Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 3, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1938 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 5 0 2 0
Walker lf 4 0 2 0
Gehringer 2b 5 1 2 2
Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 1
York c 3 0 3 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
  Tebbetts c 1 0 0 0
Laabs cf 4 0 0 0
Rogell ss 4 0 1 0
Christman 3b 5 0 0 0
Lawson p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 2 3 1
Vosmik lf 5 0 1 1
Foxx 1b 3 1 2 0
Cronin ss 5 0 2 1
Higgins 3b 2 0 0 0
Chapman rf 3 0 1 0
Doerr 2b 5 0 2 1
Desautels c 4 0 1 0
  Nonnenkamp pr 0 1 0 0
Grove p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Detroit 010 020 000 03120
Boston 101 000 100 14122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lawson  L(0-2) 9.0 12 4 4 9 7
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
9
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  W(3-0) 10.0 12 3 3 6 6
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
6
6

  E–Higgins (7), Chapman (2).  DP–Detroit 1. Greenberg, Boston 3. Doerr-Cronin-Foxx, Cronin-Doerr-Foxx, Higgins-Foxx.  2B–Detroit York (2), Boston Cramer (3); Foxx (3); Cronin (7); Desautels (1).  HR–Detroit Gehringer (1,5th inning off Grove 1 on); Greenberg (4,2nd inning off Grove 0 on).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Grove (1).  Team–15.  CS–Fox (2); White (1); Chapman (1).  U–George Moriarty, Lou Kolls, Joe Rue.  T–2:43.  A–4,500.
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