Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 30, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 0
Doby cf 3 1 1 0
Boudreau ss 2 1 1 1
  Boone pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 1 1 1
Keltner 3b 4 1 2 1
Edwards rf 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 0 1 0
Paige p 2 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 1 2
  Avila pr 0 0 0 0
  Papish p 0 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake 2b 4 0 0 0
Lipon ss 5 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Wertz rf 1 2 1 1
Wakefield lf 3 1 1 1
  Evers ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Robinson c 3 0 1 2
  Swift ph,c 0 0 0 0
Groth cf 3 1 1 1
Vico 1b 4 1 1 2
Trucks p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 7
Cleveland 300 002 000–591
Detroit 000 330 10x–770
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paige  L(0-1) 4.1 6 6 6 4 4
  Garcia   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Papish   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Benton   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(3-0) 9.0 9 5 5 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
5
  E–Hegan (1).  2B–Cleveland Peck (1).  3B–Cleveland Mitchell (3); Keltner (1).  HR–Detroit Wertz (2,4th inning off Paige 0 on 0 out); Vico (1,4th inning off Paige 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Boudreau (2); Trucks (1).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Evers (1).  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Jim Honochick.
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