Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 20, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1948 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 1 1 1
Pesky 3b 5 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 2 2 0
Stephens ss 4 2 2 3
Doerr 2b 4 1 2 2
Mele rf 5 0 1 1
Jones 1b 4 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 2 1
Parnell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 4 1 1 0
Lake 2b 3 1 1 0
Kell 3b 3 1 1 1
Wakefield lf 3 0 0 0
Evers cf 4 0 1 1
Mullin rf 4 0 0 0
Vico 1b 4 0 0 0
Swift c 2 0 0 0
  Outlaw ph 0 0 0 0
Newhouser p 3 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 2
Boston 000 400 1038123
Detroit 100 000 020342
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  W(3-4) 9.0 4 3 2 5 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(8-5) 8.1 12 8 7 3 5
  Benton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
3
5

  E–Pesky (8), Williams (1), Stephens (15), Evers (1), Vico (7).  DP–Boston 1. Jones.  PB–Swift (2).  2B–Boston Pesky (7); Tebbetts (10), Detroit Lake (4); Kell (10).  3B–Boston Doerr (3).  HR–Boston DiMaggio (3,7th inning off Newhouser 0 on); Stephens (11,9th inning off Newhouser 2 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Lake (5).  Team–7.  U–Eddie Rommel, Jim Boyer, Art Passarella.  T–1:44.  A–49,148.
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