Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 20, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1942 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hockett rf 4 1 1 0
Edwards cf 3 2 2 1
Keltner 3b 5 0 1 2
Heath lf 4 0 2 0
Fleming 1b 2 0 0 1
Boudreau ss 2 0 0 0
  Peters ss 3 0 1 0
Mack 2b 3 1 1 0
  Weatherly ph 1 0 0 0
  Grimes 2b 0 0 0 0
Desautels c 2 1 1 0
  Denning ph,c 2 0 0 0
Bagby p 2 0 1 1
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrick p 0 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 1 1 0
  Harris ph 1 1 1 0
Cramer cf 4 3 1 0
McCosky lf 3 1 1 1
York 1b 4 0 1 3
Meyer 2b 4 0 1 1
Ross rf 3 0 1 1
Higgins 3b 3 0 1 0
Unser c 4 0 0 0
White p 4 0 2 0
  Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
  Trucks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Cleveland 020 000 0125102
Detroit 202 000 0026100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby   6.0 6 4 2 1 1
  Ferrick   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Kennedy  L(4-8) 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Heving   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
4
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
White   8.2 10 5 5 5 5
  Newhouser   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Trucks  W(14-8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
7
6

  E–Keltner (27), Mack (24).  DP–Cleveland 1. Boudreau-Mack-Fleming, Detroit 1. Higgins-Meyer-York.  PB–Unser (1).  3B–Cleveland Edwards (1), Detroit McCosky (11).  Team LOB–10.  SH–McCosky 2 (12); Higgins (5).  Team–11.  SB–Hockett (12).  CS–Fleming (8).  U–Bill Summers, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:12.  A–9,082.
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