Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1947 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 13, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 3 2 0
Pesky ss 5 3 4 5
DiMaggio cf 6 1 3 2
Williams lf 6 1 3 2
Doerr 2b 6 0 2 0
Jones 1b 6 1 1 3
Tebbetts c 6 1 2 0
Pellagrini 3b 6 1 2 0
Smith p 3 1 1 0
  Murphy p 2 1 2 1
Totals 50 13 22 13
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 3 0 1 1
  Cramer ph 1 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 4 0 0 0
Wertz rf 5 0 0 0
Wakefield lf 4 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
Outlaw cf 2 1 0 0
Cullenbine 1b 3 2 2 2
Swift c 2 0 0 0
Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
  Mierkowicz ph 0 0 0 0
  Hutchinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorsica p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 3 3
Boston 105 020 05013224
Detroit 010 002 000333
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(2-4) 5.0 3 3 3 8 3
  Murphy  SV(1) 4.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
8
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(13-15) 2.2 9 6 6 0 0
  White   3.1 6 2 0 0 1
  Benton   2.0 6 5 5 3 0
  Gorsica   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
22
13
11
3
2

  E–Moses (2), Doerr 2 (14), Jones (11), Lake 2 (32), Mayo (9).  DP–Detroit 1. Gorsica-Lake-Cullenbine.  2B–Boston Moses (14); Pesky (22).  HR–Boston Jones (15,3rd inning off Newhouser 2 on), Detroit Cullenbine (18,6th inning off Smith 1 on).  Team LOB–13.  Team–9.  SB–Pesky (9).  U–Joe Rue, Eddie Hurley, Bill Summers.  T–2:12.  A–13,236.
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