Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 21, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns 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, St. Louis Browns 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Rothrock 2b 3 0 0 0
Van Camp lf 4 0 1 0
Pickering 3b 4 0 0 0
Webb rf 3 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 2 0 1 0
Rhyne ss 3 0 0 1
Berry c 2 0 0 0
  Winsett ph 1 0 0 0
  Connolly c 0 0 0 0
Russell p 2 0 1 0
  Rye ph 1 0 0 0
  MacFayden p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Levey ss 4 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 1 1 0
Goslin lf 3 0 1 1
Kress 3b 4 1 1 0
Jenkins rf 4 0 2 0
Melillo 2b 2 0 2 0
McNeely cf 3 0 0 0
Ferrell c 3 0 0 1
Collins p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Boston 000 010 000–142
St. Louis 000 001 10x–272
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Russell  L(2-4) 7.0 6 2 2 6 0
  MacFayden   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
6
0
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Collins  W(1-0) 9.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
3
  E–Rothrock (6), Webb (3), Levey (7), Kress (6).  DP–Boston 1. Pickering-Rothrock-Sweeney, St. Louis 1. Levey-Melillo-Burns.  2B–Boston Webb (13), St. Louis Jenkins (4).  3B–St. Louis Burns (1).  SH–Sweeney (5); McNeely (2).  Team LOB–3.  Team–10.  CS–Oliver (2).  U–Bill McGowan, Roy Van Graflan, Tommy Connolly.
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