2 0
Turner 2b 3 0 2 1
O'Neill c 3 0 0 1
Klepfer p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 11 3
Detroit 110 001 000 014143
Cleveland 020 010 000 003114
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Boland  W(14-8) 10.0 11 3 0 5 2
  Ehmke  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
11.0
0
0
0
2
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Klepfer   10.0 12 3 2 0 4
  Morton  L(6-9) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.0
2
1
1
1
1

  E–Bush (48), Heilmann (10), Boland (2), Harris (15), Evans 2 (23), Klepfer (6).  DP–Cleveland 1. Klepfer-Harris-O'Neill.  2B–Detroit Burns (9), Cleveland Graney (26).  3B–Detroit Cobb (23).  SH–Burns (12); Young (26); Turner 2 (9); O'Neill (11); Klepfer (5).  Team LOB–9.  Team–14.  SB–Bush (28); Vitt (14); Evans (9).  U–Billy Evans, Brick Owens.
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