Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
April 20, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1948 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 5, Chicago White Sox 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Berry ss 5 0 1 1
Mayo 2b 5 1 1 0
Evers cf 2 0 1 0
Wakefield lf 4 0 2 0
Wertz rf 4 0 2 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Vico 1b 3 2 1 1
Swift c 3 0 0 0
  Hutchinson ph 1 0 1 1
  Outlaw pr 0 1 0 0
  Wagner c 0 0 0 0
Newhouser p 4 0 2 1
Totals 35 5 12 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kolloway 2b 4 0 0 0
Appling 3b 4 1 2 0
Lupien 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy rf 3 0 1 1
Wright lf 4 0 0 0
Wallaesa ss 4 0 0 0
Philley cf 4 0 3 0
Tresh c 3 1 1 1
Haynes p 2 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Detroit 001 001 003–5121
Chicago 000 000 110–280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  W(1-0) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  L(0-1) 8.1 11 5 5 2 2
  Caldwell   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
2
  E–Wakefield (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Appling-Kolloway-Lupien.  2B–Detroit Mayo (1); Kell (1), Chicago Philley (1).  HR–Detroit Vico (1,3rd inning off Haynes 0 on), Chicago Tresh (1,7th inning off Newhouser 0 on).  SH–Evers (1); Tresh (1); Haynes (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  U–Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella, Jim Boyer.  T–2:14.  A–14,801.
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