Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
August 4, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1949 at Yankee Stadium I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kolloway 1b 5 0 0 0
Mullin cf 6 0 4 2
Wakefield lf 5 0 1 0
Wertz rf 4 1 2 0
Kell 3b 4 0 1 0
Robinson c 3 0 0 1
Lipon ss 5 0 1 0
Berry 2b 3 0 0 0
  Groth ph 1 0 0 0
  Lake 2b 0 1 0 0
Hutchinson p 3 1 0 0
  Trucks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0
Henrich 1b 4 1 1 0
Berra c 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 1
Keller lf 4 0 1 1
  Bauer lf 0 0 0 0
Brown 3b 4 0 0 0
Mapes rf 4 0 1 0
Coleman 2b 4 0 1 0
Raschi p 3 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 5 2
Detroit 011 000 000 01390
New York 200 000 000 00250
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson  W(9-4) 10.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Trucks   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
5
2
2
2
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi  L(15-6) 11.0 9 3 3 6 2
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
6
2

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Lipon-Kolloway.  2B–Detroit Kell (28), New York Henrich (16); DiMaggio (5); Keller (3).  SH–Kolloway (3); Kell (13); Hutchinson (3).  Team LOB–12.  Team–3.  U–Bill Grieve, Jim Honochick, Bill Summers.
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