St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1920 at Navin Field. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 12, Detroit Tigers 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Austin 3b 6 1 2 2
Gedeon 2b 6 2 2 0
Tobin lf 4 1 2 1
Sisler 1b 5 2 3 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 2
Jacobson rf 3 2 1 0
Severeid c 4 2 3 4
Gerber ss 4 1 2 2
Sanders p 4 0 0 0
  Burwell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 16 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 2 3 1
Bush ss 3 0 0 0
Veach lf 3 0 0 0
Cobb cf 3 0 0 1
Heilmann 1b 5 0 2 1
Flagstead rf 3 1 0 0
Hale 3b 3 1 3 0
Ainsmith c 2 0 0 0
  Manion c 2 0 0 0
Ehmke p 1 0 1 0
  Ayers p 0 0 0 0
  Shorten ph 1 0 0 0
  Alten p 0 0 0 0
  Ellison ph 1 0 0 1
  Glaiser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
St. Louis 000 822 000–12160
Detroit 100 000 300–493
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  W(1-0) 6.2 7 4 4 7 1
  Burwell  SV(1) 2.1 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
9
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke  L(0-4) 3.2 7 8 4 1 2
  Ayers   1.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Alten   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Glaiser   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
12
8
4
3
  E–Veach (1), Hale (2), Ainsmith (4).  2B–St. Louis Austin (1); Tobin (3); Williams (3), Detroit Ehmke (1).  3B–St. Louis Severeid (2), Detroit Hale (1).  SH–Tobin (4); Young (4); Bush (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  CS–Ainsmith (2).  U–George Hildebrand, Billy Evans.
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