New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
August 8, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 1, Cleveland Indians 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 4 0 1 0
Henrich rf 3 0 0 0
Keller lf 3 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 0
Rizzuto ss 4 0 1 0
Niarhos c 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
Porterfield p 3 0 0 0
  Byrne p 0 0 0 0
  Berra ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 1 0
Tucker cf 4 0 0 0
Doby rf 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 3 1 1 0
Berardino ss 2 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 2 1 1 1
Hegan c 2 0 1 1
Gromek p 2 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 0 0
  Klieman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
New York 000 001 000–150
Cleveland 000 010 10x–241
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  L(0-1) 6.2 4 2 2 3 3
  Byrne   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(6-2) 7.0 4 1 0 4 1
  Klieman  SV(4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
4
2
  E–Doby (9).  HR–Cleveland Robinson (13,5th inning off Porterfield 0 on).  HBP–Henrich (4).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Berardino (1).  Team–7.  U–Eddie Rommel, Jim Boyer, Art Passarella.  T–1:57.  A–73,484.
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