New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 21, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1951 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mantle rf 5 1 1 0
  Woodling lf 0 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 5 0 1 0
Berra c 5 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 3 2 1 1
McDougald 3b 4 0 2 2
Bauer lf,rf 2 0 1 0
Coleman 2b 4 1 1 1
Collins 1b 3 0 1 0
Reynolds p 4 0 1 1
Totals 35 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0
Pesky ss 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Vollmer rf 4 0 2 1
Goodman 2b 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 0 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 0 0
Robinson c 2 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
  Moss c 0 0 0 0
  Boudreau ph 1 0 0 0
Kiely p 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Wright ph 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
New York 110 001 200590
Boston 000 100 000160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W(16-8) 9.0 6 1 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kiely  L(7-5) 5.2 7 3 3 3 2
  Kinder   2.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Wight   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Collins-Rizzuto-Collins.  2B–New York Rizzuto (21,off Kiely); Mantle (11,off Kinder), Boston Vollmer (9,off Reynolds); Goodman (34,off Reynolds).  3B–New York McDougald (3,off Kinder).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  CS–Bauer (2,2nd base by Kiely/Robinson).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Cal Hubbard, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:38.  A–21,119.
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