Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 4, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1929 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 1, Detroit Tigers 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rothrock cf 4 0 1 0
Rhyne ss 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 1 0
  Narleski pr 0 0 0 0
Scarritt lf 2 1 0 0
Taitt rf 4 0 1 0
Regan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gillis 2b 1 0 0 0
Reeves 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bigelow ph 1 0 0 1
  Barrett 3b 0 0 0 0
Todt 1b 3 0 1 0
Berry c 3 0 1 0
Ruffing p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 5 1 2 0
Rice cf 3 0 2 1
Gehringer 2b 2 0 0 0
Heilmann rf 4 0 0 0
Alexander 1b 4 0 1 0
McManus 3b 4 1 1 0
Shea c 3 0 1 0
Schuble ss 3 0 1 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 1 1
  Richardson ss 0 0 0 0
Sorrell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Boston 000 000 100–162
Detroit 000 010 01x–290
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  L(0-4) 8.0 9 2 2 4 6
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorrell  W(2-1) 9.0 6 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
2
  E–Gillis (1), Reeves (3).  DP–Detroit 3. Alexander-Schuble-Alexander, Rice-Alexander, Schuble-Gehringer-Alexander.  2B–Boston Todt (1), Detroit Johnson (4).  SH–Gillis (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  CS–Rice (4).  U–Brick Owens, Red Ormsby, Bick Campbell.
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