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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1942-07-30 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 5000 · 2:10

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 7th. Mel Harder earned the win. Ted Williams went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Oscar Judd SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ted Williams	3	1	1	2	1	0
Joe Cronin	2	0	0	0	2	1
Bobby Doerr	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Lupien	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Judd	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Finney	1	0	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oscar Judd	8.0	7	6	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	7	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: S7
Ted Williams: HR/9.1-H
Joe Cronin: 63
Bobby Doerr: 8

Bot 1

Oris Hockett: 2/FL
Lou Boudreau: W
Jeff Heath: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Pete Fox: 2/FL
Tony Lupien: 43
Johnny Peacock: 3/G

Bot 2

Ken Keltner: S8
Buster Mills: CS2(24)
Buster Mills: K
Les Fleming: 43

Top 3

Oscar Judd: 7
Dom DiMaggio: D8
Johnny Pesky: 43.2-3
Ted Williams: 8

Bot 3

Ray Mack: S7.B-2(E7)
Jim Hegan: 43.2-3
Mel Harder: 23/BG
Oris Hockett: S8.3-H
Lou Boudreau: 1/L

Top 4

Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: S7
Pete Fox: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 13
Ken Keltner: 53
Buster Mills: 7/L

Top 5

Tony Lupien: 3/G
Johnny Peacock: 8
Oscar Judd: K

Bot 5

Les Fleming: 8
Ray Mack: 1E6
Jim Hegan: 64(1)/FO
Mel Harder: K

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 5/L
Johnny Pesky: 43
Ted Williams: W
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 9

Bot 6

Oris Hockett: 13/BG
Lou Boudreau: W
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: CS2(24)

Top 7

Pete Fox: K
Tony Lupien: 8
Johnny Peacock: 31

Bot 7

Ken Keltner: S7
Buster Mills: 16(1)/FO/BG
Les Fleming: W.1-2
Ray Mack: WP.1-2;2-3
Ray Mack: IW
Jim Hegan: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mel Harder: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Oris Hockett: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Boudreau: SB2
Lou Boudreau: IW
Jeff Heath: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Oscar Judd: D8
Dom DiMaggio: 9/L
Johnny Pesky: W
Ted Williams: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ken Keltner: S9
Roy Weatherly: S5/BG.1-2
Les Fleming: K
Ray Mack: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 9

Joe Cronin: W
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)/FO
Pete Fox: S9.1-2
Tony Lupien: 4/P
Lou Finney: S7.1-3;2-H
Oscar Judd: 1/L