Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 20, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1949 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 2, Boston Red Sox 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 3 1 1 0
Boudreau ss,2b 4 0 2 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 1
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 4 1 3 0
Berardino 3b 4 0 1 0
Avila 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boone ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Wynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Gromek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0
Pesky 3b 4 0 2 1
Williams lf 2 1 0 0
Stephens ss 2 1 0 0
Doerr 2b 3 1 0 0
Zarilla rf 4 1 1 2
Goodman 1b 4 0 2 2
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
Parnell p 3 1 2 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Cleveland 001 000 100–280
Boston 000 005 00x–570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(20-10) 5.2 4 5 5 4 2
  Benton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gromek   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  W(24-7) 9.0 8 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
2
  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Boone-Boudreau-Vernon, Boston 3. Doerr-Stephens-Goodman, Stephens-Doerr-Goodman, Stephens-Doerr-Goodman.  2B–Boston Pesky (25); Zarilla (32); Goodman (22).  Team LOB–4.  SH–DiMaggio (3).  Team–6.  U-HP–Cal Hubbard, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Joe Paparella.
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