Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
June 17, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 2 2 1
Pesky 3b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 5 3 2 1
Spence rf 5 0 0 1
Stephens ss 5 2 2 3
Doerr 2b 3 0 1 0
Goodman 1b 4 0 1 1
Tebbetts c 4 0 1 1
Galehouse p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 10 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 0 1 0
Doby cf 3 1 1 0
  Berardino ph 1 0 0 0
  Tucker cf 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 1 2 0
Robinson 1b 5 0 0 0
Edwards rf 3 2 2 2
  Clark rf 1 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 2 3
Keltner 3b 3 1 1 1
Tipton c 4 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Gromek p 2 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph 0 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
  Klieman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Boston 330 001 1008101
Cleveland 300 300 0006103
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Galehouse   3.0 6 5 5 0 0
  Johnson  W(4-2) 6.0 4 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Black   0.2 2 3 3 4 0
  Gromek  L(1-1) 5.1 4 4 1 0 1
  Christopher   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Klieman   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
5
5
2

  E–Stephens (14), Robinson (2), Edwards (1), Keltner (5).  2B–Boston Williams (18), Cleveland Boudreau (17); Edwards (2).  HR–Boston DiMaggio (2,6th inning off Gromek 0 on); Stephens (10,2nd inning off Gromek 1 on), Cleveland Gordon (9,4th inning off Galehouse 1 on); Keltner (16,4th inning off Johnson 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Gordon (2).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:27.  A–9,825.
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