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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1941-08-24 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 16287 · 1:39

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 5–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 6th. Al Smith earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Earl Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	2	1	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	1	0	1	0
Earl Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Frankie Pytlak	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rusty Peters	4	1	1	0	0	1
Roy Weatherly	4	2	2	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	2	1	1	0
Oscar Grimes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	0	1	0	1
Beau Bell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	2	1	0	0	1	1
Al Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Johnson	8.0	7	2	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	6	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 9/L
Pete Fox: D7
Joe Cronin: 43.2-3
Ted Williams: W
Jimmie Foxx: S7.1-2;3-H
Bobby Doerr: 4/L

Bot 1

Rusty Peters: K/C
Roy Weatherly: 63
Gee Walker: 63

Top 2

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Peacock: S8.1-2
Earl Johnson: K/C
Skeeter Newsome: K
Pete Fox: S8.1-3;2-H
Joe Cronin: 63

Bot 2

Jeff Heath: W
Oscar Grimes: SB2
Oscar Grimes: 63.2-3
Ken Keltner: K
Beau Bell: 3/G

Top 3

Ted Williams: 3/G
Jimmie Foxx: W
Bobby Doerr: 9/L
Dom DiMaggio: D7.1-3
Johnny Peacock: IW
Earl Johnson: K

Bot 3

Rollie Hemsley: W
Al Smith: K
Rusty Peters: 2/FL
Roy Weatherly: D9.1-3
Gee Walker: S8.2-H;3-H;B-2(TH)
Jeff Heath: PO2(15)

Top 4

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Pete Fox: 6/P
Joe Cronin: 5/L

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 63
Oscar Grimes: 8
Ken Keltner: 3/P

Top 5

Ted Williams: 43
Jimmie Foxx: 63
Bobby Doerr: E6/TH
Dom DiMaggio: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Beau Bell: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 53
Al Smith: 13

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Peacock: 63
Earl Johnson: 43

Bot 6

Rusty Peters: S7
Roy Weatherly: S6.1XH(6E2)(NR)(UR);B-3
Gee Walker: 43
Jeff Heath: D9.3-H
Oscar Grimes: S1.2-3
Ken Keltner: 43.1-2;3-H
Beau Bell: 63

Top 7

Skeeter Newsome: 53
Pete Fox: 7
Joe Cronin: 53

Bot 7

Rollie Hemsley: K
Al Smith: 53
Rusty Peters: 4/P

Top 8

Ted Williams: K
Jimmie Foxx: S7
Bobby Doerr: 7/78
Dom DiMaggio: 2/FL

Bot 8

Roy Weatherly: 43
Gee Walker: 2/BG/BINT
Jeff Heath: S8
Oscar Grimes: E6/TH.1-2
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Top 9

Johnny Peacock: 13
Frankie Pytlak: 2/FL
Skeeter Newsome: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Gee Walker called for interference when his bat got in Johnny Peacock's way

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