New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 23, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1945 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 3 0 1 0
Metheny rf 3 0 1 0
Derry cf 2 0 0 0
Keller lf 2 1 1 0
Etten 1b 2 1 1 1
Drescher c 2 0 2 1
Grimes 3b 1 0 0 0
Crosetti ss 2 0 0 0
Bonham p 1 0 0 0
Totals 18 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 3 0 1 1
Metkovich 1b 2 0 0 0
McBride cf 2 0 0 0
Johnson lf 2 0 0 0
Newsome 2b 2 0 0 0
Culberson rf 2 0 1 0
Tobin 3b 2 0 0 0
Holm c 2 1 1 0
Ferriss p 2 0 1 0
  Fox pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 1 4 1
New York 000 20260
Boston 001 00141
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W(8-11) 5.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
5.0
4
1
1
0
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ferriss  L(21-10) 5.0 6 2 2 2 0
Totals
5.0
6
2
2
2
0

  E–McBride (3).  DP–Boston 2. Lake-Newsome-Metkovich, McBride-Tobin.  2B–New York Keller (7), Boston Lake (26); Culberson (21); Holm (2).  Team LOB–3.  Team–3.  U–Red Jones, Hal Weafer, George Pipgras.  T–1:02.  A–30,010.
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