Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 21, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1943 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
Lake ss 7 0 2 2
Lupien 1b 7 0 1 0
Metkovich cf 5 0 2 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 1 1
Fox rf 6 1 2 0
Partee c 6 2 3 0
Culberson lf 4 1 2 1
Newsome 3b 4 1 1 1
Hughson p 3 1 1 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Cronin ph 0 0 0 0
  Woods p 1 0 1 0
Totals 47 7 16 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 6 1 3 0
Hoover ss 5 0 0 0
Wakefield lf 6 0 2 0
York 1b 4 2 2 2
Higgins 3b 6 0 2 1
Harris rf 6 1 4 1
Bloodworth 2b 4 0 2 0
  Wood pr,2b 2 1 1 0
Richards c 4 1 1 1
Gorsica p 0 0 0 0
  Orrell p 3 0 1 0
  Radcliff ph 1 0 1 1
  Metro pr 0 0 0 0
  Henshaw p 1 0 0 0
  Ross ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 6 19 6
Boston 040 200 000 0017162
Detroit 001 120 020 0006191
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hughson   7.0 15 6 6 1 2
  Brown   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Woods  W(3-3) 3.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
19
6
6
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gorsica   1.2 5 4 4 1 1
  Orrell   6.1 7 2 2 2 0
  Henshaw  L(0-2) 4.0 4 1 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
16
7
6
5
2

  E–Woods 2 (2), Richards (6).  DP–Boston 3. Doerr-Lake-Lupien, Lake-Doerr-Lupien, Lake-Doerr-Lupien, Detroit 2. Bloodworth-York, Higgins-York.  2B–Boston Culberson (14), Detroit Cramer (11); York (18).  HR–Detroit York (25,5th inning off Hughson 1 on); Harris (4,8th inning off Hughson 0 on); Richards (4,3rd inning off Hughson 0 on).  SH–Culberson (4); Hughson (5); Hoover (14); Richards (3).  HBP–Metkovich (2); S. Newsome (2).  Team LOB–13.  Team–12.  SB–Richards (1).  CS–Metro (1).  U–George Pipgras, Ernie Stewart, Hal Weafer.  T–2:04.  A–4,581.
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