Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
July 28, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1938 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, Chicago White Sox 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 1 3 3
Vosmik lf 6 0 1 0
Foxx 1b 3 1 1 0
Cronin ss 4 0 1 1
Higgins 3b 4 1 0 0
Chapman rf 0 2 0 0
  Nonnenkamp rf 3 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 1 2
Desautels c 4 1 2 1
McKain p 1 1 0 0
  Midkiff p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Berger 2b 5 1 2 0
Steinbacher rf 3 1 0 0
Kreevich cf 3 1 2 2
Radcliff lf 5 0 1 0
Appling ss 5 0 0 0
Kuhel 1b 4 1 1 0
Dykes 3b 3 1 1 1
Rensa c 4 0 2 1
Whitehead p 1 0 0 0
  Rigney p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
Boston 124 000 100891
Chicago 010 040 000592
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McKain   4.2 8 5 4 3 4
  Midkiff  W(1-1) 4.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
5
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehead  L(6-5) 2.1 5 7 5 3 0
  Rigney   6.2 4 1 1 6 1
Totals
9.0
9
8
6
9
1

  E–Cronin (18), Kuhel 2 (10).  2B–Boston Cronin (25).  3B–Boston Cramer (5); Foxx (5); Desautels (1), Chicago Kreevich (8).  HR–Chicago Dykes (1,2nd inning off McKain 0 on).  SH–Doerr (12); McKain (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  SB–Higgins (5); Chapman (7); Nonnenkamp (4).  U–Harry Geisel, Steve Basil.  T–2:21.  A–12,000.
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