St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1952 at Briggs Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 4, Detroit Tigers 2

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Marsh ss 5 1 3 0
Goldsberry 1b 4 1 2 1
Nieman lf 3 1 1 0
Wertz rf 4 1 1 2
Dyck 3b 4 0 0 0
Courtney c 3 0 1 0
Porter cf 4 0 1 1
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Bearden p 3 0 1 0
  Harrist p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 4 0 1 0
Berry ss 4 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 0
Souchock rf 3 1 1 1
Delsing lf 4 1 3 1
Batts c 3 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
Federoff 2b 3 0 1 0
  Mapes ph 1 0 1 0
Newhouser p 2 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
St. Louis 000 110 0204110
Detroit 000 002 0002100
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Bearden  W(7-2) 7.0 9 2 2 1 1
  Harrist  SV(5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(5-8) 9.0 11 4 4 2 7
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Marsh-Young-Goldsberry, Harrist-Marsh-Goldsberry, Detroit 1. Souchock-Dropo.  2B–St. Louis Marsh (4).  HR–St. Louis Wertz (18,8th inning off Newhouser 1 on), Detroit Souchock (10,6th inning off Bearden 0 on); Delsing (2,6th inning off Bearden 0 on).  SH–Nieman (8); Newhouser (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  CS–Courtney (2).  U-HP–Art Passarella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Grover Froese.
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