Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1946 at Briggs 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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Cleveland Indians 9, Detroit Tigers 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Case lf 4 1 1 0
Conway 2b 5 1 2 1
Fleming 1b 4 2 1 1
Seerey rf,cf 5 0 2 0
Boudreau ss 5 1 4 3
Mackiewicz cf 3 1 1 0
  Edwards ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Ross 3b 3 1 1 0
  Keltner 3b 2 0 1 1
Hayes c 4 1 3 2
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 0 0
  Berry p 1 0 0 0
  Krakauskas p 0 0 0 0
  Lemon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 17 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 5 0 1 0
Outlaw 3b,lf 4 1 1 0
Cramer cf 4 1 2 3
Greenberg 1b 1 0 0 0
  Kell 3b 3 1 2 1
Mullin rf 5 0 1 2
Cullenbine lf,1b 4 2 2 2
Bloodworth 2b 5 1 2 0
Richards c 3 1 1 0
Overmire p 0 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorsica p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield ph 0 1 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Hutchinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caster p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Cleveland 302 000 1129173
Detroit 000 040 0138121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W(3-10) 5.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Berry   3.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Krakauskas   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lemon  SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Overmire  L(0-3) 0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Benton   3.0 5 2 1 1 4
  Gorsica   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  White   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Caster   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Trout   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
8
3
8

  E–Fleming (9), Ross (3), Keltner (5), Mullin (4).  DP–Cleveland 3. Ross-Conway-Fleming, Ross-Conway-Fleming, Boudreau-Conway-Fleming, Detroit 3. Kell-Bloodworth-Cullenbine, Cullenbine-Lake, Cullenbine-Kell.  PB–Hayes (4).  2B–Cleveland Case (11); Conway (2); Fleming (11); Edwards (12), Detroit Outlaw (8); Mullin (8).  HR–Cleveland Boudreau (4,9th inning off Trout 1 on); Hayes (3,3rd inning off Benton 1 on), Detroit Cullenbine 2 (5,5th inning off Reynolds 0 on,8th inning off Berry 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–Joe Rue, Art Passarella, Hal Weafer.  T–2:39.  A–51,503.
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