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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1946-08-04 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 49425 · overcast, wet · 1:53

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 9–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 5th. Mickey Harris earned the win. Bobby Doerr went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mickey Harris L: Hal Newhouser SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Jones · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	5	3	3	0	0	0
Wally Moses	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bobby Doerr	5	3	3	7	0	0
Tom McBride	5	0	2	1	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Partee	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Harris	4	2	2	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Eddie Lake	4	1	1	1	2
George Kell	4	0	1	1	1
Hoot Evers	4	0	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	4	1	0	0	0
Dick Wakefield	4	0	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	4	1	3	2	0
Skeeter Webb	4	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	1	0	0	0	1
George Caster	1	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Outlaw	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Harris	9.0	5	0	7

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Newhouser	5.0	8	0	3
George Caster	3.0	5	0	0
Johnny Gorsica	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: K
Johnny Pesky: S
Wally Moses: K
Bobby Doerr: D9.1-H
Tom McBride: S6.2-H
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 1

Eddie Lake: 63
George Kell: 9
Hoot Evers: K

Top 2

Rudy York: 9
Roy Partee: S
Mickey Harris: 1/LDP.1X1(13)

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: 8
Dick Wakefield: 43
Roy Cullenbine: S
Skeeter Webb: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Don Gutteridge: 43
Johnny Pesky: 43
Wally Moses: 3/G

Bot 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Hal Newhouser: K
Eddie Lake: K

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: HR/F7D
Tom McBride: 43
Dom DiMaggio: 13
Rudy York: 43

Bot 4

George Kell: K
Hoot Evers: 43
Hank Greenberg: 7

Top 5

Roy Partee: 8
Mickey Harris: S4/P8S.B-2(E4)
Don Gutteridge: 8
Johnny Pesky: S.2-3
Wally Moses: HP.1-2
Bobby Doerr: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tom McBride: 53

Bot 5

Dick Wakefield: K
Roy Cullenbine: 7
Skeeter Webb: 7

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Rudy York: 2
Roy Partee: 53

Bot 6

Birdie Tebbetts: E5/TH1
George Caster: SB2
George Caster: K
Eddie Lake: D.2-H(UR)
George Kell: D.2-H
Hoot Evers: 341.2-3
Hank Greenberg: 3

Top 7

Mickey Harris: S
Don Gutteridge: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Pesky: 8
Wally Moses: S8.2-H;B-2(E8)
Bobby Doerr: 43

Bot 7

Dick Wakefield: 5
Roy Cullenbine: S
Skeeter Webb: 54(1)/FO
Birdie Tebbetts: 9

Top 8

Tom McBride: S/G
Dom DiMaggio: S/G.1-2
Rudy York: S/G.2-3;1-2
Roy Partee: 52(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Mickey Harris: 8

Bot 8

Jimmy Outlaw: 43
Eddie Lake: K
George Kell: 8

Top 9

Don Gutteridge: 8
Johnny Pesky: D7/G5L
Wally Moses: W
Bobby Doerr: 36(1)/FO.2-H
Tom McBride: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Hoot Evers: 63
Hank Greenberg: E6/TH1.B-2
Dick Wakefield: 5
Roy Cullenbine: HR/F7D.2-H(UR)
Skeeter Webb: 8

Notes & reviews

Pre-game rain made the outfield soggy. The sun came out from the 5th inning on.
Webb dropped it after a long run; because of the condition of the outfield turf, Harris was credited with a hit.

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