Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 7, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1960 at Briggs Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Runnels 2b 4 1 1 0
Tasby cf 3 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 0 0
Nixon c 4 0 2 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 1 2
Hardy rf 2 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Clinton rf 1 0 0 0
Buddin ss 2 0 0 0
Brewer p 2 0 0 0
  Casale p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Virgil 3b 5 1 2 1
Chrisley lf 3 1 1 0
Cash 1b 1 1 0 1
Kaline cf 4 0 1 1
Colavito rf 4 1 3 1
Bolling 2b 4 1 2 1
Foiles c 4 0 1 0
Veal ss 4 1 1 2
Bunning p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 7
Boston 200 000 000251
Detroit 100 301 02x7111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L (7-10) 4.0 7 4 2 2 1
  Casale   2.0 0 1 1 4 1
  Wills   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
7
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (7-8) 9.0 5 2 0 3 11
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
3
11

  E–Nixon (2), Veal (1).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Boston Nixon 2 (15,off Bunning 2), Detroit Veal (2,off Brewer); Bolling (14,off Wills).  3B–Detroit Chrisley (3,off Brewer).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bolling (4,off Brewer); Foiles (2,off Wills).  SF–Cash (3,off Brewer).  HBP–Colavito (3,by Brewer).  Team–12.  SB–Foiles (1,2nd base off Brewer/Nixon).  HBP–Brewer (4,Colavito).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:47.
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