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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 3, 1946 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Boo Ferriss |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fred Hutchinson |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 50,642 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Red Jones 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Pesky | Shortstop |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Tom McBride | Right Fielder |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| Boo Ferriss | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Hoot Evers | Center Fielder |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Dick Wakefield | Left Fielder |
| Roy Cullenbine | Right Fielder |
| Skeeter Webb | Second Baseman |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Pitcher |
| Steve O'Neill | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1946
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Hutchinson
Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Pesky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Pesky reaches second base with a double. Moses moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Hutchinson
Williams hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Hutchinson
York strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Hutchinson
Doerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Hutchinson
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Ferriss
Lake strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Ferriss
Kell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moses. Kell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evers vs. Ferriss
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Ferriss
Don Gutteridge now playing third base.
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Hutchinson
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Hutchinson
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferriss vs. Hutchinson
Ferriss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Ferriss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Hutchinson
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Ferriss
Wakefield hits a popup in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Ferriss
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webb vs. Ferriss
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Cullenbine for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Pesky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Hutchinson
There goes Pesky. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Pesky steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Hutchinson
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Hutchinson
York strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Hutchinson
Doerr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gutteridge vs. Hutchinson
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg juggles the ball. That's an error on Greenberg. Pesky moves to third. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McBride vs. Hutchinson
McBride hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Ferriss
Tebbetts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutchinson vs. Ferriss
Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Ferriss
Lake hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Hutchinson
Wagner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferriss vs. Hutchinson
Ferriss hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Hutchinson
Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Wagner is picked off in unknown way. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Pesky hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Ferriss
Kell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evers vs. Ferriss
Evers 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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Ferriss
Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hutchinson
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Hutchinson
York takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Hutchinson
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gutteridge vs. Hutchinson
Gutteridge hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Gutteridge reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. York moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McBride vs. Hutchinson
McBride strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wagner vs. Hutchinson
Wagner hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Ferriss
Wakefield hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Ferriss
Cullenbine hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Ferriss
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferriss vs. Hutchinson
Ferriss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Hutchinson
Moses hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Pesky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Hutchinson
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Ferriss
Dom DiMaggio now playing center field. Wally Moses now playing right field.
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutchinson vs. Ferriss
Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Ferriss
Lake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferriss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Hutchinson
York hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Hutchinson
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Hutchinson
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Ferriss
Kell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Ferriss
Evers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Evers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenberg vs. Ferriss
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pesky. Evers moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wakefield vs. Ferriss
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cullenbine vs. Ferriss
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evers scores. Wakefield moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Ferriss
Doc Cramer pinch hits for Skeeter Webb.
Cramer takes first base on ball four. Wakefield moves to third. Cullenbine moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mullin vs. Ferriss
Pat Mullin pinch hits for Birdie Tebbetts.
Mullin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Mullin reaches second base with a double. Wakefield scores. Cullenbine scores. Cramer moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hutchinson vs. Ferriss
Hutchinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lake vs. Ferriss
Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Hutchinson
Jimmy Bloodworth now playing second base. Paul Richards now catching.
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. Hutchinson
Wagner bunts towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ferriss vs. Hutchinson
Ferriss strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moses vs. Hutchinson
Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Moses reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pesky vs. Hutchinson
Pesky hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Ferriss
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Ferriss
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferriss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Ferriss
Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hutchinson
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Hutchinson
York strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Hutchinson
Doerr strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Ferriss
Wakefield hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Ferriss
Cullenbine hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Ferriss
Bloodworth hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1946 -- Boston at Detroit (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Moses W, cf-rf 5 1 3 1 Lake E, ss 4 0 0 0
Pesky J, ss 5 1 3 0 Kell G, 3b 4 0 2 0
Williams T, lf 4 2 1 3 Evers H, cf 4 1 1 0
York R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Greenberg H, 1b 4 0 1 0
Doerr B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Wakefield D, lf 4 1 0 0
Higgins M, 3b 1 0 0 0 Cullenbine R, rf 4 1 2 1
Gutteridge D, 3b 3 0 1 1 Webb S, 2b 2 0 0 0
McBride T, rf 3 0 0 0 Cramer D, ph 0 0 0 0
DiMaggio D, cf 1 1 1 0 Bloodworth J, 2b 1 0 0 0
Wagner H, c 2 0 0 0 Tebbetts B, c 2 0 0 0
Ferriss D, p 4 0 1 0 Mullin P, ph 1 0 1 2
Richards P, c 0 0 0 0
Hutchinson F, p 2 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 10 5 32 3 8 3
Boston 300 010 010 -- 5
Detroit 000 000 300 -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Ferriss D (W) 9.0 8 3 3 2 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson F (L) 9.0 10 5 5 4 6
E -- Greenberg H, Pesky J
DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Boston 9, Detroit 4
2B -- Pesky J, Kell G, Ferriss D, Gutteridge D, Evers H, Mullin P, DiMaggio D, Moses W
HR -- Williams T
SB -- Pesky J
SH -- Wagner H
T -- 1:58
A -- 50642
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