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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1948-05-31 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:16

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–0. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Joe Dobson earned the win. Ted Williams went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Dobson L: Lou Brissie SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	1	0	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	2	1	0	1	2
Ted Williams	4	2	2	3	1	0
Stan Spence	4	1	0	0	1	0
Vern Stephens	4	0	3	2	1	0
Bobby Doerr	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jake Jones	3	0	1	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	4	1	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	1
Don White	4	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	3	1	0	1
Ferris Fain	4	1	0	0
Hank Majeski	2	0	1	1
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0
Herman Franks	3	1	0	0
Pete Suder	3	1	0	0
Lou Brissie	2	0	0	0
Bubba Harris	1	0	0	0
George Binks	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Dobson	9.0	4	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Brissie	6.1	6	5	4
Bubba Harris	2.2	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Billy Hitchcock: T9
Ted Williams: FC.3-H;B-1
Stan Spence: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 7
Don White: 63
Elmer Valo: 63

Top 2

Vern Stephens: 8
Bobby Doerr: 8
Jake Jones: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Bot 2

Ferris Fain: S6
Hank Majeski: K/C
Sam Chapman: 4
Herman Franks: S8.1-2
Pete Suder: 8

Top 3

Joe Dobson: K
Dom DiMaggio: 2/FL
Billy Hitchcock: 63

Bot 3

Lou Brissie: 5/FL
Eddie Joost: 2/FL
Don White: 53

Top 4

Ted Williams: S7
Stan Spence: 56(1)/FO
Vern Stephens: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S7.1-3(E7);2-H
Jake Jones: FC6.3XH(652);1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Elmer Valo: D8
Ferris Fain: 43.2-3
Hank Majeski: 63
Sam Chapman: 8

Top 5

Joe Dobson: K
Dom DiMaggio: W
Billy Hitchcock: K
Ted Williams: HR/9.1-H
Stan Spence: 4

Bot 5

Herman Franks: 3/L
Pete Suder: S6
Lou Brissie: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Vern Stephens: S7
Bobby Doerr: K
Jake Jones: S8.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Eddie Joost: 53
Don White: 63
Elmer Valo: K/C

Top 7

Joe Dobson: E4
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Billy Hitchcock: W.1-2
Ted Williams: W.2-3;1-2
Stan Spence: WP.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Stan Spence: W
Vern Stephens: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Bobby Doerr: 8
Jake Jones: 8/L

Bot 7

Ferris Fain: 4
Hank Majeski: W
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO
Herman Franks: 13

Top 8

Birdie Tebbetts: 9
Joe Dobson: 2/FL
Dom DiMaggio: S6
Billy Hitchcock: K

Bot 8

Pete Suder: 43
Bubba Harris: 3/G
Eddie Joost: K

Top 9

Ted Williams: 7
Stan Spence: 3/G
Vern Stephens: S7
Bobby Doerr: 53

Bot 9

Don White: 43
George Binks: 3/G
Ferris Fain: 5/FL