Boston Braves vs Cleveland Indians
October 9, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Braves 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 3 0 2 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Rickert lf 4 1 2 1
McCormick cf 4 0 1 0
Masi c 3 0 0 0
  Salkeld ph 1 0 0 0
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 0
Sain p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 1 1 0
Doby cf 3 1 1 1
Boudreau ss 3 0 1 1
Gordon 2b 3 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 0 0 0
Judnich rf 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy rf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 2 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
Gromek p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Boston 000 000 100170
Cleveland 101 000 00x250
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  L (1-1) 8.0 5 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
0
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Boston Torgeson 2 (2,off Gromek 2), Cleveland Boudreau (2,off Sain).  HR–Boston Rickert (1,7th inning off Gromek 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Doby (1,3rd inning off Sain 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Sain (1,off Gromek); Hegan (1,off Sain).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  U–Bill Grieve (AL), George Barr (NL), Bill Summers (AL), Bill Stewart (NL), Joe Paparella (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL).  T–1:31.  A–81,897.
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