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May 3, 1949

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Bottom 13 R H E
Red Sox 14 20 2
Tigers 14 17 3
Bottom 13 R H E
Red Sox 14 20 2
Tigers 14 17 3

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .333
OBP .429 .487
At Bats 6 30
Hits 2 10
• Singles 2 7
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 2 7

Tex Hughson Season Stats

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Briggs Stadium - May 3, 1949
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Walk
Tex Hughson
Matt Batts
Billy Goodman
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams
Stan Spence
Sam Mele
Vic Wertz
George Kell
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Wertz takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 There's a wild pitch. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 13 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stephens. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 13 Berry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 13 Lake hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Hughson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Batts is called out on strikes.
Top 13 Mele hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second.
Top 13 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake misplays the ball. That's an error on Lake.
Top 13 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Trout strikes out.
Bottom 12 Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Groth 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 12 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 12 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spence moves to second.
Top 12 Pesky hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Spence takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Swift hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Wakefield takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 11 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Kell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 There's a wild pitch. Berry moves to third.
Bottom 11 Berry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Berry reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 11 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lake for the out.
Top 11 Hughson hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Mele hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Trout hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groth for the out.
Top 10 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 10 Eddie Lake now playing shortstop. Neil Berry now playing second base. Dizzy Trout now pitching. Paul Campbell now playing first base. Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Tex Hughson now pitching. Swift hits a popup towards third. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wakefield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Chuck Stobbs now pitching. Wertz hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Denny Galehouse now pitching. Pat Mullin pinch hits for Johnny Lipon. Mullin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mele who is chasing the ball. Mullin reaches third base with a triple. Outlaw scores. Evers scores. Lake goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Lake takes first base on ball four. Outlaw moves to third. Evers moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hoot Evers pinch hits for Marlin Stuart. Evers takes first base on ball four. Outlaw moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jimmy Outlaw pinch hits for Sam Vico. Outlaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Williams hits a fly ball towards left. Wakefield catches it and throws to third to double up Spence.
Top 9 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spence moves to second.
Top 9 Spence takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bob Swift now catching. McCall hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Groth strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bob Swift pinch hits for Aaron Robinson. Swift hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wakefield is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Batts hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mele hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Goodman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wertz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lipon hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Lipon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vico throws to second for one, and Lipon throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Spence scores. Williams moves to second.
Top 7 Marlin Stuart now pitching. Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Batts scores. Spence moves to third.
Top 7 Spence hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz. Spence reaches second base with a double. Batts moves to third.
Top 7 McCall bunts towards first. Vico scoops it up and throws to first, with Lake covering, for the out. Batts moves to second.
Top 7 Batts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Overmire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 6 Vico hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Stubby Overmire now pitching. Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens scores. Doerr moves to second.
Top 6 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pesky scores. Stephens moves to second.
Top 6 Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCall scores. Pesky moves to second.
Top 6 Williams is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vico fields it and throws to second for the out. McCall moves to third.
Top 6 Spence hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Batts scores. McCall moves to second.
Top 6 McCall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batts moves to second.
Top 6 Batts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wakefield 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 5 Wertz hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Batts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lipon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lake scores. Lipon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lipon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lake moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 4 Vico hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mele throws the ball in to Doerr who tags Vico trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Windy McCall now pitching. Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Marv Grissom now pitching. Stephens hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Combs moves to third. Spence moves to second.
Top 4 Spence hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Combs moves to second.
Top 4 Merl Combs pinch hits for Earl Johnson. Combs takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wakefield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores. Wertz scores.
Bottom 3 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hutchinson scores. Lipon scores. Kell moves to third. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kell takes first base on ball four. Hutchinson moves to third. Lipon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lipon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groth scores. Hutchinson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Earl Johnson now pitching. Lake hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hutchinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Vico bunts towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 3 Groth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Wakefield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores. Wertz moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens misplays the ball. That's an error on Stephens.
Top 3 Mele is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Doerr hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lipon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lake takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hutchinson hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vico hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Batts scores.
Top 2 Spence takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 The ball gets by Robinson for a passed ball. Batts moves to third.
Top 2 Kinder bunts towards first. Vico scoops it up and throws to first, with Lake covering, for the out. Batts moves to second.
Top 2 Batts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wakefield takes first base on ball four. Lipon moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lipon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lipon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Lake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Doerr hits a fly ball into left field. Wakefield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stephens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Wertz chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Lake. Lake fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Lake. Pesky goes all the way around to score. Williams moves to third.
Top 1 Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Spence hits a popup towards first. Vico settles under it and makes the catch for the out.