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Washington Senators @ Boston Red Sox

1945-07-28 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 6993 · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 3rd. Jim Wilson earned the win. George Metkovich went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3
BOS	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0		6	6

W: Jim Wilson L: Marino Pieretti SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: Art Passarella · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	3	0	2	0	1	0
George Myatt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	3	1	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	2	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Kuhel	3	0	0	1	1	1
George Binks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Torres	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marino Pieretti	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	0	1	0	0	1	0
Hillis Layne	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Zardon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	1	2	0	0	4	0
Jim Bucher	5	1	1	0	0	1
George Metkovich	3	0	1	3	1	0
Bob Johnson	2	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Lazor	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	1	0	1
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	0	1	1	0
Billy Holm	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Wilson	3	0	1	0	1	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marino Pieretti	3.1	5	6	2
Alex Carrasquel	2.2	1	2	0
Sandy Ullrich	2.0	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Wilson	9.0	3	7	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 7
George Myatt: 43
Buddy Lewis: W
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: WP.2-3;1-2
Joe Kuhel: W
George Binks: 4

Bot 1

Eddie Lake: 5
Jim Bucher: 7
George Metkovich: W
Bob Johnson: S6.1-3
Johnny Lazor: 43

Top 2

Gil Torres: 8
Mike Guerra: 53
Marino Pieretti: 7

Bot 2

Dolph Camilli: 7
Skeeter Newsome: W
Billy Holm: K/C
Jim Wilson: S9.1-2
Eddie Lake: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Bucher: K

Top 3

George Case: S5
George Myatt: 9
Buddy Lewis: 7
Harlond Clift: 43

Bot 3

George Metkovich: 53/BG
Bob Johnson: W
Johnny Lazor: D/78.1-H
Dolph Camilli: T9.2-H
Skeeter Newsome: FC2/SH.3-H
Billy Holm: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Joe Kuhel: 3
George Binks: 43
Gil Torres: 9

Bot 4

Jim Wilson: W
Eddie Lake: W.1-2
Jim Bucher: FC1/BG.2X3(2);1-2
George Metkovich: D9.2-H;1-H
Bob Johnson: CS3(25)
Bob Johnson: W
Johnny Lazor: 7

Top 5

Mike Guerra: K
Alex Carrasquel: W
George Case: W.1-2
George Myatt: W.2-3;1-2
Buddy Lewis: 9/F.3-H;2-3
Harlond Clift: 5/L

Bot 5

Dolph Camilli: 63
Skeeter Newsome: 4/L
Billy Holm: 63

Top 6

Joe Kuhel: K
George Binks: 4/L
Gil Torres: 63

Bot 6

Jim Wilson: 13
Eddie Lake: W
Jim Bucher: S9.1-3
George Metkovich: 8/F.3-H;1-2
Bob Johnson: 5/L

Top 7

Mike Guerra: 7
Hillis Layne: 3/L
George Case: S6
George Myatt: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Lazor: 53
Dolph Camilli: K
Skeeter Newsome: 43

Top 8

Buddy Lewis: S9.B-3(E9)
Harlond Clift: W
Joe Kuhel: 9/F.3-H(UR)
George Binks: 7(B)73(1)/DP

Bot 8

Billy Holm: 63
Jim Wilson: 3/FL
Eddie Lake: W
Jim Bucher: 43

Top 9

Gil Torres: 7
Mike Guerra: 7/L
Jose Zardon: 9