St. Louis Browns vs Boston Red Sox
August 23, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1950 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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 5, Boston Red Sox 9

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Delsing cf 5 0 0 0
Stirnweiss 2b 5 0 0 0
Lenhardt 1b 4 1 1 0
Sievers lf 4 1 2 0
Wood rf 4 1 1 0
Moss c 3 2 2 1
  Garver pr 0 0 0 0
  Bruner p 0 0 0 0
Friend 3b 2 0 2 1
  Coleman ph 1 0 1 2
  DeMars ss 0 0 0 0
Upton ss 2 0 0 0
  Lollar ph,c 1 0 0 0
Starr p 3 0 0 1
  Sommers ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 2 2 1
Pesky 3b 5 1 2 1
Goodman lf 3 0 1 3
Stephens ss 3 1 1 0
Dropo 1b 5 1 1 3
Doerr 2b 5 1 1 0
Zarilla rf 2 1 0 0
  Wright rf 2 1 2 0
Batts c 3 1 0 0
Stobbs p 4 0 1 1
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
St. Louis 020 001 020593
Boston 140 010 12x9110
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Starr  L(3-4) 7.0 10 7 3 5 1
  Bruner   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
5
6
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs  W(8-5) 7.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Kinder  SV(3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
3

  E–Moss (7), Friend 2 (26).  DP–St. Louis 1. Upton-Stirnweiss-Lenhardt, Boston 1. Pesky-Doerr-Dropo.  2B–St. Louis Wood (14,off Stobbs), Boston Goodman (15,off Starr); DiMaggio (20,off Starr); Wright (5,off Starr).  HR–St. Louis Moss (7,6th inning off Stobbs 0 on 2 out), Boston Dropo (28,8th inning off Bruner 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Goodman (5,off Starr).  Team–9.  U–Bill Grieve, Johnny Stevens, Bill Summers.  T–2:05.  A–8,936.
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