Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1953 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 0 0
Pesky 2b 5 1 1 0
Boone 3b 3 2 3 1
  Souchock lf 0 0 0 0
Nieman rf 5 0 1 2
  Hatfield pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Delsing cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 1 2 0
Batts c 3 0 1 0
Lund lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Hoeft p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 0 1 0
Piersall rf 4 1 2 0
Gernert 1b 4 0 1 1
Kell lf 4 0 0 0
White c 3 1 1 1
Lepcio 3b 4 1 1 0
Umphlett cf 3 0 0 0
Lipon ss 2 0 1 0
  Wilber ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolling ss 0 0 0 0
Hudson p 2 0 1 1
  Consolo ph 1 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Detroit 100 002 101592
Boston 110 100 000381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(4-4) 9.0 8 3 3 3 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  L(2-5) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Flowers   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
5

  E–Dropo (5), Lund (3), Gernert (6).  2B–Detroit Boone (2,off Hudson); Dropo (11,off Hudson); Nieman (16,off Flowers), Boston Gernert (7,off Hoeft); Lepcio (2,off Hoeft).  3B–Boston Piersall (2,off Hoeft).  HR–Detroit Lund (2,6th inning off Hudson 1 on 2 out); Boone (5,7th inning off Hudson 0 on 2 out), Boston White (5,4th inning off Hoeft 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:30.  A–19,151.
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