Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 17, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 2 0 0 0
Evers lf 3 0 0 0
  Kinder p 1 0 0 0
Gernert 1b 3 0 0 1
Kell 3b 3 0 1 1
White c 2 0 2 0
Umphlett cf 4 0 0 0
Piersall rf 3 0 0 0
Bolling ss 4 2 3 1
Brown p 2 1 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Stephens lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 0 0
Pesky 2b 5 0 2 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 1
Delsing cf 4 0 1 0
Nieman lf 3 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Batts c 4 1 1 0
Lund rf 3 1 2 0
Gray p 2 0 1 1
  Mullin ph 0 0 0 0
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Boston 000 020 100361
Detroit 010 000 100292
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W(9-2) 6.0 8 2 1 3 3
  Hudson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Parnell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kinder  SV(12) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(4-11) 7.0 5 3 1 5 3
  Madison   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
7
3

  E–Kell (6), Boone (12), Batts (6).  DP–Boston 1. Kell-Bolling-Goodman, Detroit 2. Batts-Pesky, Kuenn-Pesky-Dropo.  2B–Boston Kell (26,off Gray), Detroit Pesky (8,off Brown).  HR–Boston Bolling (4,7th inning off Gray 0 on 0 out).  SH–Goodman (5,off Gray).  HBP–Piersall (6,by Gray); Brown (1,by Gray); White (2,by Madison).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Lund (3,by Brown).  Team–9.  CS–Goodman (4,2nd base by Gray/Batts); Gernert (3,2nd base by Gray/Batts); Bolling (4,3rd base by Madison/Batts); Pesky (4,2nd base by Brown/White).  U–Hank Soar, Eddie Rommel, Eddie Hurley.  T–2:44.  A–17,260.
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