Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 9, Cleveland Indians 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 2 2 3
Pesky 3b 6 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Stephens ss 5 1 2 3
Doerr 2b 5 1 1 0
Spence rf 4 1 1 1
Goodman 1b 5 1 2 0
Tebbetts c 4 1 1 0
Dobson p 1 0 0 1
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 1 0 1 0
  Parnell p 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 9 14 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Doby cf 3 1 1 0
  Berardino ph 1 0 0 0
  Tipton c 1 1 1 0
Clark rf 5 0 2 1
  Lemon pr 0 0 0 0
  Gromek p 0 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 5 3 1 2
Keltner 3b 4 1 2 3
Gordon 2b 6 0 2 2
Boudreau ss 5 1 2 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 1 1 2
  Tucker ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Feller p 2 0 0 0
  Klieman p 1 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Peck ph 0 1 0 0
  Edwards rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 13 10
Boston 100 003 131 009140
Cleveland 200 002 212 0110130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   6.0 4 4 4 2 7
  Johnson   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Caldwell   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Parnell  L(7-6) 2.2 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
10.2
13
10
10
6
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller   5.2 7 4 4 5 1
  Klieman   1.1 2 3 3 5 0
  Christopher   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Gromek  W(5-2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
14
9
9
11
2

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 3. Gordon-Boudreau, Klieman-Hegan-Robinson, Clark-Gordon-Boudreau.  2B–Boston DiMaggio (22); Stephens (12); Goodman (16), Cleveland Tucker (6).  3B–Cleveland Mitchell (5).  HR–Boston Stephens (21,8th inning off Christopher 2 on), Cleveland Keltner (24,6th inning off Dobson 1 on); Hegan (8,7th inning off Johnson 1 on).  SH–Dobson (5); Gromek (1); Robinson (3).  HBP–Dobson (2).  Team LOB–13.  Team–8.  SB–Mitchell (8).  CS–Doby (7).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Red Jones.  T–3:30.  A–26,165.
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