Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 9, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 10, St. Louis Browns 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 2 2 2
Vosmik lf 5 2 2 0
Foxx 1b 4 2 2 3
Cronin ss 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 6 1 1 3
Tabor 3b 4 0 2 1
Doerr 2b 5 1 1 0
Desautels c 5 2 2 0
Bagby p 3 0 2 1
  Heving p 1 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 14 10
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Thompson rf 6 2 4 0
Heffner ss 6 1 3 0
McQuinn 1b 5 1 2 2
Hoag cf 5 0 1 1
Clift 3b 5 1 1 0
Bell lf 4 1 3 3
Berardino 2b 5 0 0 0
Glenn c 3 0 0 0
  Almada ph 1 1 1 0
  Cole p 1 0 0 0
Kramer p 1 0 0 0
  Kimberlin p 1 0 1 0
  Grace ph 1 0 0 0
  Trotter p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan c 2 1 1 2
Totals 46 8 17 8
Boston 112 003 000 3–10141
St. Louis 003 000 220 1–8170
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby   7.0 13 7 6 1 3
  Heving  W(3-1) 2.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Ostermueller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilson  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
17
8
7
2
4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kramer   2.1 5 4 4 7 2
  Kimberlin   3.2 4 3 3 2 0
  Trotter   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Cole  L(0-2) 2.0 3 3 3 0 3
Totals
10.0
14
10
10
10
5
  E–Bagby (1).  2B–Boston Tabor (3), St. Louis Heffner 2 (2); McQuinn (8).  HR–Boston Foxx (4,6th inning off Kimberlin 2 on); Williams (4,10th inning off Cole 2 on), St. Louis Bell (1,7th inning off Bagby 1 on); Sullivan (2,8th inning off Bagby 1 on).  SH–Bagby (1); Bell (1).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–McQuinn (1).  Team–12.  CS–Tabor (3); Doerr (3).  U–Harry Geisel, Lou Kolls, Joe Rue.  T–2:51.  A–1,589.
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