Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 14, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1939 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 9, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 0 2 2
Fox rf 3 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 1
Greenberg 1b 2 2 0 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 2 3
Cullenbine lf 4 0 0 0
Croucher ss 4 2 2 1
Tebbetts c 3 1 0 1
Rowe p 1 1 0 1
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  York ph 0 0 0 0
  Walkup p 0 0 0 0
  Kress ph 1 1 1 0
  Thomas p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 8 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carey 2b 5 2 2 0
Cramer cf 5 2 2 1
Vosmik lf 4 2 2 2
Foxx 1b 4 1 1 2
Williams rf 3 0 2 3
Cronin ss 4 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 3 0 0 0
Peacock c 3 0 2 0
Bagby p 2 1 0 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
  Dickman p 1 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Detroit 003 120 300981
Boston 004 400 0008110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe   3.0 6 4 0 3 1
  Coffman   1.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Walkup   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Thomas  W(2-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
4
6
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby   4.0 5 6 6 7 1
  Heving   0.2 0 0 0 3 0
  Dickman  L(1-1) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Ostermueller   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
9
9
12
5

  E–Croucher (7).  DP–Detroit 2. Higgins-Gehringer-Greenberg, Rowe-Croucher-Greenberg, Boston 1. Carey-Cronin-Foxx.  2B–Detroit Higgins (7); Croucher (6), Boston Cramer (13); Vosmik (10); Williams (16); Peacock (4).  3B–Detroit McCosky (2), Boston Vosmik (2).  SH–Gehringer (6); Tebbetts (3); Peacock (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  SB–Gehringer (3).  U–Eddie Rommel, Cal Hubbard.
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