Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1951 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 6 1 2 2
Goodman rf 5 1 0 0
Williams lf 6 0 2 1
Boudreau ss 6 0 2 1
Stephens 3b 5 2 3 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 2 2
Doerr 2b 6 0 1 1
Rosar c 3 1 2 0
  Hatfield pr 0 0 0 0
  Batts c 0 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 1 1 0
  Guerra c 1 0 0 0
Scarborough p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon p 0 0 0 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 1 0
  Evans p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 16 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Priddy 2b 6 2 1 1
Kryhoski 1b 5 2 2 0
Kell 3b 6 0 0 1
Wertz rf 4 1 1 1
Mullin lf 4 0 1 0
Groth cf 2 2 0 0
  Evers pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 1 1 1
Lipon ss 5 0 4 1
Hutchinson p 4 0 2 2
  Herbert p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 12 7
Boston 002 100 021 017164
Detroit 100 014 000 028120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Scarborough   5.2 7 6 6 2 2
  Nixon   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Masterson   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  McDermott   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Evans   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  L(0-3) 2.0 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
10.1
12
8
6
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson   8.0 13 6 6 1 2
  Herbert  W(3-0) 3.0 3 1 1 4 2
Totals
11.0
16
7
7
5
4

  E–DiMaggio (3), Boudreau 2 (5), Doerr (1).  DP–Boston 2. Stephens-Doerr-Dropo, Dropo-Stephens, Detroit 1. Kell-Kryhoski.  2B–Boston DiMaggio (4,off Hutchinson); Williams (1,off Hutchinson); Stephens (3,off Herbert); Boudreau (6,off Herbert), Detroit Kryhoski (5,off Taylor).  HR–Boston Dropo (1,8th inning off Hutchinson 1 on 2 out), Detroit Priddy (1,1st inning off Scarborough 0 on 0 out).  SH–Scarborough (2,off Hutchinson).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Kryhoski (1,by Scarborough); Groth (1,by Masterson).  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Jim Duffy.  T–3:07.  A–13,322.
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