Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 31, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1942 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 0 0 0
Pesky ss 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 5 2 2 1
Lupien 1b 5 3 3 1
Doerr 2b 4 1 1 0
Fox rf 4 1 2 2
  Finney rf 0 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 2 0
Peacock c 4 0 1 1
Hughson p 3 0 0 0
  Butland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hitchcock ss 4 0 0 0
  Ross ph 0 0 0 0
Cramer cf 5 1 2 0
McCosky lf 5 1 2 0
Higgins 3b 5 0 4 1
Radcliff 1b 5 0 1 1
Harris rf 4 0 1 0
Franklin 2b 4 2 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 3 2
  Gorsica pr 0 1 0 0
Benton p 3 0 0 0
  Henshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Gehringer ph 1 1 1 2
Totals 40 6 15 6
Boston 010 310 2007120
Detroit 011 110 0026153
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hughson  W(12-3) 8.0 14 6 6 1 3
  Butland  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Benton  L(6-8) 6.2 11 7 5 2 2
  Henshaw   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
3
4

  E–Higgins (25), Harris (7), Benton (4).  DP–Boston 1. Hughson-Doerr.  2B–Boston Lupien (11); Fox (12), Detroit McCosky (18); Franklin (5); Tebbetts (10).  HR–Boston Williams (23,5th inning off Benton 0 on); Lupien (3,4th inning off Benton 0 on), Detroit Gehringer (1,9th inning off Hughson 1 on).  SH–Tabor (7); Hughson (7).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–Steve Basil, Joe Rue, Bill Grieve.  T–2:04.  A–2,250.
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