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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1948-05-05 · Day game · Fenway Park · 11 innings · Att: 11434 · 2:36

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 9th. Ellis Kinder earned the win. Vern Stephens went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	11
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	8

W: Ellis Kinder L: Dizzy Trout SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Red Jones · 2B: Joe Paparella · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Lipon	4	2	2	0	1	0
Eddie Mayo	5	0	1	1	0	0
George Kell	4	1	3	0	0	0
Ed Mierkowicz	3	0	1	1	2	1
Hoot Evers	4	0	1	1	1	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3	0	0	0	2	0
Sam Vico	5	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Riebe	3	0	0	0	1	0
Virgil Trucks	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dizzy Trout	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	5	1	2	1	0
Ted Williams	5	0	1	0	1
Vern Stephens	5	2	2	1	1
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0
Jake Jones	3	0	0	0	1
Sam Mele	4	0	0	0	2
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	2	0	0
Mel Parnell	2	0	0	0	2
Billy Goodman	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Spence	1	0	1	1	0
Ellis Kinder	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	8.0	5	0	6
Dizzy Trout	2.1	3	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	7.2	10	3	0
Fritz Dorish	0.1	0	1	0
Ellis Kinder	3.0	1	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Lipon: S7/7S.BX2(74)
Eddie Mayo: 31
George Kell: 6/P

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: 3/L
Ted Williams: 63

Top 2

Ed Mierkowicz: W
Hoot Evers: 64(1)3/GDP
Jimmy Outlaw: W
Sam Vico: 4/P

Bot 2

Vern Stephens: 5/P/FL
Bobby Doerr: 7
Jake Jones: K

Top 3

Hank Riebe: 43
Virgil Trucks: E6
Johnny Lipon: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Sam Mele: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 9
Mel Parnell: K

Top 4

Eddie Mayo: 7
George Kell: S7
Ed Mierkowicz: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: 5/P/FL
Ted Williams: K

Top 5

Hoot Evers: 53
Jimmy Outlaw: 7
Sam Vico: S9
Hank Riebe: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Vern Stephens: S/78
Bobby Doerr: 16(1)/FO
Jake Jones: 64(1)/FO
Sam Mele: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Virgil Trucks: 4/P
Johnny Lipon: S8
Eddie Mayo: 9
George Kell: S9.1-3
Ed Mierkowicz: S5.1-2;3-H
Hoot Evers: S7.BX2(764);2-H;1-3

Bot 6

Birdie Tebbetts: S/78
Mel Parnell: BK.1-2
Mel Parnell: K/C
Dom DiMaggio: 8
Johnny Pesky: S4.2-H
Ted Williams: WP.1-2
Ted Williams: 9

Top 7

Jimmy Outlaw: 7
Sam Vico: S7
Hank Riebe: 164(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Vern Stephens: K
Bobby Doerr: 7
Jake Jones: 7

Top 8

Virgil Trucks: S7
Johnny Lipon: 56(1)/FO
Eddie Mayo: BK.1-2
Eddie Mayo: BK.2-3
Eddie Mayo: 8.3-H
George Kell: S7
Ed Mierkowicz: W.1-2
Hoot Evers: W.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Outlaw: 4/P

Bot 8

Sam Mele: 6/P
Birdie Tebbetts: 53
Billy Goodman: HP
Dom DiMaggio: 63

Top 9

Sam Vico: 3/G
Hank Riebe: W
Virgil Trucks: 26(1)3/GDP/BG

Bot 9

Johnny Pesky: S9
Ted Williams: S4.1-2
Vern Stephens: 56(1)/FO.2-3
Bobby Doerr: PO1(E1).1-2;3-H
Bobby Doerr: 3/P
Stan Spence: S7.2-H(UR)
Sam Mele: K

Top 10

Johnny Lipon: W
Eddie Mayo: S7.1-2
George Kell: FC/SH.1-2;2-3
Ed Mierkowicz: K
Hoot Evers: 7(B)2(3)/DP

Bot 10

Birdie Tebbetts: S8
Ellis Kinder: 34/SH.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 7

Top 11

Jimmy Outlaw: W
Sam Vico: 56(1)/FO/BG
Fred Hutchinson: 9
Dizzy Trout: 53

Bot 11

Ted Williams: 2/FL
Vern Stephens: HR/7

Notes & reviews

3B umpire Bill Summers called a balk; Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy argued the call and HP umpire Johnny Stevens reversed it; Tigers manager Steve O'Neill argued the reversal and the balk was allowed

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