Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
June 11, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1954 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 16, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 5 2 1 1
Tuttle cf 3 3 1 0
Delsing lf 5 1 1 0
Boone 3b 4 3 3 6
  Bertoia 3b 1 0 0 1
Belardi 1b 4 2 1 1
Kaline rf 5 1 2 4
Kuenn ss 5 1 1 0
House c 3 1 1 0
  Wilson c 1 0 1 0
Weik p 1 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 1 1 0
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
  Herbert p 3 1 1 2
Totals 41 16 14 15
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 2 1 0 0
  Suder 2b 1 0 0 0
Limmer 1b 3 2 1 1
Finigan 3b 5 0 1 0
Renna rf 3 1 1 1
Valo lf 3 1 1 1
Power cf 3 0 0 1
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 1
Shantz c 4 0 2 0
Portocarrero p 2 0 0 0
  Burtschy p 1 0 0 0
  Romberger p 0 0 0 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Detroit 201 140 61116142
Philadelphia 100 220 000580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Weik   4.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Marlowe   0.1 1 2 2 3 1
  Herbert  W(2-4) 4.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
7
5
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero  L(2-6) 4.1 5 8 8 4 0
  Burtschy   2.1 5 6 6 2 2
  Romberger   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Ditmar   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
16
15
6
2

  E–Bolling (5), Delsing (1).  DP–Detroit 1. House-Kuenn.  PB–Billy Shantz (5).  2B–Philadelphia Renna (6,off Marlowe).  3B–Detroit Kaline (1,off Burtschy), Philadelphia Valo (2,off Weik).  HR–Detroit Boone 2 (10,1st inning off Portocarrero 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Portocarrero 3 on 1 out); Bolling (4,3rd inning off Portocarrero 0 on 0 out); Belardi (1,4th inning off Portocarrero 0 on 0 out); Kaline (1,7th inning off Burtschy 3 on 1 out); Herbert (1,7th inning off Burtschy 1 on 2 out)., Philadelphia Limmer (1,1st inning off Weik 0 on 1 out).  SH–Tuttle (1,off Portocarrero).  IBB–Delsing (3,by Portocarrero).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Power (1,off Herbert).  Team–8.  SB–Tuttle (2,3rd base off Burtschy/Billy Shantz); Boone (2,2nd base off Burtschy/Billy Shantz).  CS–Finigan (3,3rd base by Weik/House); DeMaestri 2 (4,2nd base by Weik/House 2).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:52.
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