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July 31, 1948

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Bottom 11 R H E
Red Sox 9 14 0
Indians 9 12 0
Bottom 11 R H E
Red Sox 9 14 0
Indians 10 13 0

Joe Gordon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .264
OBP .200 .354
At Bats 5 322
Hits 1 85
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 1 79

Mel Parnell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - July 31, 1948
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Single
Mel Parnell
Birdie Tebbetts
Billy Goodman
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Stan Spence
Joe Gordon
Ken Keltner
Joe Tipton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 9 14 0 13
Cleveland Indians 10 13 0 8
Winning Pitcher Steve Gromek
Losing Pitcher Mel Parnell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Gordon
Attendance 26,165
Time of Game 3 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tipton scores. Keltner moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Keltner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Gromek bunts towards the mound. Parnell fields it and throws to first for the out. Tipton moves to second.
Bottom 11 Tipton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Parnell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second.
Top 11 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Spence hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Tucker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out.
Bottom 10 Boudreau hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Joe Tipton now catching. Steve Gromek now pitching. Thurman Tucker now playing center field. Hank Edwards now playing right field. Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 9 Keltner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Bob Lemon pinch runs for Allie Clark. Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Peck scores. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tucker scores. Peck moves to third.
Bottom 9 Johnny Berardino pinch hits for Larry Doby. Mel Parnell now pitching. Berardino hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hal Peck pinch hits for Russ Christopher. Peck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Thurman Tucker pinch hits for Jim Hegan. Tucker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spence. Tucker reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Pesky hits a fly ball towards right. Clark catches it and throws to Gordon, who relays to Boudreau, who tags DiMaggio for the double play.
Top 9 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores. Caldwell moves to second.
Top 9 Caldwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to third.
Top 9 Tebbetts strikes out.
Top 9 Goodman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keltner moves to second.
Bottom 8 Earl Caldwell now pitching. Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mitchell scores.
Bottom 8 Mitchell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Mitchell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Clark hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spence hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stephens hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Russ Christopher now pitching. Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 8 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Klieman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hegan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Robinson bunts in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to second.
Bottom 7 Earl Johnson now pitching. Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wally Moses pinch hits for Joe Dobson. Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tebbetts is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klieman fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Doerr moves to third. Spence moves to second.
Top 7 Spence takes first base on ball four. Williams scores. Stephens moves to third. Doerr moves to second.
Top 7 Doerr is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Stephens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Stephens reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third.
Top 7 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Keltner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Mitchell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 6 Doby strikes out.
Top 6 Ed Klieman now pitching. Pesky hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Spence scores. Tebbetts scores. Dobson moves to third.
Top 6 Dobson is hit by the pitch. Doerr scores. Spence moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 6 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four. Doerr moves to third. Spence moves to second.
Top 6 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spence hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doerr moves to second.
Top 6 Doerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Feller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hegan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson strikes out.
Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boudreau hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. Goodman moves to second.
Top 4 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Spence hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Doby. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Doerr applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.
Bottom 2 Feller strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson 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 2 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Feller spins and fires to second, with Boudreau covering, and Tebbetts is picked off.
Top 2 Dobson bunts towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mitchell scores.
Bottom 1 Keltner hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Mitchell. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Mitchell steals second.
Bottom 1 Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out. Doby scores.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doby moves to third.
Bottom 1 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Goodman is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Spence takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Doerr hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon catches it. Stephens is attempting to advance to second base. Here's the throw, and he's out. Double play.
Top 1 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Pesky moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Pesky moves to second.
Top 1 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third.
Top 1 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.