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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1951-08-04 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 22726 · 2:07

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 9th. Hank Borowy earned the win and Ted Gray picked up the save. Johnny Groth went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7

W: Hank Borowy L: Leo Kiely SV: Ted Gray

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Bill McKinley · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Lipon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Priddy	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Kell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Souchock	2	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Groth	4	1	2	2	0	0
Hoot Evers	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Kolloway	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Swift	3	0	1	0	1	1
Fred Hutchinson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Borowy	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	5	0	1	0	0	2
Ted Williams	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vern Stephens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Walt Dropo	4	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Goodman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Clyde Vollmer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	3	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Doerr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Hutchinson	7.1	7	2	2
Hank Borowy	0.2	0	1	0
Ted Gray	1.0	0	0	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Leo Kiely	8.0	6	3	3
Bill Wight	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Lipon: 7
Jerry Priddy: 13
George Kell: 53

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: 43
Ted Williams: W
Vern Stephens: WP.1-2
Vern Stephens: 2/FL

Top 2

Bud Souchock: W
Johnny Groth: 64(1)/FO
Hoot Evers: 6
Don Kolloway: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Walt Dropo: 9
Billy Goodman: W
Clyde Vollmer: 54(1)/FO
Buddy Rosar: 3

Top 3

Bob Swift: K
Fred Hutchinson: K
Johnny Lipon: 5

Bot 3

Leo Kiely: S
Dom DiMaggio: S.1-2
Johnny Pesky: K
Ted Williams: 9.2-3
Vern Stephens: K/C

Top 4

Jerry Priddy: 9
George Kell: 7
Bud Souchock: 6

Bot 4

Walt Dropo: E5/TH
Billy Goodman: 16(1)3/GDP
Clyde Vollmer: S/G5
Buddy Rosar: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Johnny Groth: D/89XD
Hoot Evers: E6/TH1.2XH(32)
Don Kolloway: K/C
Bob Swift: W.1-2
Fred Hutchinson: 13

Bot 5

Leo Kiely: 8
Dom DiMaggio: 13
Johnny Pesky: S
Ted Williams: 9

Top 6

Johnny Lipon: 13/BG
Jerry Priddy: D7/7D
George Kell: 8
Bud Souchock: W
Johnny Groth: 4/RINT

Bot 6

Vern Stephens: 7
Walt Dropo: HR/7D
Billy Goodman: 13
Clyde Vollmer: 3/FL

Top 7

Hoot Evers: 2/FL
Don Kolloway: S6/G
Bob Swift: 543.1-2
Fred Hutchinson: 13

Bot 7

Buddy Rosar: 31
Leo Kiely: S
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: 9

Top 8

Johnny Lipon: 63
Jerry Priddy: 3
George Kell: 7

Bot 8

Ted Williams: E4
Vern Stephens: 7/7D
Walt Dropo: S7.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 7
Clyde Vollmer: W.2-3;1-2
Buddy Rosar: 7

Top 9

Bud Souchock: S7
Johnny Groth: HR/7D.1-H
Hoot Evers: S8
Don Kolloway: PO1(13)
Don Kolloway: 8
Bob Swift: S7
Hank Borowy: K

Bot 9

Charlie Maxwell: K
Dom DiMaggio: K/C
Johnny Pesky: K/C

Notes & reviews

Bud Souchock called for interference when he crashed into Billy Goodman attempting to field the ball; Goodman injured his right knee on the play and limped off the field
Billy Goodman left with an injured knee

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