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August 24, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 15 1
Red Sox 7 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 8 15 1
Red Sox 9 12 1

Vern Stephens Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .286
OBP .250 .368
At Bats 4 430
Hits 1 123
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 0 107

Russ Christopher Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 15
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Fenway Park - August 24, 1948
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Home Run
Russ Christopher
Jim Hegan
Eddie Robinson
Joe Gordon
Ken Keltner
Lou Boudreau
Dale Mitchell
Larry Doby
Bob Kennedy
Vern Stephens
Johnny Pesky

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 8 15 1 7
Boston Red Sox 9 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Earl Caldwell
Losing Pitcher Russ Christopher
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vern Stephens
Attendance 34,172
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Russ Christopher now pitching. Stephens hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gene Bearden now pitching. Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DiMaggio scores.
Bottom 9 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third.
Bottom 9 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Earl Caldwell now pitching. Gordon hits a popup towards third. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kennedy scores. Boudreau moves to second.
Top 9 Tex Hughson now pitching. Boudreau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mitchell scores. Kennedy moves to third.
Top 9 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mitchell moves to third.
Top 9 Mitchell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Mitchell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens scores. Doerr scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Klieman now pitching. Spence bunts towards the mound. Klieman fields it and throws to first for the out. Stephens moves to third. Doerr moves to second.
Bottom 8 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bob Kennedy now playing right field. Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau misplays the ball. That's an error on Boudreau.
Top 8 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hegan is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Robinson strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Keltner scores. Doby moves to second.
Top 8 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out. Keltner moves to third.
Top 8 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keltner moves to second.
Top 8 Earl Johnson now pitching. Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 7 Pesky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Wally Moses pinch hits for Joe Dobson. Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tebbetts hits a popup towards the mound. Gromek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark strikes out.
Top 7 Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Spence hits a popup in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gromek hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Doby hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Gromek covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Keltner hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mitchell scores.
Top 5 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out. Mitchell moves to third.
Top 5 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mitchell moves to second.
Top 5 Mitchell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dobson hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hegan strikes out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doby scores.
Top 4 Doby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Doby reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Spence hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Steve Gromek now pitching. Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DiMaggio scores.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby who is chasing the ball. DiMaggio reaches third base with a triple. Dobson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Dobson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stephens. Clark scores. Boudreau scores.
Top 3 Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. Mitchell scores. Clark moves to third.
Top 3 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mitchell moves to third.
Top 3 Mitchell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Paige hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Goodman reaches second base with a double. Doerr goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Spence hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paige fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive towards first. Goodman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pesky strikes out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boudreau hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.