Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 15, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1947 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mele rf 5 0 1 2
Pesky ss 5 0 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 2 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 4 0
Doerr 2b 3 1 1 1
Jones 1b 3 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 3 1 1 1
Dente 3b 3 1 1 1
Harris p 1 0 1 0
  Ferriss p 0 0 0 0
  Gutteridge ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Culberson ph 1 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 5 3 3 2
Henrich rf 4 1 0 0
Berra c 5 1 2 3
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 1
McQuinn 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 0
Lindell lf 3 1 0 0
Rizzuto ss 4 2 2 0
Drews p 0 0 0 0
  Page p 4 0 1 2
Totals 34 10 11 8
Boston 041 010 0006111
New York 161 020 00x10110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L(4-1) 1.2 5 6 6 2 2
  Ferriss   1.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dobson   3.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Murphy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
5
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Drews   1.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Page  W(9-6) 7.2 6 2 2 5 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
6
3

  E–Tebbetts (8).  DP–New York 3. Rizzuto-Stirnweiss-McQuinn, Rizzuto-Stirnweiss-McQuinn, Berra-Stirnweiss.  PB–Tebbetts (6).  2B–Boston Williams 2 (25), New York B. Johnson (13).  3B–New York Stirnweiss (7).  HR–New York Stirnweiss (2,3rd inning off Ferriss 0 on).  SH–Jones (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U–Charlie Berry, Hal Weafer, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:32.  A–67,803.
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