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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1944-07-06 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 5146 · 1:56

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 13–3. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Tex Hughson earned the win. Bob Johnson went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	10
BOS	0	3	3	2	3	0	2	0		13	20

W: Tex Hughson L: Rufe Gentry SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Boyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	3	0	1	0	1	1
Chuck Hostetler	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	4	1	2	2	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	2	1	0	2
Eddie Mayo	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	2	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Richards	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rufe Gentry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Metro	2	0	1	0	0	1
Al Unser	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jackie Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Bucher	6	0	1	1	0	0
George Metkovich	6	2	2	0	0	0
Pete Fox	5	2	2	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	5	4	4	3	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	3	4	5	1	0
Lou Finney	4	1	3	2	1	0
Hal Wagner	5	0	2	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	0	1	0
Tex Hughson	5	1	1	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rufe Gentry	2.0	7	0	1
Jake Mooty	2.0	4	3	0
Boom-Boom Beck	4.0	9	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Hughson	9.0	10	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Hoover: S
Chuck Hostetler: 16(1)/FO
Jimmy Outlaw: 4(1)/FO
Pinky Higgins: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Jim Bucher: 7
George Metkovich: 4
Pete Fox: 5/FL

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: K
Eddie Mayo: S
Rudy York: CS2(24)
Rudy York: 9

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S
Bobby Doerr: T8.1-H
Lou Finney: S.3-H
Hal Wagner: S.1-3
Skeeter Newsome: 4
Tex Hughson: K
Jim Bucher: S.3-H;1-3
George Metkovich: 3/G

Top 3

Doc Cramer: 8
Paul Richards: K
Rufe Gentry: 43

Bot 3

Pete Fox: D
Bob Johnson: HR/9.2-H
Bobby Doerr: W
Lou Finney: W.1-2
Hal Wagner: 43.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Newsome: IW
Tex Hughson: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Jim Bucher: 9

Top 4

Joe Hoover: W
Chuck Hostetler: E5.1-2
Jimmy Outlaw: 9.2-3
Pinky Higgins: K
Eddie Mayo: 8

Bot 4

George Metkovich: 31
Pete Fox: 63
Bob Johnson: T8
Bobby Doerr: D.3-H
Lou Finney: S.2-H
Hal Wagner: S.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Rudy York: 6
Doc Cramer: S
Paul Richards: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Tex Hughson: S
Jim Bucher: 3/FL
George Metkovich: S.1-3
Pete Fox: D.3-H;1-3
Bob Johnson: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Bobby Doerr: S.3-H
Lou Finney: S.1-2
Hal Wagner: 8

Top 6

Boom-Boom Beck: 3/P
Joe Hoover: 8
Chuck Hostetler: S
Jimmy Outlaw: S6.1-2
Pinky Higgins: S.2-H;1-3
Eddie Mayo: 8

Bot 6

Skeeter Newsome: 3/G
Tex Hughson: 4
Jim Bucher: 8

Top 7

Rudy York: 6
Charlie Metro: S
Al Unser: W.1-2
Boom-Boom Beck: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

George Metkovich: S
Pete Fox: 9
Bob Johnson: D7.1-3
Bobby Doerr: S.3-H;2-H
Lou Finney: 8
Hal Wagner: 7

Top 8

Joe Hoover: K
Chuck Hostetler: D
Jimmy Outlaw: HR/7.2-H
Pinky Higgins: S
Jackie Sullivan: 3/FL
Rudy York: K

Bot 8

Skeeter Newsome: D7
Tex Hughson: 3/FL
Jim Bucher: 8
George Metkovich: 5

Top 9

Charlie Metro: K
Al Unser: 2/FL
Don Ross: 53