Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 20, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1921 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Vitt 3b 2 1 1 0
Menosky lf 4 0 0 0
Pratt 2b 4 0 1 1
Hendryx rf 2 0 0 0
  Leibold rf 1 1 1 0
McInnis 1b 4 0 1 1
Scott ss 4 0 1 0
  Pittenger ss 0 0 0 0
Collins cf 4 0 0 0
Ruel c 2 0 0 0
  Walters c 2 0 0 0
Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Bush p 2 0 1 0
  Fullerton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 2 2 1 1
Bush ss 2 1 0 0
Cobb cf 5 1 3 3
  Flagstead cf 0 0 0 0
Veach lf 4 2 2 3
  Shorten lf 0 0 0 0
Heilmann rf 4 1 2 0
Blue 1b 5 1 2 1
Jones 3b 4 2 2 2
Bassler c 3 1 2 2
Ehmke p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 12 15 12
Boston 100 000 001–263
Detroit 220 022 31x–12150
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Myers  L(2-2) 1.1 3 4 3 1 1
  Bush   3.2 5 2 2 2 0
  Fullerton   3.0 7 6 4 4 0
Totals
8.0
15
12
9
7
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke  W(3-3) 9.0 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
1
  E–Leibold (1), Myers (1), Fullerton (1).  DP–Boston 1. Pratt-Scott-McInnis.  2B–Boston Pratt (7); McInnis (4); Scott (6), Detroit Bassler (5); Ehmke (2).  3B–Boston Bush (1).  HR–Detroit Cobb (4,8th inning off Fullerton 0 on); Veach (1,1st inning off Myers 1 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Bush (14); Bassler (4).  Team–6.  U–Bill Dinneen, Frank Wilson, Dick Nallin.
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