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September 8, 1948

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Yankees 6 12 0
Red Sox 10 12 3
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Yankees 6 12 0
Red Sox 10 12 3

Joe DiMaggio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .298
OBP .500 .375
At Bats 4 493
Hits 2 147
• Singles 2 83
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 11
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 1 121

Earl Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 3
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Fenway Park - September 8, 1948
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Out
Earl Johnson
Birdie Tebbetts
Billy Goodman
Billy Hitchcock
Johnny Pesky
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Sam Mele
Joe DiMaggio
Hank Bauer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 12 0 7
Boston Red Sox 10 12 3 4
Winning Pitcher Earl Johnson
Losing Pitcher Joe Page
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ted Williams
Attendance 33,775
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

DiMaggio hits a line drive towards third. Pesky reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Stirnweiss hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 DiMaggio strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ralph Houk now catching. Tommy Byrne now pitching. Johnson strikes out.
Top 8 Bud Souchock pinch hits for Frank Hiller. Souchock hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Billy Johnson pinch hits for Gus Niarhos. Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sam Mele now playing right field. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hitchcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra throws the ball in to Rizzuto who tags Hitchcock trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mele scores. Tebbetts moves to third.
Bottom 7 Frank Hiller now pitching. Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. Stephens scores. Mele moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sam Mele pinch runs for Bobby Doerr. Goodman takes first base on ball four. Williams scores. Stephens moves to third. Mele moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bobby Doerr pinch hits for Wally Moses. Doerr takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Stephens moves to second.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. DiMaggio scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Pesky bunts towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to third.
Bottom 7 Joe Page now pitching. DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Earl Johnson now pitching. Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 7 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second.
Top 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stirnweiss scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third.
Top 7 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock misplays the ball. That's an error on Hitchcock.
Top 7 Charlie Keller pinch hits for Allie Reynolds. Keller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keller for the out.
Bottom 6 Dobson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Hitchcock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Niarhos hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Rizzuto hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Berra hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Moses hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Henrich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stirnweiss strikes out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 4 Pesky hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hitchcock scores.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hitchcock moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dobson bunts towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. Hitchcock moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Niarhos strikes out.
Top 4 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tebbetts strikes out.
Bottom 3 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berra strikes out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Allie Reynolds now pitching. DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Henrich hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Johnny Lindell pinch hits for Spec Shea. Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tebbetts scores.
Bottom 1 Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Tebbetts reaches third base with a triple. Moses scores. Goodman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses moves to second.
Bottom 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pesky scores.
Bottom 1 Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio scores. Pesky moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Pesky reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio moves to third.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Niarhos hits a line drive towards short. Stephens catches it and throws to second to double up Brown.
Top 1 Rizzuto bunts towards the mound. Dobson juggles the ball. That's an error on Dobson. Brown moves to second.
Top 1 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on DiMaggio. Henrich scores. Bauer goes all the way around to score. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Henrich moves to second.
Top 1 Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third.
Top 1 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.