St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 1, Detroit Tigers 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 4 1 1 0
Kokos rf 2 0 0 0
Priddy 2b 3 0 0 0
Graham 1b 4 0 1 1
Sievers cf 3 0 0 0
Platt lf 3 0 0 0
Moss c 3 0 0 0
Sullivan ss 2 0 0 0
  Lehner ph 1 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ss 0 0 0 0
Ostrowski p 2 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 0 0
  Starr p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 2 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Berry 2b 4 0 1 0
Kolloway 1b 4 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 2 0
Wertz rf 4 0 0 0
Groth cf 4 2 3 0
Evers lf 3 1 2 2
Lipon ss 4 0 0 0
Swift c 3 0 2 1
Trucks p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 3
St. Louis 100 000 000–122
Detroit 010 003 00x–4111
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Ostrowski  L(6-7) 5.2 9 4 3 0 1
  Starr   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Embree   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
3
1
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(14-8) 9.0 2 1 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
3
8
  E–Sievers (4), Sullivan (12), Swift (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Sullivan-Priddy-Graham, Priddy-Sullivan-Graham.  2B–Detroit Kolloway (15); Groth (18).  3B–Detroit Evers (3).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  SB–Dillinger (11); Berry (2).  CS–Kokos (4).  U–Bill Summers, Bill Grieve, Jim Honochick.
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