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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1951-07-02 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 13099 · 2:16

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Leo Kiely earned the win. Vern Stephens went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	6
WS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10

W: Leo Kiely L: Connie Marrero SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	3	1	0	0	2	0
Ted Williams	4	2	2	0	1	1
Vern Stephens	3	1	2	2	1	1
Bobby Doerr	3	1	1	1	1	0
Billy Goodman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Maxwell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Rosar	3	0	0	1	1	0
Leo Kiely	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Hatfield	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Eddie Yost	4	1	3	0	0
Gene Verble	4	1	0	0	0
Irv Noren	3	0	3	0	0
Sam Mele	4	0	1	1	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	0	1	1
Cass Michaels	4	0	2	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	0	0
Sam Dente	4	0	1	0	0
Connie Marrero	2	0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Leo Kiely	9.0	10	0	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Connie Marrero	9.0	6	8	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: K/C
Johnny Pesky: 8
Ted Williams: K

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: S7
Gene Verble: FC.1-2
Irv Noren: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Sam Mele: S5.2-3;3-H
Mickey Vernon: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Cass Michaels: CS2(26)

Top 2

Vern Stephens: K
Bobby Doerr: 13
Billy Goodman: 7

Bot 2

Cass Michaels: S9
Clyde Kluttz: 13.1-2
Sam Dente: 13.2-3
Connie Marrero: K/C

Top 3

Charlie Maxwell: 7
Buddy Rosar: 13
Leo Kiely: 5/FL

Bot 3

Eddie Yost: S8
Gene Verble: 54(1)3/GDP
Irv Noren: S8
Sam Mele: 9/FL

Top 4

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: 63
Ted Williams: S8
Vern Stephens: HR/7.1-H
Bobby Doerr: 13

Bot 4

Mickey Vernon: K
Cass Michaels: 63
Clyde Kluttz: 8

Top 5

Billy Goodman: S7
Charlie Maxwell: 8
Buddy Rosar: 7
Leo Kiely: 8

Bot 5

Sam Dente: 43
Connie Marrero: K
Eddie Yost: S9
Gene Verble: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Johnny Pesky: W
Ted Williams: 3/FL
Vern Stephens: S9.1-3
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Billy Goodman: E4.1-2;2-3;3-H(UR)
Charlie Maxwell: 2/FL

Bot 6

Irv Noren: S8
Sam Mele: 7
Mickey Vernon: 3/FL
Cass Michaels: 8

Top 7

Buddy Rosar: 8
Leo Kiely: K
Dom DiMaggio: 7/FL

Bot 7

Clyde Kluttz: 63
Sam Dente: S6
Connie Marrero: FC/SH.1-2
Eddie Yost: 3/FL
Gene Verble: 43

Top 8

Johnny Pesky: 31
Ted Williams: W
Vern Stephens: WP.1-2
Vern Stephens: W
Bobby Doerr: D8.2-H;1XH(842)
Billy Goodman: IW
Charlie Maxwell: W.2-3;1-2
Buddy Rosar: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Leo Kiely: 43

Bot 8

Irv Noren: S4
Sam Mele: 46(1)3/GDP
Mickey Vernon: 31

Top 9

Dom DiMaggio: 13
Johnny Pesky: W
Ted Williams: S9.1-2
Fred Hatfield: 9(B)2(2)/DP

Bot 9

Cass Michaels: S8
Clyde Kluttz: 64(1)3/GDP
Sam Dente: 63