Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 17, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1921 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 4 1 1 0
Bush ss 4 0 0 0
Cobb cf 5 1 3 1
Heilmann rf 5 1 1 2
Veach lf 5 1 2 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones 3b 1 0 0 0
  Sargent 3b 2 0 1 1
Ainsmith c 4 0 2 0
Perritt p 3 0 1 0
  Ehmke p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Vitt 3b 4 0 1 0
  Vick ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster 3b 0 0 0 0
Menosky lf 4 3 3 0
Pratt 2b 3 0 0 1
Hendryx rf 4 1 3 2
McInnis 1b 3 0 1 0
Collins cf 5 1 1 0
Scott ss 3 0 0 0
Ruel c 4 0 2 1
Pennock p 3 0 2 1
Totals 34 5 13 5
Detroit 100 100 020 04111
Boston 100 001 110 15130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Perritt   7.2 11 4 3 2 2
  Ehmke  L(5-7) 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.2
13
5
4
5
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pennock  W(5-4) 10.0 11 4 4 3 4
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
3
4

  E–Bush (14).  DP–Detroit 3. Young-Blue, Sargent-Blue, Veach-Young, Boston 1. Pennock-Scott-McInnis.  2B–Detroit Cobb 2 (22); Veach 2 (17); Ainsmith (4), Boston Menosky (8); Hendryx (7); Ruel (9); Pennock (2).  3B–Boston Menosky (2).  HR–Detroit Heilmann (8,8th inning off Pennock 1 on).  SH–Bush (22); Pratt (4); McInnis (8); Scott (8); Pennock (2).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Hendryx (1).  Team–10.  CS–Cobb (8).  U–Frank Wilson, George Hildebrand.
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