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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1942-06-26 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 19704 · 1:50

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 3–2. Dick Newsome earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Dick Newsome L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Finney	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ted Williams	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Lupien	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Peacock	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dick Newsome	4	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Roy Weatherly	4	0	0	0	0
Oris Hockett	4	1	1	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	0	0	0	1
Les Fleming	4	0	4	0	0
Lou Boudreau	4	0	1	1	0
Ray Mack	3	0	0	0	1
Otto Denning	2	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	2	0	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0
Buster Mills	1	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Newsome	9.0	6	0	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.0	6	3	2
Tom Ferrick	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: E5
Johnny Pesky: SB2
Johnny Pesky: 43.2-3
Lou Finney: 63.3-H(UR)
Ted Williams: 53

Bot 1

Roy Weatherly: 8/8S
Oris Hockett: 3/G
Ken Keltner: 63

Top 2

Bobby Doerr: 13/BG
Tony Lupien: 5/P
Jim Tabor: 4

Bot 2

Jeff Heath: K
Les Fleming: S5
Lou Boudreau: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Johnny Peacock: S7
Dick Newsome: 36(1)/FO/BG
Dom DiMaggio: 16(1)/FO
Johnny Pesky: 43

Bot 3

Ray Mack: 7
Otto Denning: 63
Mel Harder: K

Top 4

Lou Finney: S9
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Tony Lupien: S9.3-H
Jim Tabor: 8

Bot 4

Roy Weatherly: 13
Oris Hockett: 9
Ken Keltner: 53

Top 5

Johnny Peacock: 43
Dick Newsome: 13
Dom DiMaggio: S7
Johnny Pesky: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Jeff Heath: 9/9D
Les Fleming: S8
Lou Boudreau: 9
Ray Mack: K

Top 6

Johnny Pesky: S5/BG
Lou Finney: 63.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Bobby Doerr: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Lupien: 7.3-H
Jim Tabor: K

Bot 6

Otto Denning: 8
Mel Harder: 1/FL
Roy Weatherly: 8

Top 7

Johnny Peacock: 2/FL
Dick Newsome: 9
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 7

Oris Hockett: T9
Ken Keltner: E6/THH.3-H(NR)(UR)
Jeff Heath: 9
Les Fleming: S8.1-3
Lou Boudreau: S7.1-2;3-H
Ray Mack: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Chubby Dean: 53

Top 8

Johnny Pesky: S7
Lou Finney: 16(1)3/GDP
Ted Williams: 8

Bot 8

Buster Mills: K23
Roy Weatherly: 3/G
Oris Hockett: 6/P

Top 9

Bobby Doerr: 6/P
Tony Lupien: S8
Jim Tabor: 2/FL
Johnny Peacock: SB2
Johnny Peacock: IW
Dick Newsome: 5/P

Bot 9

Ken Keltner: 4/P
Jeff Heath: 4/P
Les Fleming: D9/L
Lou Boudreau: 3/G