New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 3 1 0 0
Henrich lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Berra rf 5 1 1 1
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 0
  Bauer pr 0 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 0 0 0 0
  Page p 0 0 0 0
Brown 3b 5 0 4 3
  Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 3 0 1 0
Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0
Niarhos c 4 1 2 0
Lopat p 2 0 0 0
  Keller ph,lf 2 1 1 2
Totals 35 6 12 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 0
Clark rf 4 2 2 1
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 1
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 2
Keltner 3b 4 0 2 0
Tucker cf 4 1 1 0
Judnich 1b 3 0 1 0
  Boone pr 0 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Doby ph 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 1 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 0
  Klieman p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Rosen ph 1 0 1 0
  Berardino pr 0 0 0 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
  Tipton ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 11 5
New York 100 100 4006122
Cleveland 100 003 0015110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  W(16-9) 6.0 7 4 4 1 4
  Porterfield   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Page  SV(16) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(20-12) 6.0 10 5 5 2 4
  Klieman   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Christopher   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Paige   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
4

  E–Berra (8), Rizzuto (15).  DP–New York 3. Brown-Stirnweiss-McQuinn, Lopat-Rizzuto-McQuinn, Rizzuto-Stirnweiss-McQuinn, Cleveland 2. Gordon-Judnich, Keltner-Hegan-Judnich.  2B–New York Brown (16), Cleveland Tucker (11).  3B–New York Niarhos (2).  HR–New York Keller (6,7th inning off Lemon 1 on), Cleveland Clark (8,1st inning off Lopat 0 on); Gordon (27,6th inning off Lopat 1 on).  SH–Porterfield (6).  HBP–DiMaggio (7).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  CS–Brown (1).  U–Red Jones, Johnny Stevens, Bill Summers.  T–2:29.  A–34,064.
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