Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 15, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1955 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 9, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 2 4 0
Tuttle cf 6 0 1 0
Kaline rf 5 2 2 0
Fain 1b 4 3 3 3
Boone 3b 5 1 1 1
Delsing lf 4 1 2 3
Hatfield 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilson c 5 0 0 0
Maas p 5 0 1 0
Totals 43 9 15 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 0 0 0
Stephens lf 5 0 1 0
Agganis 1b 5 1 3 0
Jensen rf 3 1 2 0
Joost ss 3 1 1 3
White c 3 0 1 0
Klaus 3b 3 0 1 0
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Brewer p 1 0 0 0
  Susce p 1 0 0 0
  Zauchin ph 1 0 1 0
  Brodowski p 0 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Detroit 301 111 2009150
Boston 000 000 0303114
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maas  W(2-1) 9.0 11 3 3 4 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L(0-6) 3.2 8 5 4 3 2
  Susce   3.1 6 4 3 1 4
  Brodowski   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
4
8

  E–Joost (2), White (5), Klaus 2 (5).  DP–Detroit 3. Kuenn-Hatfield-Fain, Boone-Fain, Kuenn-Hatfield-Fain.  2B–Detroit Fain (4,off Brewer); Kuenn (9,off Susce)., Boston Stephens (1,off Maas); Agganis (9,off Maas)..  HR–Detroit Delsing (5,5th inning off Susce 0 on 0 out); Fain (1,7th inning off Susce 1 on 2 out)., Boston Joost (1,8th inning off Maas 2 on 1 out).  SF–Delsing (1,off Brewer).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  CS–Kuenn (1,2nd base by Brewer/White).  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:42.  A–28,752.
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