Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1945 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 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 4 1 1 0
LaForest 3b 5 1 2 1
Metkovich cf 5 2 2 0
Johnson lf 5 0 1 1
McBride rf 6 2 3 2
Newsome 2b 5 0 1 1
Camilli 1b 4 0 1 1
Holm c 5 0 0 0
Wilson p 4 0 1 0
  Ryba p 1 1 0 0
  Woods p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 12 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hoover ss 5 2 3 0
Borom 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mayo ph 1 0 0 0
  Webb 2b 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
Cullenbine rf 5 0 1 1
Greenberg lf 5 0 2 1
York 1b 6 0 0 0
Outlaw cf 5 1 1 0
Maier 3b 5 0 2 0
Richards c 3 0 1 0
  Cramer ph 1 0 0 0
  Swift c 1 0 0 0
Newhouser p 3 0 0 0
  Eaton ph 1 1 1 2
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 12 4
Boston 300 000 000 004–7121
Detroit 000 001 002 001–4120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   9.1 9 3 3 3 4
  Ryba  W(3-3) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Woods  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
12
4
4
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser   9.0 8 3 3 5 1
  Wilson  L(1-3) 2.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Houtteman   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
12.0
12
7
7
8
1
  E–Lake (22).  DP–Boston 1. LaForest-Newsome-Camilli, Detroit 2. York-Hoover, Hoover-Borom-York.  2B–Boston B. Johnson (20); McBride (7), Detroit Maier (15).  3B–Boston McBride (3).  HR–Detroit Eaton (2,9th inning off Wilson 1 on).  SH–Lake (4); LaForest (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–11.  SB–LaForest (3); Metkovich (12).  CS–Maier (8).  U–Bill McGowan, Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella.  T–2:41.  A–26,309.
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