Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1917 at Dunn Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 0, Cleveland Indians 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 4 0 0 0
Vitt 3b 3 0 2 0
Cobb cf 3 0 0 0
Veach lf 3 0 1 0
Heilmann rf 4 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanage c 4 0 2 0
  Cunningham pr 0 0 0 0
James p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Ehmke p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 4 0 0 0
Chapman ss 4 0 1 0
Speaker cf 3 1 1 0
Roth rf 3 0 1 0
Harris 1b 2 0 0 0
Evans 3b 2 0 0 0
Turner 2b 2 0 1 1
O'Neill c 3 0 1 0
Coveleski p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 5 1
Detroit 000 000 000–060
Cleveland 000 100 00x–153
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
James  L(10-8) 6.0 3 1 1 4 1
  Ehmke   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Coveleski  W(15-14) 9.0 6 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
4
  E–Chapman 2 (44), Roth (11).  DP–Cleveland 2. Evans-Harris, Harris-Chapman.  2B–Cleveland Turner (3).  SH–Vitt (26); Young (27); Roth (21); Evans (26).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Evans (1).  Team–8.  SB–Roth (41).  U–Brick Owens, Billy Evans.
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