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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1942-08-02 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 17645 · 2:06

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 6–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 4th. Virgil Trucks earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. Ted Williams went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Virgil Trucks L: Joe Dobson SV: Al Benton

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Joe Rue · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	5	1	3	0	0	1
Ted Williams	4	1	1	2	1	1
Tony Lupien	3	0	2	0	2	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	1	0	2	0
Pete Fox	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Tabor	5	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Dobson	2	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Judd	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	2	3	2	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	2	1	1
Barney McCosky	3	0	1	1	1
Pinky Higgins	3	1	1	0	1
Rip Radcliff	4	0	0	0	0
Ned Harris	4	1	1	0	0
Dixie Parsons	4	1	1	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	3	1	1	0	1
Virgil Trucks	4	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Dobson	6.0	9	1	0
Oscar Judd	2.0	1	3	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	8.1	9	6	3
Al Benton	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: S
Ted Williams: WP.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Tony Lupien: 99/F
Bobby Doerr: 99/L

Bot 1

Jimmy Bloodworth: 99/G
Doc Cramer: 99/F
Barney McCosky: 99/G

Top 2

Pete Fox: K
Jim Tabor: 99/F
Johnny Peacock: 99/G

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: S
Rip Radcliff: 99/G.1-2
Ned Harris: FC1.2X3(1E5);B-1
Dixie Parsons: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Billy Hitchcock: 99(1)/FO

Top 3

Joe Dobson: S
Dom DiMaggio: 99(1)/FO
Johnny Pesky: 99/G
Ted Williams: 99/G

Bot 3

Virgil Trucks: 99/F
Jimmy Bloodworth: S
Doc Cramer: S.1-2
Barney McCosky: S.2-H;1-2
Pinky Higgins: 99/F
Rip Radcliff: 99/G

Top 4

Tony Lupien: S
Bobby Doerr: 99/F
Pete Fox: S.1-2
Jim Tabor: 99/F
Johnny Peacock: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Dobson: 99/G

Bot 4

Ned Harris: S9
Dixie Parsons: S9.1-2
Billy Hitchcock: S6.2-3;1-2
Virgil Trucks: 13.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: FC5/TH.3-H;2-3;B-1
Doc Cramer: 8(B)8(1)/DP

Top 5

Dom DiMaggio: 99/G
Johnny Pesky: S
Ted Williams: K
Tony Lupien: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: 99/F

Bot 5

Barney McCosky: W
Pinky Higgins: 99/G.1-2
Rip Radcliff: 99/G
Ned Harris: 99/F

Top 6

Jim Tabor: 99/F
Johnny Peacock: 99/F
Joe Dobson: HP
Dom DiMaggio: 99(1)/FO

Bot 6

Dixie Parsons: 99/G
Billy Hitchcock: 99/L
Virgil Trucks: 99/G

Top 7

Johnny Pesky: K
Ted Williams: 99/FL
Tony Lupien: W
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Pete Fox: 99/F

Bot 7

Jimmy Bloodworth: D
Doc Cramer: S.2-H
Barney McCosky: 99/SH.1-2
Pinky Higgins: W
Rip Radcliff: 99/G
Ned Harris: 99/F

Top 8

Jim Tabor: 99/G
Johnny Peacock: 99/G
Oscar Judd: 99/P

Bot 8

Dixie Parsons: 99/L
Billy Hitchcock: W
Virgil Trucks: 99/G.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: S.2-H
Doc Cramer: W.1-2
Barney McCosky: 99/G

Top 9

Dom DiMaggio: 6/L
Johnny Pesky: S9.B-2(E9)
Ted Williams: HR/9.2-H
Tony Lupien: S
Bobby Doerr: S.1-2
Pete Fox: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Jim Tabor: 3/G

Notes & reviews

DiMaggio raced in and cauht the ball just behind second base; Bloodworth thought ball would drop in and was easily tagged by DiMaggio for unasissted DP

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