Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 17, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1939 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bejma 2b 5 1 2 2
Kuhel 1b 4 1 1 1
Walker lf 5 1 1 2
Appling ss 2 0 0 0
Steinbacher rf 4 0 0 0
Rosenthal cf 4 0 0 0
Owen 3b 4 1 1 0
Tresh c 4 1 1 0
Dietrich p 3 0 0 0
  Radcliff ph 1 1 1 1
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 7 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 1 1 0
Finney 1b 4 0 0 0
Vosmik lf 3 1 1 0
Cronin ss 4 1 1 3
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 1 0
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 0
Desautels c 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
  Nonnenkamp ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 5 3
Chicago 000 201 000 3–670
Boston 000 300 000 0–352
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich  W(3-1) 9.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Brown  SV(5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
5
3
3
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L(1-1) 9.1 7 6 6 2 2
  Heving   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
6
6
2
3
  E–Finney (1), Tabor (8).  DP–Boston 2. Doerr-Cronin-Finney, Doerr-Cronin-Finney.  2B–Boston Cramer (5).  HR–Chicago Bejma (1,4th inning off Wilson 1 on); Walker (4,6th inning off Wilson 0 on), Boston Cronin (2,4th inning off Dietrich 2 on).  SH–Kuhel (3).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  SB–Vosmik (1).  U–Lou Kolls, Joe Rue, Harry Geisel.  T–2:05.  A–5,200.
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