Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 23, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1951 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 0 1 0
Avila 2b 3 0 1 0
  Stirnweiss pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Easter 1b 4 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 1 0
Simpson rf 4 0 1 0
Boone ss 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 1 0 1 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 0 0
  Tebbetts c 1 0 1 0
  Maddern pr 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 1 0 0 0
  Lehner ph 1 0 0 0
  Brissie p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 7 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 4 1 1 0
Kell 3b 5 1 2 1
Mullin lf 4 0 2 0
  Groth cf 1 0 0 0
Wertz rf 5 2 2 3
Kryhoski 1b 3 2 1 0
Evers cf,lf 4 0 1 0
House c 3 0 0 0
  Souchock ph 1 0 0 1
  Ginsberg c 0 0 0 0
Priddy 2b 3 2 3 1
Trucks p 5 1 3 2
Totals 38 9 15 8
Cleveland 010 000 000170
Detroit 010 005 12x9151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(20-13) 6.0 10 6 6 4 4
  Brissie   2.0 5 3 3 2 2
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(12-8) 9.0 7 1 0 4 10
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
4
10

  E–Priddy (18).  2B–Cleveland Rosen (30,off Trucks), Detroit Kryhoski (19,off Brissie).  3B–Detroit Priddy (6,off Garcia).  HR–Detroit Wertz (27,6th inning off Garcia 2 on 2 out).  SH–Garcia (9,off Trucks); House (1,off Garcia).  IBB–Hegan (9,by Trucks); Priddy (4,by Garcia); Kryhoski (3,by Garcia); Evers (3,by Brissie).  Team LOB–11.  Team–12.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Bill McGowan, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:24.  A–42,623.
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