New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 2, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1948 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 1, Boston Red Sox 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Henrich rf 2 0 0 0
  Lindell rf 2 0 0 0
Keller lf 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 0
Berra c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 2 0
McQuinn 1b 3 0 1 1
Stirnweiss 2b 4 0 2 0
Drews p 2 0 0 0
  Souchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Page p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 1 0 0
Pesky 3b 4 2 1 1
Williams lf 5 1 2 5
Stephens ss 5 1 2 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 1 0
Jones 1b 5 0 2 0
Mele rf 4 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 1 1 0
Dobson p 2 1 2 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
New York 000 100 000171
Boston 210 000 04x7120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Drews  L(1-1) 6.0 8 3 3 3 4
  Page   2.0 4 4 4 2 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W(1-2) 9.0 7 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
3

  E–Johnson (4).  DP–New York 1. Stirnweiss-Brown-McQuinn.  2B–New York McQuinn (2), Boston Doerr (3).  3B–New York Berra (1), Boston Williams (1).  HR–Boston Williams (4,8th inning off Page 2 on); Stephens (2,8th inning off Page 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Dobson (2).  Team–11.  U–Eddie Hurley, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry.  T–2:17.  A–34,095.
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