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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1945-08-08 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 8th. Stubby Overmire earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7
DET	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2		5	11

W: Stubby Overmire L: Boo Ferriss SV: Al Benton

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ty LaForest	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	0	1	0	2
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Fox	3	0	0	0	1	1
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Garbark	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dave Ferriss	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Lazor	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	3	0	0	1	0	0
Red Borom	4	0	1	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	2	3	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jimmy Outlaw	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bob Maier	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Swift	3	1	2	0	1	1
Stubby Overmire	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Ferriss	8.0	11	2	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stubby Overmire	7.1	5	1	4
Al Benton	1.2	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: 4/P
Ty LaForest: 8
George Metkovich: K

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 13
Red Borom: 43
Roy Cullenbine: S
Hank Greenberg: D.1-3
Rudy York: IW
Jimmy Outlaw: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 53
Pete Fox: K
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Bot 2

Bob Maier: D
Bob Swift: S.2-3
Stubby Overmire: 13.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 3/SH.3-H;2-3
Red Borom: 7

Top 3

Dolph Camilli: 7
Bob Garbark: D
Dave Ferriss: 9
Eddie Lake: 8

Bot 3

Roy Cullenbine: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: 5/P
Rudy York: 9

Top 4

Ty LaForest: 13
George Metkovich: 13
Bob Johnson: 7

Bot 4

Jimmy Outlaw: K
Bob Maier: 2/FL
Bob Swift: K

Top 5

Pete Fox: 63
Skeeter Newsome: 4/P
Dolph Camilli: 5/P

Bot 5

Stubby Overmire: 8
Skeeter Webb: 63
Red Borom: 23

Top 6

Bob Garbark: 43
Dave Ferriss: S
Eddie Lake: 4/P
Ty LaForest: K

Bot 6

Roy Cullenbine: 8
Hank Greenberg: S7.B-3(E7)
Rudy York: 7.3-H(E7)(NR)(UR)
Jimmy Outlaw: S
Bob Maier: 63

Top 7

George Metkovich: K
Bob Johnson: 53
Pete Fox: W
Skeeter Newsome: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bob Swift: S
Stubby Overmire: 13/SH.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 6/P
Red Borom: S.2-H
Roy Cullenbine: CS2(26)

Top 8

Dolph Camilli: S
Bob Garbark: S.1-3
Dave Ferriss: 8.3-H
Eddie Lake: S.1-2
Johnny Lazor: S.2-3;1-2
George Metkovich: 7.3-H
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Roy Cullenbine: 2/FL
Hank Greenberg: D
Rudy York: SB3
Rudy York: S.3-H
Jimmy Outlaw: S.1-3
Bob Maier: 46(1)/FO.3-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Bob Swift: IW
Al Benton: 13

Top 9

Skeeter Newsome: D
Dolph Camilli: K
Bob Garbark: 7
Dave Ferriss: 13