Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 7, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1951 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 0 1 1
Pesky ss 4 1 2 1
Williams lf 3 0 2 1
Doerr 2b 1 0 0 0
  Dropo 1b 3 1 0 0
Goodman 1b,2b 4 2 0 0
Vollmer rf 5 1 2 2
Boudreau 3b 5 2 3 2
Rosar c 3 1 0 0
Wight p 2 0 0 1
  Kinder p 2 0 1 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 5 1 3 1
Fain 1b 5 0 3 0
  Astroth pr 0 0 0 0
  Scheib p 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 2 0 0 0
  Valo ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Zernial lf 3 1 0 0
Hitchcock 3b 4 1 2 0
Philley cf 5 2 1 0
Suder 2b 3 0 2 2
Tipton c 2 0 1 1
Martin p 1 0 0 0
  Klein ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Limmer 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Boston 000 500 0218110
Philadelphia 110 030 0005122
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wight   4.0 7 5 5 6 1
  Kinder  W(9-2) 5.0 5 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
6
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Martin   4.0 5 5 2 2 2
  Coleman  L(1-6) 4.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Scheib   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
7
5

  E–Tipton (6), Martin (2).  DP–Boston 1. Pesky-Doerr-Goodman.  2B–Philadelphia Hitchcock (7,off Wight); Philley (17,off Wight); Tipton (6,off Kinder).  3B–Philadelphia Fain (3,off Kinder).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Suder (4,off Wight).  Team–10.  SB–Goodman (7,2nd base off Scheib/Tipton).  CS–Suder (5,2nd base by Kinder/Rosar).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Cal Hubbard, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Bill McKinley.
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