Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1948 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 5, Boston Red Sox 14

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 2 3
Kozar 2b 4 0 1 1
Coan lf 5 0 1 0
Vernon 1b 5 1 1 0
Stewart rf 4 0 1 0
Gillenwater cf 3 1 2 0
Sullivan ss 4 1 2 0
Early c 1 1 0 1
  Evans c 2 0 0 0
Wynn p 3 1 1 0
  Candini p 0 0 0 0
  Welteroth p 0 0 0 0
  Meeks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 6 2 2 1
Pesky 3b 3 1 2 2
  Hitchcock 3b 3 2 2 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 2
Stephens ss 5 2 3 2
Moses rf 5 2 1 1
Doerr 2b 3 2 2 1
Jones 1b 3 0 2 1
Tebbetts c 5 1 3 3
Kramer p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 4 1 1 1
Totals 41 14 19 14
Washington 040 100 0005111
Boston 001 504 31x14191
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(3-3) 5.2 10 8 8 5 1
  Candini   1.1 7 5 5 4 0
  Welteroth   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
19
14
14
9
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kramer   3.1 9 5 5 1 3
  Johnson  W(2-0) 5.2 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Coan (4), Kramer (1).  2B–Boston Moses (2); Tebbetts (2).  3B–Washington Yost (3), Boston Pesky (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–12.  CS–Coan (1).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Red Jones, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:31.  A–33,042.
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