Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 31, 1919 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1919 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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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Boston Red Sox 6, Philadelphia Athletics 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hooper rf 4 3 1 0
Shean 2b 5 0 2 0
Strunk cf 5 1 3 2
Ruth lf 4 1 1 0
McInnis 1b 5 0 2 1
Schang c 3 0 1 0
McNally 3b 5 1 1 0
Scott ss 5 0 2 0
James p 3 0 0 1
Totals 39 6 13 4
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Witt lf 4 0 1 0
Grover 2b 3 0 0 0
Roth rf 4 1 2 1
Burns 1b 4 0 0 0
Walker cf 3 1 2 0
Dugan ss 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 1 1
Perkins c 3 1 1 1
Johnson p 1 0 0 1
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Boston 110 021 010–6130
Philadelphia 031 000 000–474
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
James  W(2-1) 9.0 7 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(1-5) 6.0 10 5 3 3 1
  Kinney   3.0 3 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
3
4
2
  E–Grover (4), Burns 3 (7).  DP–Boston 1. James-Scott-McInnis, Philadelphia 1. Grover-Dugan-Burns.  2B–Boston Strunk (6); Ruth (7).  3B–Philadelphia Thomas (3); Perkins (3).  HR–Philadelphia Roth (2,3rd inning off James 0 on).  SH–James (1); Grover (3); Johnson (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–3.  SB–McNally (1); Scott (5).  U–Ollie Chill, Billy Evans.
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