Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 21, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1944 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Heffner 2b 3 0 0 0
Mayo ss 3 0 1 1
Cramer cf 5 0 0 0
York 1b 5 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 4 0 2 0
Outlaw lf 3 1 0 0
Ross rf 4 2 0 0
Swift c 3 1 3 2
Overmire p 2 0 0 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
  Hostetler ph 1 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 5 1 2 0
Rocco 1b 3 1 1 0
Cullenbine rf 3 1 2 1
Heath cf 4 1 2 1
Keltner 3b 4 2 3 1
Seerey lf 4 1 1 3
Peters 2b 4 0 0 1
Lyon c 4 0 1 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Heving p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Detroit 000 003 010–471
Cleveland 011 003 20x–7120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Overmire  L(0-1) 6.0 8 5 4 1 2
  Beck   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Newhouser   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Trout   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
1
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W(1-0) 7.2 6 4 4 8 4
  Heving  SV(1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
9
4
  E–Ross (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Overmire-Mayo-York.  2B–Detroit Higgins (1), Cleveland Cullenbine (1); Keltner (1).  3B–Detroit Swift (1).  HR–Cleveland Seerey (1,6th inning off Overmire 2 on).  SH–Overmire (1); Rocco (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  SB–Swift (1).  U–George Pipgras, Ernie Stewart, Bill McGowan.  T–2:08.  A–13,643.
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