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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1945-05-24 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3241 · 2:19

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 8–6. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 6th. Pinky Woods earned the win and Mike Ryba picked up the save. Ben Steiner went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	9
BOS	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	0		8	14

W: Pinky Woods L: Jack Kramer SV: Mike Ryba

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Gray	4	1	0	0	1	1
Len Schulte	5	2	3	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	1	0	1
Vern Stephens	4	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Martin	4	1	2	4	0	1
Gene Moore	2	0	1	1	2	1
Red Hayworth	3	0	0	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Kramer	2	1	1	0	1	1
Milt Byrnes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hollingsworth	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leon Culberson	4	2	2	1	1	0
Ben Steiner	5	3	4	2	0	0
Jackie Tobin	2	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Pete Fox	4	1	2	1	1	1
George Metkovich	5	0	2	2	0	2
Skeeter Newsome	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Garbark	4	0	0	0	1	0
Pinky Woods	4	0	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Kramer	5.2	10	3	4
Ox Miller	1.1	3	1	0
Lefty West	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pinky Woods	6.2	9	5	4
Mike Ryba	2.1	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Gray: W
Len Schulte: S7.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Vern Stephens: IW
Babe Martin: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Gene Moore: K
Red Hayworth: 53

Bot 1

Leon Culberson: W
Ben Steiner: S7.1-2
Jackie Tobin: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: FC5.3XH(52);2-3;B-1
Pete Fox: S9.3-H;1-3
George Metkovich: 4/L

Top 2

Don Gutteridge: 8
Jack Kramer: D7/7L
Pete Gray: 43.2-3
Len Schulte: 7/L

Bot 2

Skeeter Newsome: 9
Bob Garbark: 9
Pinky Woods: K

Top 3

Mike Kreevich: 6/L
Vern Stephens: 53
Babe Martin: 3/G

Bot 3

Leon Culberson: HR/78XD
Ben Steiner: 8
Jackie Tobin: W
Bob Johnson: 8/8XD
Pete Fox: S9.1-2
George Metkovich: K

Top 4

Gene Moore: W
Red Hayworth: 7
Don Gutteridge: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 4

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Bob Garbark: 53
Pinky Woods: D9
Leon Culberson: 63

Top 5

Jack Kramer: W
Pete Gray: 3/P
Len Schulte: S7.1-2
Mike Kreevich: S7.2-H;1-2
Vern Stephens: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Ben Steiner: S1/G
Jackie Tobin: E5/TH/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: S7/7D.2-H;1-2
Pete Fox: K/C
George Metkovich: K
Skeeter Newsome: 7

Top 6

Babe Martin: K/C
Gene Moore: W
Red Hayworth: FC5.1-2(E5/TH2);B-1
Don Gutteridge: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Jack Kramer: K

Bot 6

Bob Garbark: 63
Pinky Woods: 8/L
Leon Culberson: S9
Ben Steiner: HR/89XD.1-H
Jackie Tobin: E3
Bob Johnson: S9.1-3
Pete Fox: W.1-2
George Metkovich: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Skeeter Newsome: S8.3-H(UR);1-2
Bob Garbark: W.2-3;1-2
Pinky Woods: 53

Top 7

Pete Gray: 3/G
Len Schulte: S8
Mike Kreevich: 6
Vern Stephens: S7.1-3
Babe Martin: T8/8XD.3-H;1-H
Gene Moore: S8.3-H
Milt Byrnes: 3/P

Bot 7

Leon Culberson: 6/L
Ben Steiner: S8
Jackie Tobin: 5/P
Bob Johnson: 6/P

Top 8

Don Gutteridge: 7
Al Hollingsworth: K
Pete Gray: K

Bot 8

Pete Fox: 63
George Metkovich: S
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Bob Garbark: 3/P

Top 9

Len Schulte: 8
Mike Kreevich: K
Vern Stephens: 63