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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox

1945-05-20 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 12773 · 1:39

Chicago White Sox defeated Boston Red Sox 8–2. Chicago White Sox put up 4 in the 2nd. Orval Grove earned the win. George Metkovich went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7
CHA	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	1		8	13

W: Orval Grove L: Joe Bowman SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ben Steiner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leon Culberson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Tobin	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Metkovich	3	1	1	2	1	1
Fred Walters	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Bowman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yank Terry	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dave Ferriss	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Bucher	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	3	1	1	2	1	0
Oris Hockett	4	0	2	2	0	1
Johnny Dickshot	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nagel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Cuccinello	4	3	3	0	0	0
Roy Schalk	4	1	2	0	0	0
Cass Michaels	4	1	2	2	0	0
Mike Tresh	4	1	2	2	0	1
Orval Grove	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	2.2	7	1	0
Yank Terry	5.1	6	0	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Orval Grove	9.0	7	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: K
Ben Steiner: 43
Leon Culberson: 8

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 43
Oris Hockett: 63
Johnny Dickshot: 7

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 9
Pete Fox: 63
Jackie Tobin: 43

Bot 2

Bill Nagel: 43
Tony Cuccinello: S7
Roy Schalk: S9.1-2
Cass Michaels: S8.2-H;1-2
Mike Tresh: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Orval Grove: 13
Wally Moses: IW
Oris Hockett: S8.3-H;2-H;1XH(862)

Top 3

George Metkovich: K
Fred Walters: 13
Joe Bowman: S8
Skeeter Newsome: S3.1-2
Ben Steiner: K

Bot 3

Johnny Dickshot: 8
Bill Nagel: 7
Tony Cuccinello: S7
Roy Schalk: S9.1-3
Cass Michaels: S9.3-H;1-3
Mike Tresh: K

Top 4

Leon Culberson: 13
Bob Johnson: 4/P
Pete Fox: 53

Bot 4

Orval Grove: K
Wally Moses: 8
Oris Hockett: S9
Johnny Dickshot: CS2(26)

Top 5

Jackie Tobin: 8
George Metkovich: 3/G
Fred Walters: 43

Bot 5

Johnny Dickshot: 63
Bill Nagel: 7
Tony Cuccinello: 53

Top 6

Yank Terry: K
Skeeter Newsome: D7
Ben Steiner: 7
Leon Culberson: S5.2-3
Bob Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Roy Schalk: 63
Cass Michaels: 53
Mike Tresh: 43

Top 7

Pete Fox: 153
Jackie Tobin: S9
George Metkovich: HR/9.1-H
Fred Walters: K
Yank Terry: K

Bot 7

Orval Grove: S4
Wally Moses: HR/9.1-H
Oris Hockett: K23
Johnny Dickshot: 63
Bill Nagel: K

Top 8

Skeeter Newsome: 3/P
Ben Steiner: 2/FL
Leon Culberson: S8
Bob Johnson: 4/P

Bot 8

Tony Cuccinello: D7
Roy Schalk: 13
Cass Michaels: 8
Mike Tresh: S8.2-H
Orval Grove: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Pete Fox: E2
Jackie Tobin: 43.1-2
George Metkovich: W
Dave Ferriss: K
Jim Bucher: 63

Notes & reviews

Moses tried to sneak home when Hockett was trapped between first and second

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