Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1963 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 5 2 3 3
Mantilla ss 5 0 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 2 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 5 0 0 0
Mejias rf 5 0 0 0
Schilling 2b 3 2 2 0
Tillman c 4 0 1 0
Monbouquette p 3 0 1 1
  Nixon ph 1 1 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 2 1
McAuliffe ss 5 0 1 0
Kaline rf 2 1 0 0
Colavito lf 5 1 2 2
Cash 1b 3 1 1 3
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 1 1 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Regan p 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Boston 000 110 003 05110
Detroit 000 010 040 1682
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette   8.0 6 5 5 3 4
  Radatz  L (12-4) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.1
8
6
6
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Regan   7.0 7 2 2 3 5
  Fox   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gladding   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Mossi   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Koch  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–McAuliffe (18), G Smith (1).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Boston Schilling (19,off Regan), Detroit Wert (4,off Monbouquette); Bruton (15,off Monbouquette).  HR–Boston Geiger 2 (15,4th inning off Regan 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Mossi 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Cash (18,8th inning off Monbouquette 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Malzone (2,off Koch); Regan (2,off Monbouquette).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Kaline (11,by Radatz).  Team–6.  SB–Bruton (7,2nd base off Radatz/Tillman).  WP–Radatz (5).  IBB–Radatz (9,Kaline).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–3:07.  A–6,298.
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