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Red Sox
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 18, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 18, 1945 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Randy Heflin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Eddie Lopat |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 4,059 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Pipgras 1B: Hal Weafer 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Grieve |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| Ty LaForest | Third Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Tom McBride | Center Fielder |
| Skeeter Newsome | Second Baseman |
| George Metkovich | First Baseman |
| Billy Holm | Catcher |
| Randy Heflin | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Guy Curtright | Right Fielder |
| Kerby Farrell | First Baseman |
| Roy Schalk | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Dickshot | Left Fielder |
| Tony Cuccinello | Third Baseman |
| Oris Hockett | Center Fielder |
| Cass Michaels | Shortstop |
| Mike Tresh | Catcher |
| Eddie Lopat | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 18, 1945
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Lopat
Lake hits a line drive into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaForest vs. Lopat
LaForest hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Lopat
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtright vs. Heflin
Curtright strikes out. Holm drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Curtright out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Heflin
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Heflin
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lopat
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Lopat
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Lopat
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Heflin
Dickshot hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Holm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Heflin
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hockett vs. Heflin
Hockett hits a fly ball, foul, for a double play. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Lopat
Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Curtright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Lopat
Holm hits a line drive into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heflin vs. Lopat
Heflin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Heflin
Michaels strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Heflin
Tresh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopat vs. Heflin
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newsome misplays the ball. That's an error on Newsome. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Curtright vs. Heflin
Jackie Tobin now playing second base.
Curtright hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaForest fields it and throws to second for the out. Tresh moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Farrell vs. Heflin
Farrell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tresh scores. Curtright moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schalk vs. Heflin
Schalk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride. Schalk reaches second base with a double. Curtright scores. Farrell moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickshot vs. Heflin
Dickshot takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cuccinello vs. Heflin
Cuccinello hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Lopat
Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaForest vs. Lopat
LaForest hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Lopat
Fox strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Lopat
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. LaForest moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McBride vs. Lopat
McBride hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. LaForest scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tobin vs. Lopat
Tobin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Heflin
Hockett hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Heflin
Michaels hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tobin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Heflin
Tresh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopat vs. Heflin
Lopat hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride. Lopat reaches second base with a double. Tresh goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Curtright vs. Heflin
Curtright hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tobin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Lopat
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Lopat
Holm strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heflin vs. Lopat
Heflin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Heflin
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tobin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Heflin
Schalk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickshot vs. Heflin
Dickshot hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schalk moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cuccinello vs. Heflin
Cuccinello takes first base on ball four. Schalk moves to third. Dickshot moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hockett vs. Heflin
Hockett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schalk scores. Dickshot moves to third. Cuccinello moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Michaels vs. Heflin
Michaels hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickshot scores. Cuccinello moves to third. Hockett moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tresh vs. Heflin
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake throws to second for one, and Tobin throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Cuccinello scores. Hockett scores. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopat vs. Heflin
Lopat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McBride throws the ball in to Lake who tags Lopat trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Tresh scores. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Lopat
Lake hits a popup in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaForest vs. Lopat
LaForest hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Lopat
Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtright vs. Hausmann
Clem Hausmann now pitching.
Curtright strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Hausmann
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hausmann fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Hausmann
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lopat
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Lopat
McBride hits a fly ball into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tobin vs. Lopat
Tobin hits a popup towards short. Michaels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Lopat
The ball gets by Tresh for a passed ball. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metkovich vs. Lopat
Metkovich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Hausmann
Dickshot takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuccinello vs. Hausmann
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickshot moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hockett vs. Hausmann
Hockett takes first base on ball four. Dickshot moves to third. Cuccinello moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Michaels vs. Hausmann
Michaels hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride who is chasing the ball. Michaels reaches third base with a triple. Dickshot scores. Cuccinello scores. Hockett goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tresh vs. Hausmann
Tresh hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride. Tresh reaches second base with a double. Michaels scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopat vs. Hausmann
Lopat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tresh scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Curtright vs. Hausmann
Curtright takes first base on ball four. Lopat moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Farrell vs. Hausmann
Farrell hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schalk vs. Hausmann
Schalk hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickshot vs. Hausmann
Dickshot hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride who is chasing the ball. Dickshot reaches third base with a triple. Lopat scores. Curtright goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baker vs. Hausmann
Floyd Baker pinch hits for Tony Cuccinello.
Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickshot scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hockett vs. Hausmann
Hockett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tobin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Lopat
Bill Mueller now playing center field. Floyd Baker now playing third base. Vince Castino now catching.
Holm hits a popup towards first. Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Lopat
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Lopat
Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Hausmann
Johnny Lazor now playing left field.
Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Hausmann
Castino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Hausmann
Lopat hits a fly ball into left field. Lazor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaForest vs. Lopat
LaForest hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Lopat
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - White Sox, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazor vs. Lopat
Lazor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1945 -- Boston at Chicago (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Lake E, ss 4 0 0 0 Curtright G, rf 4 2 0 0
LaForest T, 3b 4 1 1 0 Farrell K, 1b 5 0 1 1
Fox P, rf 4 0 0 0 Schalk R, 2b 5 1 2 1
Johnson B, lf 3 0 3 0 Dickshot J, lf 3 3 2 2
Lazor J, lf 1 0 0 0 Cuccinello T, 3b 3 2 2 0
McBride T, cf 3 0 1 1 Baker F, ph-3b 1 0 1 1
Newsome S, 2b 1 0 0 0 Hockett O, cf 4 2 1 1
Tobin J, 2b 2 0 0 0 Mueller B, cf 0 0 0 0
Metkovich G, 1b 3 0 0 0 Michaels C, ss 5 1 2 4
Holm B, c 3 0 0 0 Tresh M, c 3 4 2 2
Heflin R, p 2 0 0 0 Castino V, c 1 0 0 0
Hausmann C, p 1 0 1 0 Lopat E, p 5 1 3 3
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31 1 6 1 39 16 16 15
Boston 000 100 000 -- 1
Chicago 002 150 80x -- 16
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Heflin R (L) 5.0 10 8 6 3 2
Hausmann C 3.0 6 8 8 3 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat E (W) 9.0 6 1 1 0 5
E -- Newsome S, Tobin J
DP -- Boston 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- Boston 3, Chicago 5
2B -- Schalk R, Lopat E, Tresh M
3B -- Michaels C, Dickshot J
PB -- Tresh M
T -- 1:48
A -- 4059
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