Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
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 Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 5
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jamieson rf 4 0 0 0
Grover 2b 4 1 1 0
Bodie lf 4 1 0 0
Strunk cf 3 0 0 0
McInnis 1b 4 0 1 2
Witt 3b 4 1 2 0
Dugan ss 4 0 0 0
Haley c 2 0 2 0
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
  Meyer c 1 0 0 1
Seibold p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hooper rf 3 1 1 1
Barry 2b 5 1 3 2
Hoblitzell 1b 5 0 1 0
Lewis lf 3 0 1 1
Walker cf 4 1 1 0
Gardner 3b 4 1 1 0
Scott ss 3 0 0 0
Thomas c 1 1 0 0
Ruth p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Philadelphia 000 000 012–361
Boston 010 000 22x–592
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Seibold  L(4-12) 8.0 9 5 4 4 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ruth  W(20-10) 9.0 6 3 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
0
5
  E–Dugan (16), Lewis (9), Scott (32).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Seibold-Dugan-McInnis.  2B–Philadelphia Witt (10), Boston Walker (14).  SH–Strunk (24); Scott (33).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Hooper (3); Lewis (4).  Team–10.  SB–Barry (11).  U–George Moriarty, Silk O'Loughlin.
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