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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 8, 1948
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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 September 8, 1948 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 8, 1948 |
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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 | September 8, 1948 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Spec Shea |
Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Dobson |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 33,775 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: Art Passarella 3B: Jim Boyer |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Snuffy Stirnweiss | Second Baseman |
Tommy Henrich | First Baseman |
Hank Bauer | Left Fielder |
Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Right Fielder |
Bobby Brown | Third Baseman |
Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
Gus Niarhos | Catcher |
Spec Shea | Pitcher |
Bucky Harris | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Johnny Pesky | Third Baseman |
Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
Vern Stephens | Shortstop |
Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Billy Goodman | First Baseman |
Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
Billy Hitchcock | Second Baseman |
Joe Dobson | Pitcher |
Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 8, 1948
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Dobson
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Dobson
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bauer vs. Dobson
Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Dobson
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on DiMaggio. Henrich scores. Bauer goes all the way around to score. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berra vs. Dobson
Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Dobson
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Dobson
Rizzuto bunts towards the mound. Dobson juggles the ball. That's an error on Dobson. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Niarhos vs. Dobson
Niarhos hits a line drive towards short. Stephens catches it and throws to second to double up Brown. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Shea
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Shea
Pesky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Pesky reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Shea
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio scores. Pesky moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stephens vs. Shea
Stephens strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moses vs. Shea
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pesky scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Shea
Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tebbetts vs. Shea
Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Tebbetts reaches third base with a triple. Moses scores. Goodman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hitchcock vs. Shea
Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tebbetts scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dobson vs. Shea
Dobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Dobson
Johnny Lindell pinch hits for Spec Shea.
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Dobson
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Dobson
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bauer vs. Dobson
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Reynolds
Allie Reynolds now pitching.
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Reynolds
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Reynolds
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Dobson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Dobson
Berra strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Dobson
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Reynolds
Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Reynolds
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Reynolds
Goodman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tebbetts vs. Reynolds
Tebbetts strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Dobson
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niarhos vs. Dobson
Niarhos strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Dobson
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Reynolds
Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dobson vs. Reynolds
Dobson bunts towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. Hitchcock moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Reynolds
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hitchcock moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pesky vs. Reynolds
Pesky hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hitchcock scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Reynolds
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Dobson
Stirnweiss strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Dobson
Henrich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Dobson
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Dobson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Reynolds
Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Reynolds
Moses hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Reynolds
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 4 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Dobson
Berra hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Dobson
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Dobson
Rizzuto hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Niarhos vs. Dobson
Niarhos hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Reynolds
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Reynolds
Hitchcock strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobson vs. Reynolds
Dobson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Dobson
Charlie Keller pinch hits for Allie Reynolds.
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keller for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Dobson
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock misplays the ball. That's an error on Hitchcock. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Dobson
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bauer vs. Dobson
Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stirnweiss scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Dobson
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Johnson
Earl Johnson now pitching.
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Page
Joe Page now pitching.
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pesky vs. Page
Pesky bunts towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Page
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. DiMaggio scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. Page
Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Page
Bobby Doerr pinch hits for Wally Moses.
Doerr takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Stephens moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodman vs. Page
Sam Mele pinch runs for Bobby Doerr.
Goodman takes first base on ball four. Williams scores. Stephens moves to third. Mele moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tebbetts vs. Hiller
Frank Hiller now pitching.
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. Stephens scores. Mele moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hitchcock vs. Hiller
Hitchcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra throws the ball in to Rizzuto who tags Hitchcock trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mele scores. Tebbetts moves to third. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Johnson
Sam Mele now playing right field.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Johnson
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Johnson
Billy Johnson pinch hits for Gus Niarhos.
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Souchock vs. Johnson
Bud Souchock pinch hits for Frank Hiller.
Souchock hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Byrne
Ralph Houk now catching. Tommy Byrne now pitching.
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Byrne
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Byrne
Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Johnson
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Johnson
Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Johnson
Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Red Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Johnson
DiMaggio hits a line drive towards third. Pesky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/8/1948 -- New York at Boston (D) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Stirnweiss S, 2b 5 2 2 0 DiMaggio D, cf 5 2 3 0 Henrich T, 1b 5 1 3 0 Pesky J, 3b 4 1 1 1 Bauer H, lf 5 1 2 2 Williams T, lf 4 1 0 2 DiMaggio J, cf 5 1 2 1 Stephens V, ss 4 1 2 0 Berra Y, rf 4 1 1 1 Moses W, rf 3 1 1 1 Brown B, 3b 3 0 1 1 Doerr B, ph 0 0 0 0 Rizzuto P, ss 3 0 0 0 Mele S, pr-rf 0 1 0 0 Niarhos G, c 3 0 0 0 Goodman B, 1b 2 1 1 1 Johnson B, ph 1 0 1 0 Tebbetts B, c 4 1 1 3 Houk R, c 0 0 0 0 Hitchcock B, 2b 4 1 3 2 Shea S, p 0 0 0 0 Dobson J, p 2 0 0 0 Lindell J, ph 1 0 0 0 Johnson E, p 1 0 0 0 Reynolds A, p 1 0 0 0 Keller C, ph 1 0 0 0 Page J, p 0 0 0 0 Hiller F, p 0 0 0 0 Souchock B, ph 1 0 0 0 Byrne T, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 6 12 5 33 10 12 10 New York 400 001 100 -- 6 Boston 500 100 40x -- 10 New York IP H R ER BB SO Shea S 1.0 6 5 5 0 1 Reynolds A 5.0 3 1 1 1 3 Page J (L) 0.1 2 4 4 2 0 Hiller F 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Byrne T 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Dobson J 6.2 10 6 4 1 3 Johnson E (W) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 E -- DiMaggio D, Dobson J, Hitchcock B DP -- New York 1, Boston 2 LOB -- New York 7, Boston 4 2B -- Pesky J, Stirnweiss S, DiMaggio D 3B -- Tebbetts B HR -- Berra Y SH -- Rizzuto P, Dobson J, Pesky J T -- 2:24 A -- 33775
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