Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
June 1, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1944 at League Park IV. 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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Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Metkovich 1b 4 2 1 3
Bucher 3b 4 1 0 0
Fox rf 3 1 1 0
Doerr 2b 3 0 1 1
McBride lf 4 1 1 2
Partee c 4 0 0 0
Culberson cf 3 0 0 0
Newsome ss 2 1 1 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Hausmann p 1 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 1 0 1 0
  Lake pr 0 1 0 0
  Hughson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 6 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 4 1 2 0
Rocco 1b 4 1 1 1
Cullenbine rf 2 2 0 0
Seerey lf 2 1 1 0
  Heath lf 2 0 0 0
Hockett cf 4 1 1 1
Rosar c 4 0 1 3
  O'Dea ph 1 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Peters 2b 3 0 0 1
Kleine p 0 0 0 0
  Poat p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Boston 400 000 003–762
Cleveland 000 330 000–670
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   4.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Hausmann  W(2-1) 4.0 1 2 2 5 1
  Hughson  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
9
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kleine   0.0 0 3 3 4 0
  Poat  L(2-3) 9.0 6 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
7
7
7
2
  E–Bucher (2), Doerr (6).  DP–Boston 1. Newsome-Doerr-Metkovich, Cleveland 1. Rocco-Boudreau-Rocco.  2B–Boston Fox (7), Cleveland Boudreau 2 (8); Rocco (5).  HR–Boston Metkovich (4,9th inning off Poat 2 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Poat (1).  Team–10.  SB–McBride (2); Culberson (3).  U–George Pipgras, Ernie Stewart, Bill McGowan.  T–2:15.  A–3,000.
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