Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 4, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1942 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Weatherly cf 4 1 2 1
Hockett rf 5 1 2 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 1
Heath lf 5 2 2 2
Fleming 1b 4 1 3 1
Boudreau ss 5 0 2 1
Mack 2b 5 1 1 1
Desautels c 2 0 0 0
  Denning ph,c 3 1 2 1
Milnar p 1 0 0 0
  Grimes ph 1 0 0 0
  Gromek p 1 1 1 0
  Gaffke ph 1 0 0 0
  Krakauskas p 0 0 0 0
  Mills ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 15 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 4 2 2 1
Pesky ss 3 1 1 0
Williams lf 3 3 1 2
Foxx 1b 3 1 0 0
Tabor 3b 5 1 2 2
Fox rf 4 2 2 2
Doerr 2b 3 1 3 4
Peacock c 4 0 0 0
Newsome p 4 0 0 0
  Hughson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 11 11
Cleveland 000 102 1408152
Boston 204 001 31x11113
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  L(1-1) 3.0 3 6 6 5 0
  Gromek   4.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Krakauskas   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
8
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Newsome  W(4-0) 7.2 13 8 7 3 0
  Hughson  SV(1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
3
0

  E–Boudreau 2 (3), DiMaggio (3), Tabor (9), Fox (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Mack-Boudreau, Boston 1. Pesky-Foxx.  2B–Cleveland Fleming (6); Gromek (1), Boston DiMaggio (6); Pesky (4); Fox (6); Doerr (6).  3B–Boston Williams (1); Fox (3).  HR–Cleveland Heath (4,4th inning off D. Newsome 0 on); Mack (1,6th inning off D. Newsome 0 on); Denning (1,8th inning off D. Newsome 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Pesky (6); Peacock (1).  HBP–Pesky (1).  Team–9.  SB–DiMaggio (3); Williams (1); Doerr (1).  U–Bill Grieve, Joe Rue, Harry Geisel.  T–2:24.  A–8,637.
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