Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
May 21, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1962 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 0 1 0
Bruton cf 5 2 5 1
Kaline rf 5 1 2 2
Cash 1b 4 1 0 0
Colavito lf 5 1 1 3
McAuliffe 3b 4 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Brown c 3 1 1 0
Foytack p 2 0 0 0
  Nischwitz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cunningham 1b 1 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Robinson rf 5 0 1 0
Smith A. lf 5 0 1 0
Sadowski 3b 4 1 0 0
  Smith C. ph 1 0 1 0
Hershberger cf 5 1 3 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 3
Lollar c 2 0 1 0
  Esposito pr 0 0 0 0
  Roselli c 0 0 0 0
Wynn p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Farley ph 1 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Landis ph 0 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Detroit 510 100 0007122
Chicago 020 000 010381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (2-1) 7.2 6 3 2 8 3
  Nischwitz  SV (1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
8
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L (2-3) 0.2 5 5 5 1 0
  Fisher   3.1 4 2 2 0 3
  Zanni   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lown   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Kemmerer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
7

  E–Wood (8), Cash (2), Aparicio (8).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Bruton 2 (9,off Wynn,off Fisher), Chicago C Smith (3,off Nischwitz).  HR–Detroit Colavito (4,1st inning off Wynn 2 on, 1 out); Fernandez (4,1st inning off Wynn 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Aparicio (2,2nd inning off Foytack 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Foytack (1,off Fisher).  Team LOB–7.  Team–13.  SB–Cash (1,2nd base off Kemmerer/Roselli).  CS–Fernandez (1,2nd base by Lown/Lollar); Hershberger (1,3rd base by Foytack/Brown).  BK–Foytack (1).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Sam Carrigan, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–3:05.  A–8,967.
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