Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
April 20, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1963 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 8 0 3 2
Phillips 3b 8 0 1 0
Kaline rf 6 0 2 0
Colavito lf 5 1 0 0
Cash 1b 6 0 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Triandos c 7 0 3 1
  Morton pr 0 1 0 0
  Freehan c 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 0 1 0 0
  Veal ss 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 5 0 1 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 0 0 0 0
  Egan p 0 0 0 0
  Dustal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 3 11 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 7 2 2 1
Mejias cf 7 0 1 2
Yastrzemski lf 6 0 3 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 2 0
  Mantilla pr 0 0 0 0
  Williams 1b 2 0 0 0
Clinton rf 6 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 6 0 2 0
Bressoud ss 5 0 0 0
Tillman c 5 1 0 0
Morehead p 2 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Radatz p 1 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 53 4 12 3
Detroit 000 001 000 000 0023110
Boston 000 001 000 000 0034121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   12.0 7 1 1 2 10
  Fox   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Egan   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Dustal  L (0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
14.2
12
4
4
2
11
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead   6.2 4 1 1 8 7
  Earley   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Radatz  W (1-0) 7.0 7 2 2 2 5
Totals
15.0
11
3
3
10
12

  E–Morehead (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  PB–Triandos (2); Tillman 2 (2).  2B–Detroit Triandos 2 (3,off Morehead,off Radatz), Boston Mejias (1,off Dustal).  IBB–Herzog (1,by Radatz).  Team LOB–17.  SH–Radatz (1,off Bunning).  Team–8.  WP–Bunning (1).  IBB–Radatz (1,Herzog).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–4:32.  A–7,839.
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