Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 17, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1947 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 4 0 0 0
Cullenbine 1b 4 0 0 1
Outlaw rf 4 0 1 0
Mierkowicz lf 3 0 0 0
  Wertz lf 1 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Evers cf 3 1 2 2
Webb 2b 3 1 1 0
Swift c 4 1 2 0
Newhouser p 3 0 2 1
  Benton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kolloway 2b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy lf 3 1 0 0
Wright rf 3 1 1 0
York 1b 4 1 2 3
Philley cf 4 0 1 0
Appling ss 4 0 0 0
Michaels 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hodgin ph 1 0 0 0
Tresh c 2 0 1 0
  Dickey c 1 0 0 0
Papish p 1 0 1 0
  Gebrian p 1 0 0 0
  Wallaesa ph 1 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Detroit 000 400 000–491
Chicago 100 002 000–361
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  W(12-13) 6.0 5 3 2 1 1
  Benton  SV(6) 3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Papish  L(10-9) 3.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Gebrian   4.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Caldwell   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
4
  E–Outlaw (2), Kolloway (18).  DP–Detroit 1. Lake-Webb-Cullenbine, Chicago 1. Kolloway-Appling-York.  2B–Detroit Swift (7).  HR–Detroit Evers (7,4th inning off Papish 1 on), Chicago York (18,6th inning off Newhouser 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  SB–Lake (8).  CS–Evers (6).  U-HP–Red Jones, 1B–Bill McGowan, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:13.  A–29,210.
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