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Scores
Standings
DET
@BOS		3
2		 
(13)
SLB
@NYY		4
2
CLE
@PHA		4
2
CLE
@PHA		0
2
CHW
@WSH		3
4		 
(10)
CHW
@WSH		1
2		 
(10)
NYG
@CHC		0
1		 
(10)
PHI
@CIN		6
0
PHI
@CIN		3
5
BSN
@STL		2
5
Thursday, July 20, 1916,
, Fenway Park
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 0:00
Tigers
3
45-42
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Red Sox
2
48-36
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Harry Coveleski (13-7)
L: Babe Ruth (14-6)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11 12  13    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  0   1    3 11  2
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  2  0   0  0  0   0    2 12  4

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Ossie Vitt 3B 5 1 1 0 1 0 .227 .580 2 3
Donie Bush SS 2 1 0 0 2 0 .206 .573 9 3 2·SH
George Burns 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .310 .763 16 2 SH
Ty Cobb CF 6 1 3 2 0 0 .355 .917 4 0
Bobby Veach LF 4 0 3 0 2 0 .286 .762 0 1
Harry Heilmann RF 5 0 1 0 1 2 .273 .729 2 1
Ralph Young 2B 6 0 1 1 0 0 .247 .641 2 6 SB
Red McKee C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .286 1 3
   Marty Kavanagh PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .145 .432
   Del Baker C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .171 .455 2 0
Harry Coveleski P 5 0 0 0 0 2 .254 .602 1 8
Team Totals 44 3 11 3 6 7 .250 .590 39 27
SH: D Bush 2 (10); G Burns (11).
TB: B Veach 3; T Cobb 3; G Burns 2; R Young; H Heilmann; O Vitt.
RBI: T Cobb 2 (8); R Young (7).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
DP: 4. G Burns-D Bush-G Burns; O Vitt; H Coveleski-R McKee-O Vitt-R McKee-R Young; O Vitt-R Young-G Burns.
E: O Vitt (13); G Burns (11).
Baserunning
SB: R Young (12, -1st base off  POCS).

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Harry Hooper RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 .264 .682 2 1 2B,SH
Jack Barry 2B 3 0 2 1 1 0 .211 .525 3 2 SB,HBP,SH
Duffy Lewis LF 6 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .662 8 1
Del Gainer 1B 5 0 3 0 0 0 .286 .695 7 1 SH
Tillie Walker CF 5 0 2 0 1 0 .251 .656 4 0
Larry Gardner 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 .674 2 3 SH
Everett Scott SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 .230 .571 2 1
   Mike McNally PR-SS 2 1 0 0 0 0 .172 .410 1 2
Sam Agnew C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .565 5 4
   Hal Janvrin PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .238 .586
   Pinch Thomas C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .773 4 0
Rube Foster P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .162 .367 0 3
   Dick Hoblitzell PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .715 SH
   Babe Ruth P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .797 1 1
Team Totals 42 2 12 2 2 2 .286 .643 39 19
2B: H Hooper (10).
SH: H Hooper (1); L Gardner (11); J Barry (14); D Hoblitzell (11); D Gainer (4).
HBP: J Barry (12).
TB: D Gainer 3; H Hooper 2; E Scott 2; T Walker 2; J Barry 2; L Gardner; H Janvrin.
RBI: J Barry (13); H Hooper (13).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. D Lewis-P Thomas-L Gardner.
E: B Ruth (2); T Walker (6); S Agnew (5); D Lewis (6).
Baserunning
SB: J Barry (6, -1st base off  POCS).

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Harry Coveleski, W (13-7) 13 12 2 2 2 2 0 2.00 50 75
Team Totals 13 12 2 2 2 2 0 1.38 50 75

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Rube Foster 8 6 2 1 4 3 0 3.58 27 63
Babe Ruth, L (14-6) 5 5 1 1 2 4 0 2.11 23
Team Totals 13 11 3 2 6 7 0 1.38 50 63
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: H Coveleski (6).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - Brick Owens, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: (null).
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Boston Red Sox
1 Ossie Vitt 3B 1 Harry Hooper RF
2 Donie Bush SS 2 Jack Barry 2B
3 George Burns 1B 3 Duffy Lewis LF
4 Ty Cobb CF 4 Del Gainer 1B
5 Bobby Veach LF 5 Tillie Walker CF
6 Harry Heilmann RF 6 Larry Gardner 3B
7 Ralph Young 2B 7 Everett Scott SS
8 Red McKee C 8 Sam Agnew C
9 Harry Coveleski P 9 Rube Foster P

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