Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
August 4, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1948 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns 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 8, St. Louis Browns 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 1 0 0
Pesky 3b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 1
  Mele rf 0 0 0 0
Stephens ss 2 2 1 0
Doerr 2b 5 1 1 0
Spence rf,lf 3 1 1 2
Goodman 1b 4 1 1 1
Tebbetts c 5 0 3 1
Parnell p 1 0 1 1
  Kinder p 3 0 0 1
Totals 37 8 11 7
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 4 1 2 1
Zarilla cf 4 2 2 0
Priddy 2b 5 1 4 3
Platt lf 5 0 1 1
Moss c 4 1 1 1
Lund rf 1 1 1 1
  Garver p 2 0 1 0
  Schultz ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanford p 0 0 0 0
Arft 1b 4 1 1 1
Pellagrini ss 3 1 1 0
  Lehner ph 1 1 1 0
Schwamb p 0 0 0 0
  Widmar p 0 0 0 0
  Kokos ph,rf 3 0 1 1
Totals 37 9 16 9
Boston 610 001 000–8110
St. Louis 700 000 002–9161
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell   0.1 5 6 6 1 0
  Kinder  L(5-7) 8.1 11 3 3 1 3
Totals
8.2
16
9
9
2
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Schwamb   0.1 5 6 6 2 0
  Widmar   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Garver   7.0 4 2 2 6 2
  Sanford  W(8-12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
9
2
  E–Moss (4).  DP–Boston 2. Stephens-Doerr-Goodman, Goodman-Stephens-Goodman, St. Louis 1. Arft-Moss-Dillinger.  2B–Boston Pesky (16); Stephens (13), St. Louis Zarilla 2 (28); Priddy (21); Garver (1); Pellagrini (5).  3B–St. Louis Lund (3).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Kokos (2).  Team–5.  CS–Dillinger (5).  U–Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry, Eddie Hurley.  T–2:37.  A–5,235.
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