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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1948-09-09 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 28002 · 2:20

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 9–4. Boston Red Sox put up 8 in the 3rd. Ellis Kinder earned the win. Ted Williams went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ellis Kinder L: Bob Porterfield SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Henrich	5	3	3	0	0	0
Hank Bauer	4	0	0	1	0	1
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	2	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Brown	4	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Niarhos	2	0	2	1	1	0
Bob Porterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Lopat	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph Houk	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Mapes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	3	1	1	0	2	1
Johnny Pesky	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ted Williams	5	1	2	3	0	0
Vern Stephens	2	1	1	1	2	0
Wally Moses	3	1	1	1	0	0
Billy Goodman	2	1	1	0	2	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	0	1	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ellis Kinder	2	1	0	0	1	1
Bobby Doerr	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Porterfield	2.1	4	4	0
Tommy Byrne	0.0	0	2	0
Eddie Lopat	5.2	5	3	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ellis Kinder	9.0	8	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63
Tommy Henrich: T8
Hank Bauer: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR)
Yogi Berra: 8

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: S7
Johnny Pesky: 8
Ted Williams: 8
Vern Stephens: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Bobby Brown: E4
Phil Rizzuto: 9
Gus Niarhos: T9.1-H(UR)
Bob Porterfield: 4/P
Snuffy Stirnweiss: K/C

Bot 2

Wally Moses: 5/P
Billy Goodman: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Tommy Henrich: S9
Hank Bauer: 7
Joe DiMaggio: S8.1-3
Yogi Berra: 7.3-H
Bobby Brown: 8

Bot 3

Billy Hitchcock: 4/P
Ellis Kinder: W
Dom DiMaggio: W.1-2
Johnny Pesky: W.2-3;1-2
Ted Williams: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H
Vern Stephens: S7.1-2;3-H
Wally Moses: D8.1-3;2-H
Billy Goodman: W
Birdie Tebbetts: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Billy Hitchcock: S8.1-2;2-H;3-H
Ellis Kinder: 13/SH.1-2;2-3
Dom DiMaggio: IW
Johnny Pesky: WP.1-2;2-3;3-H
Johnny Pesky: 43

Top 4

Phil Rizzuto: 7
Gus Niarhos: W
Eddie Lopat: 9
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 7

Bot 4

Ted Williams: 43
Vern Stephens: W
Wally Moses: 3/P/FL
Billy Goodman: 8

Top 5

Tommy Henrich: 9
Hank Bauer: 53
Joe DiMaggio: S7
Yogi Berra: 31

Bot 5

Birdie Tebbetts: 53
Billy Hitchcock: 53
Ellis Kinder: 63

Top 6

Bobby Brown: E4/TH
Phil Rizzuto: S8.1-2
Gus Niarhos: S/BG.1-2;2-3
Eddie Lopat: K
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 1(B)5(3)/LDP

Bot 6

Dom DiMaggio: 4/P
Johnny Pesky: D7
Ted Williams: S64/G6M.2-H;B-2(THH)
Vern Stephens: IW
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Tommy Henrich: T9
Hank Bauer: 7.3-H
Joe DiMaggio: 6/P
Yogi Berra: 3/G

Bot 7

Billy Goodman: S4
Birdie Tebbetts: 14(1)3/GDP
Billy Hitchcock: S7
Ellis Kinder: K

Top 8

Bobby Brown: 63
Phil Rizzuto: 53
Ralph Houk: 6/P

Bot 8

Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 9
Ted Williams: 3/G

Top 9

Cliff Mapes: 43
Charlie Keller: 43
Tommy Henrich: 8

Notes & reviews

Ball caromed off ss Rizzuto's glove to 2bman Stirnweiss; Pesky slid into home and landed on top of Gus Niarhos; Ted Williams ran to 2B while Niarhos tried to get up and argued that Pesky should be out for interference, he was ejected by HP umpire Rommel

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