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Boston Braves @ Cleveland Guardians

1948-10-08 · 1948 World Series · Game 3 of 6 ◀ Game 2 Game 4 ▶ · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 70306 · overcast, wet · Wind 1 mph to CF · 1:36

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Braves 2–0. Gene Bearden earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
CLE	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	5

W: Gene Bearden L: Vern Bickford SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: George Barr · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: Joe Paparella · RF: Babe Pinelli

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0
Al Dark	4	1	1
Mike McCormick	4	1	1
Bob Elliott	3	1	0
Frank McCormick	3	1	1
Clint Conatser	3	0	0
Phil Masi	3	0	0
Eddie Stanky	3	1	0
Vern Bickford	0	0	0
Bill Voiselle	1	0	0
Connie Ryan	1	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Doby	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lou Boudreau	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Judnich	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Robinson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Bearden	3	1	2	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	3.1	4	5	1
Bill Voiselle	3.2	1	0	0
Red Barrett	1.0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Bearden	9.0	5	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 63/G6
Al Dark: K
Mike McCormick: K

Bot 1

Dale Mitchell: 7/L78
Larry Doby: W
Lou Boudreau: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 53/G5S
Frank McCormick: S8/G6M
Clint Conatser: 13/G56S.1-2
Phil Masi: 7/F7D

Bot 2

Joe Gordon: 7/F7
Ken Keltner: 3/G3L
Wally Judnich: W
Eddie Robinson: 7/F78S

Top 3

Eddie Stanky: S9/L34D
Vern Bickford: 2/BG2/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 13/G1S.2-3
Al Dark: 9/L9D

Bot 3

Jim Hegan: 2/P2F/FL
Gene Bearden: D9/F9DW
Dale Mitchell: W
Larry Doby: 46(1)/FO.2-H(NR)(UR)(E6/TH1);B-2
Lou Boudreau: W
Joe Gordon: 7/F7S

Top 4

Mike McCormick: S8/L6MD
Bob Elliott: 8/F8S
Frank McCormick: 14(1)3/GDP/G1

Bot 4

Ken Keltner: W
Wally Judnich: K
Eddie Robinson: S7/L7.1-2
Jim Hegan: S8/L8S/TH3.2-H;1-2
Gene Bearden: S7/L7.2-3;1-2
Dale Mitchell: 5/P5F/FL
Larry Doby: 31/G3

Top 5

Clint Conatser: 53/G5L
Phil Masi: 53/G56
Eddie Stanky: 7/F7

Bot 5

Lou Boudreau: 5/P5D
Joe Gordon: 53/G5S
Ken Keltner: 7/F7LS

Top 6

Bill Voiselle: 63/G6
Tommy Holmes: 43/G4M
Al Dark: D7/F7LDW
Mike McCormick: 4/P8S

Bot 6

Wally Judnich: 8/F89D
Eddie Robinson: 4/P89S
Jim Hegan: 9/F9S

Top 7

Bob Elliott: S7/G56
Frank McCormick: K
Clint Conatser: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 7

Gene Bearden: 63/G6
Dale Mitchell: 6/P5D
Larry Doby: S9/G34
Lou Boudreau: 6/P5DF/FL

Top 8

Phil Masi: 13/BG25
Eddie Stanky: 13/G1
Connie Ryan: K

Bot 8

Joe Gordon: 7/F7DW
Ken Keltner: 9/F9D
Wally Judnich: 43/G4

Top 9

Tommy Holmes: 13/G1
Al Dark: 43/G4M
Mike McCormick: 6/P6

Notes & reviews

Pitch-by-pitch courtesy of Classic Baseball on the Radio. No batting/fielding practice before the game due to the inclement weather. The tarpaulin on the field was removed only at the last minute.
Judnich: nice running catch
Off the wire screen
Dark's wild throw landed in the Indian dugout
F.McCormick: nice stop of wicked grounder
M.McCormich: running knee-high catch
Gordon: nice running catch
Stanky: over-the-shoulder catch
Hegan attempted a pickoff throw to 1B after strike 3
Bearden knocked down the line drive

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