St. Louis Browns vs Boston Red Sox
May 8, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1948 at Fenway Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 9, Boston Red Sox 4

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 5 1 2 0
Stevens 1b 5 0 0 1
Priddy 2b 5 1 2 0
Platt lf 4 2 2 0
Wood rf 4 2 2 2
Zarilla cf 4 2 4 3
Pellagrini ss 4 1 1 1
Partee c 4 0 3 2
Sanford p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 4 1 0 0
Pesky 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 1 2 1
Spence 1b 4 1 3 2
Stephens ss 4 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 3 0 0 0
Mele rf 4 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
Harris p 1 0 0 1
  Galehouse p 1 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 1 0
  Hughson p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
St. Louis 132 010 2009160
Boston 110 000 020473
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W(3-1) 9.0 7 4 4 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L(1-2) 2.1 8 6 4 0 0
  Galehouse   4.2 6 3 3 2 2
  Hughson   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
7
2
2

  E–Stephens 2 (9), Mele (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Dillinger-Priddy-Stevens, Boston 2. Pesky-Doerr-Spence, Doerr-Stephens-Spence.  2B–St. Louis Partee (3), Boston Mele (4).  3B–St. Louis Platt (2); Wood (1).  HR–St. Louis Zarilla (1,7th inning off Galehouse 0 on), Boston Williams (5,8th inning off Sanford 0 on); Spence (2,8th inning off Sanford 0 on).  SH–Wood (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Zarilla (1).  CS–Zarilla (1).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Red Jones.  T–2:12.  A–11,662.
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