Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
May 31, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1948 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 1 2
Kozar 2b 5 0 1 0
Coan lf 5 0 0 0
Stewart rf 3 0 1 0
  Meeks ss 1 0 0 0
  Christman ph 1 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 1 0
Wooten cf 3 2 2 0
Early c 2 1 1 0
  Evans c 1 0 0 0
Sullivan ss 2 0 0 0
  Wynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrick p 1 0 0 0
Pieretti p 1 0 0 1
  Thompson p 1 0 1 0
  McBride rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 5 2 4 2
Henrich rf 3 1 1 0
Keller lf 4 0 2 1
DiMaggio cf 4 1 2 1
Berra c 3 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 3 1 0 0
Rizzuto ss 3 0 0 0
Embree p 2 0 0 0
  Page p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Washington 010 002 010–491
New York 320 000 00x–592
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pieretti  L(0-2) 2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Thompson   3.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Ferrick   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Embree  W(3-1) 5.2 8 3 3 2 5
  Page  SV(6) 3.1 1 1 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
10
  E–Ferrick (1), Johnson (8), Rizzuto (1).  2B–Washington Yost (9); Wooten (1); McBride (4), New York Henrich (7).  3B–New York DiMaggio (5).  HR–New York Brown (2,2nd inning off Pieretti 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Berra (1); Rizzuto (3).  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Red Jones, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:11.  A–62,626.
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