Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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 2 2 0
Priddy 2b 4 1 0 0
Boone 3b 3 1 2 2
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 0
Nieman lf 4 1 1 0
  Kaline lf 0 0 0 0
Delsing cf 4 0 1 2
Batts c 4 0 0 0
Lund rf 4 0 0 0
Branca p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 1 1 0
Goodman 2b 5 0 1 1
Wilber 1b 5 1 0 0
Baker 3b 4 0 2 1
Evers lf 3 0 0 0
Zarilla cf 3 0 1 0
Piersall rf 4 0 3 0
White c 3 0 0 0
Henry p 2 1 1 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Lepcio ph 1 0 0 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
  Umphlett ph 1 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
Detroit 000 220 100572
Boston 002 000 100393
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(2-1) 9.0 9 3 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Henry  L(2-2) 4.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Sullivan   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Delock   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Flowers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
5

  E–Priddy 2 (5), Lipon 2 (6), Evers (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Boone-Priddy-Dropo, Boone-Priddy-Dropo, Boston 1. Lipon-Goodman-Wilber.  2B–Detroit Nieman (18,off Henry); Boone (10,off Delock), Boston Piersall (15,off Branca); Lipon (6,off Branca).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Lipon (4,off Branca).  Team–9.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Bill McGowan.  T–2:17.  A–21,647.
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