St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
April 17, 1934 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1934 at League Park IV. The Cleveland Indians defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 2, Cleveland Indians 5
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Garms lf 4 0 1 0
West cf 2 1 1 1
Burns 1b 4 0 1 0
Hornsby 3b 4 0 1 1
Campbell rf 4 0 0 0
Melillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Grube c 4 0 0 0
Strange ss 4 1 1 0
Blaeholder p 1 0 0 0
  Puccinelli ph 1 0 0 0
  Newsom p 0 0 0 0
  Clift ph 1 0 1 0
  McAfee p 0 0 0 0
  Pepper ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Rice rf 2 1 1 0
Pytlak c 4 1 1 1
Averill cf 4 1 2 3
Vosmik lf 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Kamm 3b 3 1 1 0
Moore 2b 3 0 1 0
Knickerbocker ss 3 0 1 1
Hildebrand p 2 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
St. Louis 000 001 100–261
Cleveland 112 000 10x–582
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Blaeholder  L(0-1) 4.0 7 4 4 0 0
  Newsom   2.0 0 0 0 3 0
  McAfee   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hildebrand  W(1-0) 6.2 6 2 1 3 3
  Brown  SV(1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
3
  E–Strange (1), Trosky (1), Moore (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Hornsby-Melillo-Burns, Strange-Melillo-Burns, Cleveland 1. Knickerbocker-Moore-Trosky.  2B–Cleveland Rice (1); Averill (1); Knickerbocker (1); L. Brown (1).  HR–Cleveland Averill (1,3rd inning off Blaeholder 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Rice (1).  Team–5.  U–George Moriarty, Harry Geisel.  T–2:14.  A–21,000.
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