Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1942 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 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pesky ss 5 1 2 0
Finney rf 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 2 2 1
Doerr 2b 5 0 1 1
Lupien 1b 4 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 2 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 0
Peacock c 3 0 0 0
Newsome p 2 0 0 0
  Foxx ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bloodworth 2b 5 1 1 1
Harris rf 4 0 0 0
Cramer cf 4 0 0 1
York 1b 3 1 1 1
McCosky lf 3 0 1 0
Ross 3b 2 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
Hitchcock ss 3 1 1 0
  Radcliff ph 1 0 0 0
  McNair ss 0 0 0 0
Bridges p 3 1 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 3
Boston 000 100 002 0–362
Detroit 012 000 000 1–452
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Newsome   6.0 4 3 1 2 0
  Brown  L(1-1) 3.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W(4-1) 10.0 6 3 2 5 8
Totals
10.0
6
3
2
5
8
  E–Pesky (7), D. Newsome (2), Bloodworth (5), Hitchcock (4).  DP–Boston 1. D. Newsome-Doerr-Lupien.  2B–Detroit Ross (3).  3B–Boston Williams (2).  HR–Detroit Bloodworth (4,10th inning off Brown 0 on); York (8,2nd inning off D. Newsome 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Ross (1); Bridges (1).  Team–6.  CS–DiMaggio (2).  SB–McCosky (5).  U–Bill Summers, Art Passarella, George Pipgras.  T–2:05.  A–24,581.
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