New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 2, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1921 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 1, Boston Red Sox 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Connelly cf 3 0 0 0
Peckinpaugh ss 4 0 0 0
Ruth lf 4 1 1 1
Pipp 1b 4 0 1 0
Meusel rf 4 0 3 0
Baker 3b 4 0 1 0
Ward 2b 3 0 1 0
Schang c 3 0 0 0
Mays p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Vitt 3b 4 0 0 0
Menosky lf 3 0 0 0
Pratt 2b 4 1 1 0
Hendryx rf 4 0 2 1
McInnis 1b 2 1 1 0
Scott ss 2 0 0 0
Collins cf 3 0 1 1
Ruel c 3 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
New York 000 000 001170
Boston 000 000 011250
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mays  L(3-2) 8.2 5 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
5
2
2
1
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W(4-1) 9.0 7 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Mays-Peckinpaugh-Pipp, Boston 2. Pratt-McInnis, Scott-Pratt-McInnis.  2B–New York Meusel (3); Baker (1), Boston Pratt (2); Collins (1).  HR–New York Ruth (6,9th inning off Jones 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–McInnis (3); Scott (3).  Team–3.  U–Bill Dinneen, Dick Nallin, Frank Wilson.
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