Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 15, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1921 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 2 0
Jones 3b 5 1 4 1
Cobb cf 4 0 2 4
Veach lf 5 0 0 0
Heilmann rf 4 0 1 0
Blue 1b 1 0 0 0
Flagstead ss 4 0 0 0
  Merritt ss 0 0 0 0
Woodall c 3 1 3 0
Cole p 2 2 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Leibold cf 4 0 2 0
Foster 3b 4 0 0 0
Menosky lf 3 0 0 0
  Pittenger ph 1 0 1 0
Pratt 2b 4 0 0 0
McInnis 1b 4 1 2 0
Collins rf 4 0 2 0
Scott ss 4 0 1 1
Walters c 2 0 0 0
  Vick ph 1 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Karr p 2 0 0 0
  Ruel c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Detroit 001 000 1035120
Boston 000 010 000182
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cole  W(7-1) 9.0 8 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Karr  L(6-5) 8.0 8 2 2 4 1
  Russell   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
1

  E–Leibold 2 (11).  DP–Detroit 1. Flagstead-Young-Blue, Boston 3. Scott-Russell-Ruel, Foster-Walters-Pratt, Pratt-Scott-McInnis.  2B–Detroit Jones (22); Woodall (3), Boston McInnis (26).  3B–Detroit Cobb (16).  SH–Cobb (15); Blue (16); Cole 2 (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U–Bill Dinneen, Brick Owens.
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