Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
June 15, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1949 at Fenway Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 5 3 3 3
Clark lf 3 1 0 0
  Mitchell lf 1 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 5 1 1 0
Doby cf 4 1 3 2
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 0
Boudreau 1b 3 0 1 0
  Vernon pr,1b 1 0 1 1
Kennedy rf 4 0 2 2
Hegan c 4 1 1 0
Bearden p 3 0 0 0
  Lemon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 1
Pesky 3b 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Stephens ss 3 0 1 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 1
Goodman 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Brien rf 5 1 0 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 0
  Stringer pr 0 1 0 0
  Batts c 1 0 1 0
Masterson p 3 1 1 0
  Hitchcock ph 1 0 0 1
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 4
Cleveland 200 000 1328141
Boston 000 002 210580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bearden  W(5-5) 7.1 8 5 4 7 2
  Lemon   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
9
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Masterson  L(3-3) 8.0 11 6 6 1 4
  Kinder   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
1
5

  E–Boone (9).  DP–Cleveland 1. Boone-Gordon-Boudreau, Boston 2. Doerr-Goodman, Batts-Stephens.  2B–Cleveland Doby (6), Boston Pesky (11); Tebbetts (4); Batts (3).  3B–Cleveland Hegan (2).  HR–Cleveland Boone 2 (2,9th inning off Kinder 1 on 1 out,8th inning off Masterson 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  CS–Mitchell (2).  SB–Pesky (2).  U–Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens, Jim Boyer.
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