Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 18, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1921 at Navin Field. 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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Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Leibold cf 2 0 1 0
  Vitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones pr 0 0 0 0
  Pittenger cf 2 0 1 1
Foster 3b 5 0 1 0
Menosky lf 5 2 4 0
Pratt 2b 4 1 2 0
McInnis 1b 3 1 1 1
Collins rf 5 1 1 4
Scott ss 5 0 0 0
Ruel c 4 0 1 0
Bush p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 2 0 1 0
  Vick ph 1 0 0 0
  Karr p 2 1 2 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 5 1 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 1 0
Cobb cf 5 0 3 0
Veach lf 6 1 1 1
Heilmann rf 3 1 1 0
Sargent ss 4 1 1 3
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Bassler c 4 0 1 0
Oldham p 5 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 9 4
Boston 400 000 010 01–6150
Detroit 500 000 000 00–594
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bush   0.1 1 4 4 3 0
  Russell   5.2 4 1 0 3 3
  Karr  W(2-2) 5.0 4 0 0 3 2
Totals
11.0
9
5
4
9
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Oldham  L(10-10) 11.0 15 6 6 3 1
Totals
11.0
15
6
6
3
1
  E–Sargent 2 (15), Young (23), Oldham (4).  DP–Detroit 4. Jones-Sargent-Blue, Oldham-Sargent-Young, Young-Sargent, Cobb-Oldham-Young-Sargent-Blue.  PB–Ruel 2 (7).  2B–Boston Menosky (16); Pratt (26); Karr (1), Detroit Cobb (29).  3B–Detroit Heilmann (12); Sargent (4).  HR–Boston Collins (1,1st inning off Oldham 3 on).  SH–Leibold (5); McInnis (19).  Team LOB–7.  Team–11.  CS–Jones (9).  U–George Moriarty, Ollie Chill.
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