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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1948-09-06 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 21669 · 1:56

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 2–1. Jack Kramer earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Jack Kramer L: Walt Masterson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Pesky	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Goodman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Kramer	2	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gil Coan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Clark	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sherry Robertson	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bud Stewart	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Kozar	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Early	3	0	0	0	0	1
Walt Masterson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Forrest Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Kramer	9.0	4	1	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walt Masterson	6.0	5	2	2
Forrest Thompson	3.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 8
Johnny Pesky: 7
Ted Williams: 9

Bot 1

Gil Coan: D7
Jim Clark: E4.2-3
Sherry Robertson: 7.3-H
Bud Stewart: W.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 3/FL
Al Kozar: 3/G

Top 2

Vern Stephens: 8
Wally Moses: K
Billy Goodman: 43

Bot 2

John Sullivan: K
Jake Early: 9
Walt Masterson: 8

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Billy Hitchcock: 63
Jack Kramer: D7
Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 43

Bot 3

Gil Coan: 8
Jim Clark: 6
Sherry Robertson: 13

Top 4

Ted Williams: 31
Vern Stephens: W
Wally Moses: 8
Billy Goodman: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bud Stewart: 8
Mickey Vernon: 8
Al Kozar: 13

Top 5

Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Billy Hitchcock: PO1(E2).1-3(E9)
Billy Hitchcock: 9.3-H(UR)
Jack Kramer: 53
Dom DiMaggio: 9

Bot 5

John Sullivan: 8
Jake Early: K/C
Walt Masterson: K/C

Top 6

Johnny Pesky: S5
Ted Williams: S9.1-3
Vern Stephens: K
Wally Moses: 6
Billy Goodman: S9.1-3;3-H
Birdie Tebbetts: 8/L

Bot 6

Gil Coan: 13
Jim Clark: 9
Sherry Robertson: 3/G

Top 7

Billy Hitchcock: S5
Jack Kramer: 14/SH.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: 63

Bot 7

Bud Stewart: S8
Mickey Vernon: 36(1)3/GDP
Al Kozar: S8
John Sullivan: 43

Top 8

Ted Williams: 7
Vern Stephens: 2/FL
Wally Moses: 7

Bot 8

Jake Early: 43
Forrest Thompson: D9
Gil Coan: 7
Jim Clark: K

Top 9

Billy Goodman: 7
Birdie Tebbetts: 9
Billy Hitchcock: 2/FL

Bot 9

Sherry Robertson: 8
Bud Stewart: 8
Mickey Vernon: 3/G