Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 21, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1953 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 1, Chicago White Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 1
Pesky 2b 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Delsing cf 3 0 2 0
Nieman lf 4 0 0 0
Batts c 4 0 0 0
Lund rf 1 1 0 0
Branca p 1 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 0 2 2
Fox 2b 3 0 0 0
Minoso lf 2 0 0 0
Mele rf 4 0 1 0
Rivera cf 4 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 3 1 1 0
Elliott 3b 3 1 1 0
Lollar c 2 2 1 1
Fornieles p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 3
Detroit 001 000 000150
Chicago 001 010 20x461
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  L(3-3) 7.0 5 4 4 3 0
  Marlowe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
0
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fornieles  W(8-4) 9.0 5 1 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
5

  E–Minoso (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Boone-Pesky-Dropo, Chicago 2. Rivera-Elliott, Fox-Carrasquel-Boyd.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (21,off Fornieles), Chicago Carrasquel (22,off Branca); Lollar (14,off Branca).  SH–Branca (1,off Fornieles); Fornieles (8,off Branca); Fox (10,off Branca).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–Elliott (1,2nd base off Branca/Batts); Elliott (1,2nd base off Branca/Batts).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Bill McGowan, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–1:58.  A–21,016.
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