Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1960 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 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Runnels 2b 3 0 1 0
  Pagliaroni ph 0 0 0 0
  Hardy pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Tasby cf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Wertz 1b 3 1 1 0
Nixon c 4 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 1
Clinton rf 2 0 0 0
  Green ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Buddin ss 4 1 2 2
Delock p 2 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 1
  Fornieles p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 1
Maxwell lf 3 0 0 0
Kaline cf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 1 1 0
Virgil 2b 4 0 1 0
Berberet c 4 0 1 0
Veal ss 3 0 1 1
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
Lary p 2 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Boston 000 000 400481
Detroit 010 010 000250
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  W (6-4) 6.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Fornieles  SV (7) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  L (10-10) 6.1 6 4 4 2 5
  Sisler   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Fischer   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
6

  E–Buddin (20).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Nixon (13,off Lary); Runnels (22,off Lary); Wertz (15,off Lary).  3B–Boston Buddin (2,off Lary).  HR–Detroit Cash (11,5th inning off Delock 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:24.  A–32,040.
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