Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
August 18, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1944 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 1 3 2
Mayo 2b 5 0 2 1
Outlaw rf 5 0 1 0
York 1b 4 0 0 0
Wakefield lf 3 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 1 0
Swift c 4 1 2 0
Orengo ss 3 1 1 0
Gorsica p 3 0 0 1
  Ross ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Culberson cf 5 1 3 0
Metkovich 1b 5 2 3 2
Fox rf 5 0 1 2
Doerr 2b 5 1 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 1 3 0
Wagner c 4 0 2 2
Finney lf 4 0 1 0
Newsome ss 4 1 3 0
Hausmann p 0 1 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryba p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 16 6
Detroit 100 300 0004111
Boston 101 000 32x7162
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gorsica  L(5-12) 8.0 16 7 6 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
7
6
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hausmann   4.0 8 4 4 2 0
  Ryba  W(10-4) 5.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
2

  E–Orengo (16), Newsome (23), Ryba (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Mayo-York, Mayo-Orengo-York, Boston 1. Tabor-Doerr-Metkovich.  2B–Detroit Mayo 2 (16); Orengo (10), Boston Newsome (24).  3B–Detroit Cramer (4), Boston Metkovich (5).  HR–Boston Metkovich (6,1st inning off Gorsica 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Ryba (3).  Team–9.  SB–Cramer (5).  CS–Outlaw (6).  U–Eddie Rommel, Bill Grieve, Hal Weafer.  T–1:54.  A–2,432.
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