Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 3, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1931 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees 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 3, New York Yankees 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rhyne ss 3 0 0 0
  Warstler ss 0 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 1
Van Camp lf 3 0 1 0
  Rye lf 1 0 0 0
Webb rf 3 1 0 0
Oliver cf 4 1 3 1
Pickering 3b 4 0 0 1
Reeves 2b 2 0 0 0
  Rothrock 2b 2 0 0 0
Ruel c 3 0 0 0
Lisenbee p 0 0 0 0
  Brillheart p 1 0 0 0
  Winsett ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 1 1 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 4 1 2 1
Reese 2b 5 1 0 0
Ruth rf 3 1 2 1
  Byrd rf 1 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 4 1 0 0
Lazzeri 3b 5 0 1 2
Chapman lf 5 2 1 0
Lary ss 4 1 1 0
Dickey c 4 1 1 1
Sherid p 4 0 2 0
Totals 39 8 10 5
Boston 010 000 110–366
New York 131 300 00x–8100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lisenbee  L(0-3) 1.2 3 4 3 3 1
  Brillheart   3.1 7 4 0 1 0
  Kline   3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
3
4
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sherid  W(3-1) 9.0 6 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
3
  E–Warstler (4), Pickering 2 (2), Reeves 2 (5), Rothrock (2).  DP–Boston 1. Reeves-Sweeney, New York 1. Lary-Reese-Gehrig.  2B–Boston Oliver (8).  3B–Boston Oliver (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  SB–Chapman (5).  U–Bill Dinneen, Bill Guthrie, Bick Campbell.  T–1:45.  A–35,000.
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