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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1944-05-17 · Day game · Fenway Park · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 5–1. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 7th. Tex Hughson earned the win. George Metkovich went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tex Hughson L: Bob Muncrief SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Jones · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	3	0	1	0	1	1
Gene Moore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	3	0	1	0	1	1
Milt Byrnes	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mark Christman	4	0	0	1	0	1
George McQuinn	2	0	0	0	1	1
Frank Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Muncrief	2	0	0	0	0	1
Floyd Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Epps	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leon Culberson	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	1	3	0	0
Pete Fox	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	1	1	1
Bobby Doerr	2	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Tabor	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	1	1	0	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	1	2	1	0	0
Tex Hughson	1	1	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Muncrief	7.0	7	3	2
Lefty West	1.0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Hughson	9.0	4	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: 9/FL
Al Zarilla: W
Gene Moore: 36(1)/FO
Vern Stephens: W.1-2
Milt Byrnes: 8

Bot 1

Leon Culberson: 53
George Metkovich: 9
Pete Fox: D8/P
Bob Johnson: D7/7D.2-H
Bobby Doerr: 7

Top 2

Mark Christman: K
George McQuinn: K
Frank Mancuso: 8

Bot 2

Jim Tabor: 3/G
Hal Wagner: S9
Skeeter Newsome: S7.1-2
Tex Hughson: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Leon Culberson: 7

Top 3

Bob Muncrief: K
Don Gutteridge: 3/FL
Al Zarilla: K

Bot 3

George Metkovich: 3/G
Pete Fox: 43
Bob Johnson: 63

Top 4

Gene Moore: 13
Vern Stephens: 2/FL
Milt Byrnes: S7
Mark Christman: 5

Bot 4

Bobby Doerr: W
Jim Tabor: 64(1)3/GDP
Hal Wagner: 3/G

Top 5

George McQuinn: 7/L
Frank Mancuso: 8
Bob Muncrief: 13

Bot 5

Skeeter Newsome: 53
Tex Hughson: 9/L
Leon Culberson: 5

Top 6

Don Gutteridge: 8
Al Zarilla: S8
Gene Moore: 13.1-2
Vern Stephens: K/C

Bot 6

George Metkovich: 7
Pete Fox: 13
Bob Johnson: K

Top 7

Milt Byrnes: 7
Mark Christman: 8
George McQuinn: W
Frank Mancuso: 146(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bobby Doerr: S5
Jim Tabor: 14/SH.1-2
Hal Wagner: IW
Skeeter Newsome: D/78.2-H;1-3
Tex Hughson: W
Leon Culberson: K
George Metkovich: D/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Pete Fox: 8

Top 8

Floyd Baker: 31
Don Gutteridge: 63/6M
Al Zarilla: 13

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: W
Bobby Doerr: E3/SH.1-2
Jim Tabor: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Hal Wagner: 43

Top 9

Gene Moore: S7
Vern Stephens: S7.1-2
Milt Byrnes: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Christman: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Hal Epps: 7
Frank Mancuso: 7