Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 17, 1934 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1934 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 3, St. Louis Browns 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 5 1 2 0
Werber 3b 5 0 0 0
Johnson lf 5 0 0 0
Reynolds cf 4 0 1 1
Cooke rf 4 2 1 0
Morgan 1b 3 0 1 0
Ferrell c 4 0 2 1
Lary ss 2 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 4 0 0 0
  Weiland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 7 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Clift 3b 3 0 1 0
West cf 3 0 0 0
  Hornsby ph 1 1 1 2
  Garms lf 0 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 0 0 0
Pepper lf,cf 4 1 3 0
Clark rf 3 1 1 1
Melillo 2b 4 0 1 1
Hemsley c 4 0 0 0
Strange ss 3 0 0 0
Hadley p 2 0 1 0
  Bejma ph 1 1 1 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Boston 000 001 011370
St. Louis 000 000 04x492
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(1-2) 7.2 9 4 4 1 4
  Weiland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Hadley  W(2-2) 8.0 5 2 1 5 3
  Andrews  SV(1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
5
4

  E–Clift (5), Pepper (2).  2B–Boston Bishop (5); Reynolds (10); Cooke (2); R. Ferrell (5), St. Louis Pepper 2 (4); Clark (2); Hadley (1); Bejma (1).  HR–St. Louis Hornsby (1,8th inning off Ostermueller 1 on).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Clark (1).  Team–6.  U–Harry Geisel, Bill Summers.
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