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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1951-08-29 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 8050 · 2:36

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 7–5. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 3rd. Ray Scarborough earned the win and Ellis Kinder picked up the save. Ted Williams went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	14
DET	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	14

W: Ray Scarborough L: Bob Cain SV: Ellis Kinder

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	4	4	4	0	1	0
Ted Williams	3	2	2	3	2	1
Bobby Doerr	4	0	2	2	0	1
Billy Goodman	5	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	3	0	1	0	0	2
Fred Hatfield	5	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Rosar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Scarborough	4	1	1	0	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	2	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Dropo	1	0	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Lipon	5	1	2	0	0	0
Dick Kryhoski	5	1	1	1	0	0
Hoot Evers	5	1	3	1	0	1
Vic Wertz	5	0	1	1	0	0
George Kell	4	2	2	0	1	0
Johnny Groth	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jerry Priddy	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Swift	2	0	0	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	3	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank House	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Cain	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Scarborough	8.2	14	2	1
Ellis Kinder	0.1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	6.1	11	2	6
Bob Cain	2.0	1	1	0
Fred Hutchinson	0.2	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S7
Johnny Pesky: W.1-2
Ted Williams: K+CS3(25)/DP.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S7.2-H
Billy Goodman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Johnny Lipon: T8
Dick Kryhoski: S9.3-H
Hoot Evers: 4/P
Vic Wertz: D9.1-H
George Kell: 53
Johnny Groth: 7

Top 2

Charlie Maxwell: K/C
Fred Hatfield: 8
Buddy Rosar: 9

Bot 2

Jerry Priddy: 43
Bob Swift: 13
Virgil Trucks: 53

Top 3

Ray Scarborough: D8
Dom DiMaggio: 2/FL
Johnny Pesky: S4.2-3(E4)
Ted Williams: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Bobby Doerr: 7
Billy Goodman: S8
Charlie Maxwell: K

Bot 3

Johnny Lipon: 43
Dick Kryhoski: 9/L
Hoot Evers: HR/7
Vic Wertz: 6/P

Top 4

Fred Hatfield: 31
Buddy Rosar: K
Ray Scarborough: 8

Bot 4

George Kell: 7/L7DW
Johnny Groth: 53
Jerry Priddy: 43

Top 5

Dom DiMaggio: 9
Johnny Pesky: D9
Ted Williams: W
Bobby Doerr: K/C
Billy Goodman: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Bob Swift: 2/FL
Virgil Trucks: S7
Johnny Lipon: S6.1-2
Dick Kryhoski: 7/L
Hoot Evers: K

Top 6

Charlie Maxwell: D7
Fred Hatfield: K
Buddy Rosar: 7
Ray Scarborough: 63

Bot 6

Vic Wertz: 6/P
George Kell: W
Johnny Groth: S8.1-2
Jerry Priddy: S7.2-H;1-2
Charlie Keller: 7/L
Virgil Trucks: 43

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Johnny Pesky: S6
Ted Williams: S9.1-2
Bobby Doerr: D8.2-H;1-3
Billy Goodman: FC4.3XH(42);2-3;B-1
Clyde Vollmer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Johnny Lipon: 8/L
Dick Kryhoski: 3/G
Hoot Evers: S7
Vic Wertz: 4/P

Top 8

Fred Hatfield: 4/L
Buddy Rosar: 63
Ray Scarborough: 63

Bot 8

George Kell: T8
Johnny Groth: S8.3-H
Jerry Priddy: 4(1)3/GDP
Frank House: W
Bob Cain: S8.1-2
Johnny Lipon: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: S6
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Walt Dropo: S7.2-H;1-2
Billy Goodman: 9
Clyde Vollmer: S7.2-H;1-2
Fred Hatfield: WP.2-3;1-2
Fred Hatfield: 31

Bot 9

Dick Kryhoski: 31
Hoot Evers: S3
Vic Wertz: 6/P
George Kell: D9.1-3
Johnny Groth: 43

Notes & reviews

DIFF: clearly scoring changes after game, making E4, S4 + E4. This creates an ER discrepancy for Trucks
Johnny Pesky fell away from inside pitch which hit his bat for fluke single

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