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Tigers 4 @ Red Sox 5
Fenway Park
June 6, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 6, 1948 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 6, 1948 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 5 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Earl Johnson  
Losing Pitcher—Al Benton  
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Game Winning RBI—Vern Stephens 

Game Info

DateJune 6, 1948 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherVirgil Trucks  
Home Starting PitcherMickey Harris  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 25 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: Joe Paparella
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Neil Berry  Shortstop 
Eddie Mayo  Second Baseman 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  Left Fielder 
Hoot Evers  Center Fielder 
Pat Mullin  Right Fielder 
Sam Vico  First Baseman 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
Virgil Trucks  Pitcher 
Steve O'Neill  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dom DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Johnny Pesky  Third Baseman 
Ted Williams  Left Fielder 
Stan Spence  Right Fielder 
Vern Stephens  Shortstop 
Bobby Doerr  Second Baseman 
Billy Goodman  First Baseman 
Matt Batts  Catcher 
Mickey Harris  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Fenway Park
June 6, 1948

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         Game of 6/6/1948, game 1 -- Detroit at Boston (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Berry N, ss           5  2  3  1   DiMaggio D, cf        3  1  0  0   
Mayo E, 2b            4  0  1  0   Pesky J, 3b           4  0  0  0   
Kell G, 3b            4  0  3  1   Williams T, lf        3  2  1  0   
Wertz V, lf           4  0  1  1   Spence S, rf          4  1  1  2   
Evers H, cf           5  0  1  0   Mele S, ph            1  0  0  0   
Mullin P, rf          4  0  1  0   Stephens V, ss        5  1  2  3   
Vico S, 1b            4  0  0  0   Doerr B, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Swift B, c            2  1  1  0   Goodman B, 1b         4  0  2  0   
Trucks V, p           4  1  1  0   Batts M, c            4  0  2  0   
Benton A, p           0  0  0  0   Harris M, p           2  0  1  0   
Pierce B, p           0  0  0  0   Moses W, ph           1  0  0  0   
White H, p            0  0  0  0   Johnson E, p          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4 12  3                        35  5 10  5

Detroit          003 000 100 --  4
Boston           000 002 021 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trucks V              7.2  9  4  4  3  4
Benton A (L)*         0.1  0  1  1  2  0
Pierce B+             0.0  0  0  0  1  0
White H               0.1  1  0  0  0  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Harris M              7.0  9  4  2  3  4
Johnson E (W)         2.0  3  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Harris M, Pesky J
DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Detroit 10, Boston 11
2B -- Evers H, Doerr B, Williams T, Berry N, Wertz V, Kell G
HR -- Spence S, Stephens V
SB -- Berry N
SH -- Mayo E
WP -- Pierce B
T -- 2:25
A -- 0

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