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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (back to top)
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 (back to top)
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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