New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 8, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1951 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Woodling lf,cf 4 0 1 0
Rizzuto ss 5 0 2 1
Bauer rf,lf 3 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 0 0 0 0
  Mantle pr,rf 3 1 0 0
Berra c 4 0 0 0
McDougald 3b 4 1 2 1
Collins 1b 4 0 0 1
Coleman 2b 3 0 0 0
Raschi p 2 1 1 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Martin pr 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Mize ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Pesky ss 2 1 0 0
Williams lf 3 2 2 0
Boudreau 3b 3 1 1 2
Doerr 2b 3 0 1 2
Goodman 1b 4 1 2 0
Vollmer rf 4 1 1 2
Rosar c 4 0 2 0
Scarborough p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
New York 011 100 000360
Boston 000 022 20x692
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi  L(12-6) 6.0 8 4 4 2 5
  Reynolds   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Kuzava   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Scarborough  W(5-4) 9.0 6 3 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
3

  E–Pesky (9), Rosar (1).  DP–New York 1. Coleman-Rizzuto-Collins, Boston 1. Pesky-Goodman.  2B–New York Woodling (5,off Scarborough); McDougald (11,off Scarborough), Boston Rosar (3,off Raschi).  HR–New York McDougald (5,4th inning off Scarborough 0 on 1 out), Boston Boudreau (4,5th inning off Raschi 1 on 2 out); Vollmer (8,6th inning off Raschi 1 on 0 out).  HBP–Brown (2,by Scarborough).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Boudreau (2,off Reynolds).  Team–6.  SB–Rizzuto 2 (10,2nd base off Scarborough/Rosar 2).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Jim Duffy, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:25.  A–29,843.
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