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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1945-09-08 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 6136 · 1:50

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 9–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 8th. Vic Johnson earned the win. Dutch Meyer went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12
BOS	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	4		9	18

W: Vic Johnson L: Jim Bagby SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Cihocki	3	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pat Seerey	3	1	2	0	2	0
Dutch Meyer	5	1	3	1	0	0
Les Fleming	5	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Benjamin	4	1	3	1	0	0
Don Ross	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Bagby	4	0	2	2	0	1
Felix Mackiewicz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	3	1	2	1	2	0
Jim Bucher	5	1	1	0	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom McBride	5	2	2	1	0	0
Johnny Lazor	5	3	4	1	0	0
Leon Culberson	3	2	3	2	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	2	2	1	0
Billy Holm	4	0	2	0	1	0
Vic Johnson	5	0	1	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Bagby	7.0	15	4	1
Jack Salveson	1.0	3	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Johnson	9.0	12	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Cihocki: 9
Myril Hoag: K
Pat Seerey: W
Dutch Meyer: S7.1-2
Les Fleming: WP.2-3;1-2
Les Fleming: 31

Bot 1

Eddie Lake: W
Jim Bucher: 9
George Metkovich: 9
Tom McBride: 8

Top 2

Stan Benjamin: S8
Don Ross: S5/BG.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Jim Bagby: S8.3-H;2-H
Al Cihocki: 53/SH.1-2
Myril Hoag: 63

Bot 2

Johnny Lazor: S7
Leon Culberson: S8.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Billy Holm: 4/P
Vic Johnson: S7.3-H;2-H
Eddie Lake: W.1-2
Jim Bucher: K

Top 3

Pat Seerey: D8/78
Dutch Meyer: 4/P
Les Fleming: 43.2-3
Stan Benjamin: D7.3-H
Don Ross: W
Frankie Hayes: 2/FL

Bot 3

George Metkovich: 3/G
Tom McBride: 3/P
Johnny Lazor: 7

Top 4

Jim Bagby: S6
Al Cihocki: 26(1)/FO/BG
Myril Hoag: CS2(26)
Myril Hoag: D7
Pat Seerey: IW
Dutch Meyer: 7

Bot 4

Leon Culberson: D8/89
Skeeter Newsome: S9.2-H
Billy Holm: S7.1-3;BX2(754)
Vic Johnson: FC5.3XH(52);B-1
Eddie Lake: 7/L

Top 5

Les Fleming: 9/L
Stan Benjamin: S6/G
Don Ross: 8
Frankie Hayes: 8

Bot 5

Jim Bucher: 7
George Metkovich: 6/P
Tom McBride: S8
Johnny Lazor: D7.1-H;B-3(THH)
Leon Culberson: W
Skeeter Newsome: S8.3-H;1-2
Billy Holm: 4/P

Top 6

Jim Bagby: 63
Al Cihocki: 8
Myril Hoag: 9

Bot 6

Vic Johnson: 7
Eddie Lake: S5
Jim Bucher: 6/P
George Metkovich: S9.1-3
Tom McBride: 7

Top 7

Pat Seerey: 2/FL
Dutch Meyer: HR/7
Les Fleming: 5/P
Stan Benjamin: 53

Bot 7

Johnny Lazor: S9
Leon Culberson: 14/SH.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: IW
Billy Holm: S9.2XH(92);1-3
Vic Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Don Ross: 7
Frankie Hayes: W
Jim Bagby: K
Felix Mackiewicz: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Eddie Lake: HR/7
Jim Bucher: D8
George Metkovich: 34/SH.2-3
Tom McBride: S9.3-H
Johnny Lazor: S7.1-2
Leon Culberson: PB.2-3;1-2
Leon Culberson: S7.3-H;2-H
Skeeter Newsome: 9/F
Billy Holm: W.1-2
Vic Johnson: 13

Top 9

Myril Hoag: 43
Pat Seerey: S
Dutch Meyer: S.1-2
Les Fleming: 16(1)3/GDP