St. Louis Browns vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1951 at Fenway Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 8, Boston Red Sox 6

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 1 0
Maguire lf 5 0 1 1
Delsing cf 5 1 1 0
Lollar c 3 1 0 0
Wood rf 3 1 0 0
Arft 1b 4 0 0 0
Marsh 3b 4 3 3 2
Jennings ss 4 0 1 0
Garver p 2 1 1 2
  Paige p 1 0 0 0
  McDonald p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 6 1 0 0
Pesky ss 4 2 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 0
Stephens 3b 4 1 2 1
Doerr 2b 3 1 2 2
Goodman 1b 4 0 2 0
Vollmer rf 3 0 1 2
Rosar c 2 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Moss c 1 0 0 0
  Boudreau ph 1 0 0 0
  Evans c 0 0 0 0
Parnell p 2 0 1 0
  Dropo ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 5
St. Louis 001 030 040883
Boston 101 000 1306113
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Garver   4.0 6 2 2 4 1
  Paige  W (2-2) 3.1 5 4 2 3 2
  McDonald  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 11 6 4 8 4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  L (11-8) 5.0 6 4 3 0 0
  Taylor   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kinder   2.0 2 4 2 2 4
Totals 9.0 8 8 5 2 4

  E–Marsh (14), Jennings 2 (5), Doerr 2 (11), Goodman (4).  DP–St. Louis 1. Young-Arft.  2B–St. Louis Marsh (9,off Parnell); Delsing (14,off Kinder), Boston Vollmer (6,off Paige); Stephens (17,off Paige).  Team LOB–4.  Team–14.  SB–Young (5,2nd base off Kinder/A. Evans).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill McGowan, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:51.  A–23,365.

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