Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 21, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1949 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 7, Philadelphia Athletics 15
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 1 1 0
Kolloway 2b 4 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 1
Wertz rf 5 1 2 2
Mullin lf 2 1 0 0
Groth cf 2 1 0 0
Campbell 1b 4 0 2 2
Swift c 4 0 0 0
Stuart p 2 1 2 1
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 1 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 5 2 4 6
Moses rf 5 1 1 0
Fain 1b 6 0 2 3
Chapman cf 5 1 0 0
Majeski 3b 5 2 3 0
Valo lf 2 2 0 1
Suder 2b 5 2 2 1
Guerra c 3 3 1 1
Marchildon p 1 0 1 0
  Scheib p 3 2 1 1
Totals 40 15 15 13
Detroit 510 100 000–793
Philadelphia 000 464 01x–15152
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Stuart   3.2 4 4 4 4 3
  Houtteman  L(0-1) 1.0 3 4 0 2 0
  Grissom   0.0 2 2 0 1 0
  Trout   3.1 6 5 4 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
15
8
8
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Marchildon   3.0 8 7 6 3 0
  Scheib  W(2-0) 6.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
3
  E–Lipon (8), Kolloway (2), Kell (4), Guerra (1), Marchildon (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Moses-Fain, Fain-Joost.  2B–Detroit Kell (8).  3B–Detroit Lipon (1).  HR–Philadelphia Joost (7,8th inning off Trout 0 on).  SH–Lipon (4); Kell (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  CS–Groth (5).  U–Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella, Jim Boyer.
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