St. Louis Browns vs Boston Red Sox
May 17, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1947 at Fenway Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 4, Boston Red Sox 2

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 5 1 3 0
Lehner cf 5 0 1 0
Witte 1b 5 0 1 0
Stephens ss 4 0 0 1
Berardino 2b 2 2 0 0
Zarilla rf 3 0 2 0
Coleman lf 4 1 3 2
Moss c 1 0 0 0
  Early c 1 0 1 1
Kinder p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pellagrini ss 4 1 1 1
Pesky 3b 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
York 1b 3 0 1 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 0
Culberson rf 4 0 0 0
Hayes c 3 0 0 0
Parnell p 1 0 0 0
  Zuber p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
St. Louis 100 200 0104110
Boston 000 100 010261
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kinder  W(1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  L(1-2) 3.1 7 3 2 1 4
  Zuber   4.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Johnson   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Klinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
5
7

  E–Culberson (1).  DP–Boston 3. DiMaggio-Hayes-York, Pellagrini-York, Doerr-York.  2B–St. Louis Dillinger (5); Zarilla 2 (4), Boston Williams (7).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (1).  HR–Boston Pellagrini (3,8th inning off Kinder 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U–Bill Summers, Joe Rue, Joe Paparella.  T–2:03.  A–24,019.
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