New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
August 8, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1947 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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 6, Boston Red Sox 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 4 1 1 0
Henrich rf 5 2 2 2
Berra c 5 1 3 2
Clark lf 5 1 2 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 3 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1
Lindell cf 3 0 1 0
Rizzuto ss 4 0 1 0
Raschi p 3 1 1 0
  Page p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mele rf 4 2 1 2
Pesky ss 5 0 1 0
DiMaggio cf 2 1 2 0
Williams lf 3 1 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 2 2 4
Jones 1b 3 1 1 1
Tebbetts c 3 1 1 0
Dente 3b 3 0 1 1
Hughson p 2 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
  Gutteridge ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 1 1 1
Totals 31 9 10 9
New York 200 022 0006142
Boston 103 001 04x9100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi   5.0 5 5 5 5 3
  Page  L(8-6) 3.0 5 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
6
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hughson   4.1 9 4 4 0 4
  Dorish   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Harris  W(3-0) 3.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
6

  E–Berra 2 (8).  DP–New York 1. McQuinn-Rizzuto, Boston 2. Dente-Doerr-Jones, Pesky-Doerr-Jones.  2B–New York Stirnweiss (14); Henrich (25); Clark (1); McQuinn (18), Boston Doerr (17).  3B–Boston Dente (2).  HR–New York Henrich (14,5th inning off Hughson 0 on), Boston Mele (7,8th inning off Page 1 on); Doerr (11,3rd inning off Raschi 2 on); Jones (10,8th inning off Page 0 on).  HBP–B. Johnson (4).  Team LOB–9.  SH–DiMaggio (5); Tebbetts (5); Dente (1).  Team–7.  SB–Doerr (2).  U–Eddie Hurley, Joe Paparella, Joe Rue.  T–2:23.  A–34,711.
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