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August 6, 1949

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Tigers 0 5 0
Red Sox 3 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 0 5 0
Red Sox 3 10 0

Johnny Groth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .333 .392
At Bats 3 251
Hits 1 71
• Singles 1 48
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 0 48

Mel Parnell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 6 1
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Fenway Park - August 6, 1949
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Out
Mel Parnell
Birdie Tebbetts
Billy Goodman
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Al Zarilla
Johnny Groth

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 0 5 0 5
Boston Red Sox 3 10 0 9
Winning Pitcher Mel Parnell
Losing Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vern Stephens
Attendance 22,826
Time of Game 1 hour 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Groth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Parnell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kolloway scoops it up and throws to first, with Newhouser covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Zarilla hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Zarilla reaches second base with a double. Doerr scores.
Bottom 8 Goodman bunts towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out. Doerr moves to second.
Bottom 8 Eddie Lake now playing second base. Doerr takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kolloway hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Eddie Lake pinch hits for Neil Berry. Lake takes first base on ball four. Newhouser moves to second.
Top 8 Newhouser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Swift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lipon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Hal Newhouser now pitching. Williams takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to third. Pesky moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pesky takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second.
Bottom 7 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Parnell hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Zarilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Doerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Doerr reaches second base with a double. Pesky scores.
Bottom 6 Stephens hits a popup towards first. Kolloway settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pesky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Pesky reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kolloway strikes out.
Top 6 Berry hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Parnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kolloway scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tebbetts for the out.
Top 5 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Swift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lipon hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zarilla hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kolloway scoops it up and throws to first, with Trucks covering, for the out.
Top 4 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first, with Parnell covering, for the out. Kell moves to second.
Top 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Stephens strikes out. There goes Pesky. The throw from Swift and Pesky is out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pesky moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kolloway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parnell fields it and throws to first for the out. Trucks moves to second.
Top 3 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Swift hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Parnell hits a popup in front of the plate. Swift settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Zarilla strikes out.
Bottom 2 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lipon hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evers strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Groth. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Groth steals second.
Top 2 Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wertz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stephens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Stephens reaches second base with a double. Williams scores.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, off Trucks's glove, towards Berry, who fields it, throws to second, with Lipon covering, for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kolloway hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.