Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 9, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1948 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 0 2 1
Pesky 3b 5 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Spence rf 5 2 2 1
Stephens ss 4 1 4 3
Doerr 2b 5 0 2 1
Goodman 1b 5 1 3 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
  Mele pr 0 1 0 0
  Batts c 1 0 0 0
Kinder p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 1 1 1
  Dobson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 4 1 4 2
McCosky lf 5 0 0 0
Coleman R. cf 5 1 2 0
Fain 1b 3 2 2 1
Majeski 3b 4 1 2 1
Valo rf 3 2 0 0
Rosar c 4 1 0 2
Suder 2b 4 0 1 0
Coleman J. p 2 0 0 0
  Franks ph 0 0 0 1
  DeMars pr 0 0 0 0
  Savage p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Scheib ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 8 12 8
Boston 301 000 030–7150
Philadelphia 000 006 002–8120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kinder   5.2 6 6 6 5 3
  Johnson   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Dobson  L(10-6) 1.2 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
12
8
8
7
4
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   6.0 11 4 4 1 2
  Savage   2.0 4 3 3 3 1
  Harris  W(4-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
4
3
  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Doerr-Goodman, Philadelphia 1. J. Coleman-Joost-Fain.  2B–Boston Spence (7); Stephens (6), Philadelphia R. Coleman (4); Fain (14); Majeski 2 (15); Scheib (4).  3B–Boston Spence (1).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Majeski (1).  HBP–Suder (1).  Team–11.  U–Eddie Rommel, Jim Boyer, Art Passarella.  T–2:51.  A–28,323.
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