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Senators
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 23, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators, played on June 23, 1945 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roger Wolff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Wilson |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 5,582 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Jim Boyer 2B: (none) 3B: Red Jones |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Case | Left Fielder |
| George Myatt | Right Fielder |
| Fred Vaughn | Second Baseman |
| Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
| George Binks | Center Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Gil Torres | Shortstop |
| Rick Ferrell | Catcher |
| Roger Wolff | Pitcher |
| Ossie Bluege | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| Ben Steiner | Second Baseman |
| George Metkovich | First Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Lazor | Right Fielder |
| Jim Bucher | Third Baseman |
| Leon Culberson | Center Fielder |
| Fred Walters | Catcher |
| Jim Wilson | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 23, 1945
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Wilson
Case hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Wilson
Myatt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Wilson
Vaughn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Myatt moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhel vs. Wilson
Kuhel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Myatt scores. Vaughn moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Binks vs. Wilson
Binks hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Wilson
Clift hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Wolff
Lake hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steiner vs. Wolff
Steiner bunts towards the mound. Wolff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Wolff
Metkovich hits a fly ball towards right. Myatt settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Myatt. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Wolff
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lazor vs. Wolff
Lazor strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wilson
Torres hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Wilson
Ferrell strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolff vs. Wilson
Wolff hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Wolff
Bucher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Culberson vs. Wolff
There goes Bucher. The throw from Ferrell and he is out, Vaughn applying the tag. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culberson vs. Wolff
Culberson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Case. Culberson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walters vs. Wolff
Walters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Culberson scores. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Wolff
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walters moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lake vs. Wolff
Lake hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Steiner vs. Wolff
Steiner hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Wilson
Case hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Wilson
Myatt hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Wilson
Vaughn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Wolff
Metkovich hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wolff
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazor vs. Wolff
Lazor hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Wilson
Kuhel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Binks vs. Wilson
Binks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Wilson
Clift hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wilson
Torres hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrell vs. Wilson
Ferrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Wolff
Bucher hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culberson vs. Wolff
Culberson hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Wolff
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wolff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolff vs. Wilson
Wolff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Wilson
Case hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Wilson
There goes Case. The throw from Walters and he is safe. Case steals second. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Myatt vs. Wilson
Myatt hits a popup towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Case moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vaughn vs. Wilson
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wolff
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Wolff
Lake hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steiner vs. Wolff
Steiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Wolff
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wolff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Wilson
Kuhel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lazor. Kuhel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Binks vs. Wilson
Binks bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuhel moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Clift vs. Wilson
Clift hits a popup, foul, towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torres vs. Wilson
Torres hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuhel scores. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrell vs. Wilson
Ferrell hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wolff
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazor vs. Wolff
Lazor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bucher vs. Wolff
Bucher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Lazor moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Culberson vs. Wolff
Culberson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Binks. Culberson reaches second base with a double. Lazor scores. Bucher moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Walters vs. Wolff
Walters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bucher scores. Culberson scores. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Wolff
Wilson bunts towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. Walters moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lake vs. Wolff
Wolff spins and fires to second, and Walters is picked off. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Wolff
Lake takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steiner vs. Wolff
Steiner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Myatt. Steiner reaches second base with a double. Lake moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Metkovich vs. Wolff
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Layne vs. Wilson
Hillis Layne pinch hits for Roger Wolff.
Layne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Case vs. Ryba
Walt Chipple pinch runs for Hillis Layne. Mike Ryba now pitching.
Case hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Ryba
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops it up and throws to first, with Ryba covering, for the out. Chipple moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Ryba
Vaughn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhel vs. Ryba
Jose Zardon pinch runs for Fred Vaughn.
Kuhel hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Chipple scores. Zardon goes all the way around to score. Kuhel moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Binks vs. Ryba
Binks strikes out. Walters drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Binks out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Leonard
Jose Zardon now playing left field. George Case now playing right field. George Myatt now playing second base. Dutch Leonard now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazor vs. Leonard
Lazor bunts towards first. Kuhel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Leonard
There goes Lazor. The throw from Ferrell and he is out, Torres applying the tag. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Leonard
Bucher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Binks. Bucher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Culberson vs. Leonard
Culberson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Leonard
Walters hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Ryba
Clift hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Walters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Ryba
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Ryba
Ferrell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leonard vs. Ryba
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Leonard
Skeeter Newsome pinch hits for Mike Ryba.
Newsome hits a fly ball into right field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Leonard
Lake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steiner vs. Leonard
Steiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Leonard
There goes Steiner. The throw from Ferrell and he is safe. Steiner steals second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metkovich vs. Leonard
Ferrell fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ferrell. Steiner moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Metkovich vs. Leonard
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Myatt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Barrett
Frank Barrett now pitching.
Case hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Barrett
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zardon vs. Barrett
Zardon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazor vs. Leonard
Lazor hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Leonard
Bucher strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culberson vs. Leonard
Culberson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferriss vs. Leonard
Dave Ferriss pinch hits for Fred Walters.
Ferriss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Myatt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1945 -- Washington at Boston (D)
Washington AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Case G, lf-rf 5 0 2 0 Lake E, ss 4 0 1 0
Myatt G, rf-2b 4 1 0 0 Steiner B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Vaughn F, 2b 3 0 1 0 Metkovich G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Zardon J, pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Johnson B, lf 3 1 1 0
Kuhel J, 1b 4 2 3 1 Lazor J, rf 5 1 1 0
Binks G, cf 3 0 0 0 Bucher J, 3b 4 1 2 1
Clift H, 3b 4 1 1 2 Culberson L, cf 4 2 3 1
Torres G, ss 4 0 2 1 Walters F, c 4 0 2 3
Ferrell R, c 4 0 1 0 Ferriss D, ph 1 0 0 0
Wolff R, p 2 0 0 0 Wilson J, p 2 0 1 0
Layne H, ph 0 0 0 0 Ryba M, p 0 0 0 0
Chipple W, pr 0 1 0 0 Newsome S, ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard D, p 1 0 0 0 Barrett F, p 0 0 0 0
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35 6 10 4 36 5 12 5
Washington 100 201 200 -- 6
Boston 010 004 000 -- 5
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Wolff R (W) 6.0 8 5 5 5 2
Leonard D (S) 3.0 4 0 0 2 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson J* 6.0 8 5 4 2 2
Ryba M (L) 2.0 1 1 0 1 1
Barrett F 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Myatt G, Johnson B, Ferrell R
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Washington 6, Boston 12
2B -- Culberson L 2, Kuhel J, Steiner B, Bucher J
HR -- Clift H
SB -- Case G, Steiner B
CS -- Bucher J, Lazor J
SH -- Binks G, Wilson J
T -- 2:20
A -- 5582
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