Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
May 11, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1918 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 3 0 1 0
Dressen 1b 2 1 0 0
Cobb cf 3 2 2 0
Veach lf 3 1 0 0
Heilmann rf 4 0 1 1
Vitt 3b 4 0 2 3
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Yelle c 3 0 1 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 1 1
James p 3 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gilhooley rf 1 0 1 0
Peckinpaugh ss 4 1 1 2
Baker 3b 3 1 1 1
Pratt 2b 3 1 2 1
Pipp 1b 4 0 2 0
Bodie lf 3 0 0 0
Miller cf 1 0 0 1
  High cf 1 1 0 0
Hannah c 3 0 1 0
  Walters c 1 1 0 0
Love p 2 0 0 0
  Caldwell ph 1 0 1 1
  Fewster pr 0 1 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 9 6
Detroit 000 301 001–591
New York 010 000 50x–693
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
James  L(1-4) 6.1 8 6 6 3 3
  Jones   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Love  W(4-1) 7.0 6 4 3 4 0
  Russell  SV(2) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
2
  E–Dressen (3), Peckinpaugh (7), Hannah (1), Love (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Yelle-Young, New York 2. Baker-Pratt-Pipp, Pratt-Peckinpaugh-Pipp.  2B–Detroit Vitt 2 (3); Young (4).  3B–New York Baker (1).  SH–Dressen (2); Gilhooley (1); Pratt (6); Bodie (5); Miller (8).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Baker (1).  Team–5.  SB–T. Cobb (6).  U–Billy Evans, Dick Nallin.
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