Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 18, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1918 at Dunn Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Dressen 1b 3 1 1 1
Bush ss 4 0 1 1
Veach lf 4 0 0 0
Vitt 3b 3 0 2 0
Ellison rf 2 0 0 0
Walker cf 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanage c 3 1 1 0
Boland p 2 0 1 0
  Finneran ph 1 0 0 0
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 5 0 1 0
Chapman ss 4 1 1 0
Speaker cf 3 1 2 1
Roth lf 4 2 3 3
Wambsganss 2b 3 0 2 1
Kavanagh 1b 3 0 0 1
Turner 3b 4 0 1 0
O'Neill c 3 1 1 0
Coveleski p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Detroit 002 000 000–261
Cleveland 000 001 50x–6121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Boland   6.0 9 1 1 0 0
  Erickson  L(0-1) 2.0 3 5 3 3 0
Totals
8.0
3
5
3
3
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Coveleski  W(1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 5 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
4
  E–Bush (1), Coveleski (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Bush-Young-Dressen, Cleveland 1. Speaker.  2B–Detroit Boland (1), Cleveland Coveleski (1).  3B–Detroit Dressen (1), Cleveland Roth (1).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Wambsganss (1); Kavanagh (1).  Team–8.  SB–Vitt (1); Ellison (1); Miller (1); Roth (1).  U–Silk O'Loughlin, George Moriarty.
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