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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1944-08-20 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 25310 · 1:56

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 11–4. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 1st. Rex Cecil earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	10
BOS	6	1	0	2	0	2	0	0		11	16

W: Rex Cecil L: Ed Klieman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rocco	4	0	0	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pat Seerey	5	1	2	0	0	1
Lou Boudreau	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	1	2	0	1
Norm Schlueter	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Mack	3	0	1	0	1	1
Paul Calvert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Leon Culberson	5	2	2	0	0
George Metkovich	4	3	3	1	1
Pete Fox	5	2	2	3	0
Bob Johnson	4	2	3	2	1
Bobby Doerr	5	1	1	1	0
Jim Tabor	4	1	1	1	1
Hal Wagner	4	0	2	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	2	2	0
Rex Cecil	3	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Klieman	0.0	5	2	0
Paul Calvert	8.0	11	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rex Cecil	9.0	10	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Rocco: 63
Myril Hoag: K
Pat Seerey: K

Bot 1

Leon Culberson: D9
George Metkovich: S9.2-3
Pete Fox: T.3-H;1-H
Bob Johnson: W
Bobby Doerr: D7.3-H;1-3
Jim Tabor: W
Hal Wagner: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Skeeter Newsome: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Rex Cecil: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Leon Culberson: 2/FL
George Metkovich: 5/P

Top 2

Lou Boudreau: 6/P
Roy Cullenbine: 3/G
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 2

Pete Fox: 9
Bob Johnson: HR
Bobby Doerr: 53
Jim Tabor: 53

Top 3

Norm Schlueter: 3/P
Ray Mack: W
Paul Calvert: 8
Mickey Rocco: W.1-2
Myril Hoag: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Hal Wagner: 7
Skeeter Newsome: 8
Rex Cecil: 7

Top 4

Pat Seerey: S
Lou Boudreau: S.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: FC5.2-3;1-2;B-1
Ken Keltner: K
Norm Schlueter: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Bot 4

Leon Culberson: D9
George Metkovich: D9.2-H
Pete Fox: 43.2-3
Bob Johnson: D9.3-H
Bobby Doerr: 13
Jim Tabor: 4/P

Top 5

Ray Mack: S
Paul Calvert: S.1-2
Mickey Rocco: 2/FL
Myril Hoag: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 5

Hal Wagner: 7
Skeeter Newsome: D
Rex Cecil: 9
Leon Culberson: 3/FL

Top 6

Pat Seerey: 63
Lou Boudreau: 63
Roy Cullenbine: S
Ken Keltner: HR.1-H
Norm Schlueter: 4/P

Bot 6

George Metkovich: D7
Pete Fox: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Bob Johnson: S.2-3
Bobby Doerr: 5
Jim Tabor: S.3-H;1-2
Hal Wagner: S.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 7

Ray Mack: K
Paul Calvert: 63
Mickey Rocco: 8

Bot 7

Rex Cecil: 43
Leon Culberson: 53
George Metkovich: W
Pete Fox: 8

Top 8

Myril Hoag: 63
Pat Seerey: D
Lou Boudreau: D.2-H
Roy Cullenbine: S.2-H(E4)(NR)
Ken Keltner: 9
Norm Schlueter: W.1-2
Ray Mack: 7

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: 5/L
Bobby Doerr: 7
Jim Tabor: 7

Top 9

Jeff Heath: K
Mickey Rocco: 3/G
Myril Hoag: S
Pat Seerey: 3/FL