Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 1 1 1
Pesky 3b 3 0 1 1
Williams lf 4 1 1 2
Stephens ss 5 1 2 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 2 2
Zarilla rf 4 1 1 0
Goodman 1b 4 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 1 2 1
Stobbs p 2 0 0 0
  Hughson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 4 0 0 0
  Wakefield ph 0 0 0 0
Kolloway 1b 5 0 1 0
Mullin lf 4 1 1 0
Wertz rf 3 0 1 0
Kell 3b 3 1 1 1
Evers cf 3 1 0 0
Berry 2b 2 1 1 1
Swift c 3 0 1 2
  Robinson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Newhouser p 2 0 0 0
  Lipon ph 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Vico ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Boston 032 000 0027110
Detroit 100 003 000462
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs  W(10-4) 6.2 6 4 4 5 4
  Hughson   2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(14-9) 6.0 9 5 5 3 1
  Kretlow   3.0 2 2 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
6
2

  E–Berry (9), Swift (3).  DP–Boston 1. Doerr-Stephens-Goodman, Detroit 3. Newhouser-Lake-Kolloway, Newhouser-Lake-Kolloway, Kretlow-Lake-Kolloway.  PB–Robinson (4).  2B–Detroit Swift (6).  HR–Boston Williams (36,9th inning off Kretlow 1 on); Doerr (14,3rd inning off Newhouser 1 on).  SH–Pesky (5).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Zarilla (4).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Jim Honochick.
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