Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1927 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."

"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 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rothrock 3b 5 0 1 0
Myer ss 4 1 2 0
Flagstead cf 2 1 0 0
Regan 2b 3 0 1 1
Carlyle rf 3 0 0 0
Shaner lf 3 0 0 1
Todt 1b 4 0 0 0
Hartley c 3 0 0 0
Harriss p 2 0 0 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
  Cremins p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Rollings ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Warner 3b 4 0 0 0
Blue 1b 3 1 1 0
Gehringer 2b 3 3 1 0
Heilmann rf 3 2 2 1
Manush cf 3 0 2 3
Fothergill lf 1 0 1 1
  Ruble lf 2 0 0 0
McManus ss 4 0 0 1
Bassler c 0 0 0 0
  Shea c 3 0 0 0
Billings p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Boston 000 000 020242
Detroit 200 002 02x670
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harriss  L(11-16) 6.0 5 4 4 2 5
  Cremins   1.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Russell   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billings  W(1-0) 9.0 4 2 2 7 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
4

  E–Regan (20), Shaner (9).  2B–Boston Regan (25), Detroit Heilmann (31).  SH–Shaner (4); Ruble (4).  HBP–Flagstead (7).  Team LOB–10.  Team–6.  SB–Myer (11); Flagstead (10).  U–George Hildebrand, Bill McGowan, Harry Geisel.
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