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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 26, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on May 26, 1946 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 26, 1946 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 26, 1946 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Bevens |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tex Hughson |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 1 hour 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: (none) 3B: Charlie Berry |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Snuffy Stirnweiss | Third Baseman |
Johnny Lindell | Right Fielder |
Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Nick Etten | First Baseman |
Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
Bill Dickey | Catcher |
Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
Bill Bevens | Pitcher |
Bill Dickey | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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George Metkovich | Right Fielder |
Johnny Pesky | Shortstop |
Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
Rudy York | First Baseman |
Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Rip Russell | Third Baseman |
Hal Wagner | Catcher |
Tex Hughson | Pitcher |
Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 26, 1946
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Hughson
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Hughson
Lindell hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Hughson
Keller hits a popup towards third. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metkovich for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Bevens
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bevens
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Hughson
DiMaggio hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Hughson
Etten takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Hughson
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Hughson
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzuto vs. Hughson
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Bevens
Doerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Bevens
York takes first base on ball four. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Bevens
DiMaggio bunts towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. Doerr moves to third. York moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Russell vs. Bevens
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wagner vs. Bevens
Wagner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hughson vs. Bevens
Hughson strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevens vs. Hughson
Bevens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Hughson
Stirnweiss strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Hughson
Lindell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Bevens
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bevens
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Hughson
Keller hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Hughson
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Hughson
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards first. York juggles the ball. That's an error on York. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Hughson
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Bevens
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Bevens
York hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Bevens
DiMaggio strikes out. Dickey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws DiMaggio out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Hughson
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Hughson
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Russell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevens vs. Hughson
Bevens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Bevens
Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Bevens
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughson vs. Bevens
Hughson bunts towards the mound. Bevens fields it and throws to first for the out. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pesky vs. Bevens
Pesky hits a popup towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Hughson
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Hughson
Lindell strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Hughson
Keller hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bevens
Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Bevens
Doerr bunts towards first. Etten scoops it up and throws to first, with Gordon covering, for the out. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Bevens
York strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Bevens
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Russell vs. Bevens
Russell hits a popup in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Hughson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Hughson
Etten strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Hughson
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Bevens
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughson vs. Bevens
Hughson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hughson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pesky vs. Bevens
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon misplays the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Hughson moves to third. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Bevens
Williams takes first base on ball four. Hughson scores. Metkovich moves to third. Pesky moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Doerr vs. Bevens
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Hughson
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Hughson
Bud Souchock pinch runs for Bill Dickey.
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Hughson
Billy Johnson pinch hits for Bill Bevens.
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stirnweiss vs. Hughson
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Gettel
Bill Drescher now catching. Al Gettel now pitching.
York hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Gettel
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Gettel
Russell strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Hughson
Lindell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Hughson
Keller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Keller reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DiMaggio vs. Hughson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Russell fields it and throws to home to get Keller. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Hughson
Etten takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Hughson
Gordon strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/26/1946, game 1 -- New York at Boston (D) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Stirnweiss S, 3b 4 0 0 0 Metkovich G, rf 3 0 1 0 Lindell J, rf 4 0 0 0 Pesky J, ss 4 0 0 0 Keller C, lf 4 0 1 0 Williams T, lf 3 0 1 1 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0 Doerr B, 2b 3 0 1 0 Etten N, 1b 2 0 0 0 York R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Gordon J, 2b 4 0 0 0 DiMaggio D, cf 3 0 1 0 Dickey B, c 3 0 2 0 Russell R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Souchock B, pr 0 0 0 0 Wagner H, c 2 0 0 0 Drescher B, c 0 0 0 0 Hughson T, p 2 1 1 0 Rizzuto P, ss 3 0 0 0 Bevens B, p 2 0 0 0 Johnson B, ph 1 0 0 0 Gettel A, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 0 3 0 27 1 6 1 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Boston 000 000 10x -- 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Bevens B (L) 7.0 6 1 0 4 3 Gettel A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Hughson T (W) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7 E -- York R, Gordon J DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 6, Boston 9 3B -- Keller C SH -- DiMaggio D, Hughson T, Doerr B T -- 1:46 A -- 0
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