Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 7, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1938 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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, Detroit Tigers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 4 0 0 0
Vosmik lf 4 0 2 0
Foxx 1b 4 1 1 0
Cronin ss 3 2 2 1
Chapman rf 4 0 2 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 1 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 1 1
Desautels c 2 0 0 0
  Nonnenkamp ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Peacock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
White lf 4 2 3 1
Fox rf 5 0 1 2
Gehringer 2b 3 2 1 1
Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 3
York c 4 0 1 0
Morgan cf 4 1 1 0
Christman ss 3 0 0 0
Ross 3b 4 1 2 0
Gill p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Boston 010 101 000392
Detroit 300 011 11x7101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L(10-8) 8.0 10 7 6 5 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gill  W(8-4) 9.0 9 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2

  E–Cronin (22), Tabor (3), Christman (5).  DP–Boston 1. Cronin-Doerr-Foxx, Detroit 2. Christman-Gehringer-Greenberg, Ross-Christman-Gehringer.  PB–Desautels (4).  2B–Detroit White (6).  3B–Detroit Fox (8).  HR–Boston Cronin (12,4th inning off Gill 0 on), Detroit Gehringer (15,7th inning off Wilson 0 on); Greenberg (38,1st inning off Wilson 2 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Gill (2).  Team–8.  U–Lou Kolls, Bill Grieve, George Moriarty.  T–1:53.  A–19,000.
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