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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1950-09-20 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 2:31

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 6–3. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Bob Lemon earned the win. Luke Easter went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Lemon L: Chuck Stobbs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: Johnny Stevens · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	3	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Goodman	4	0	2	2	0	1
Ted Williams	2	0	0	0	2	1
Vern Stephens	3	0	0	0	0	1
Walt Dropo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Doerr	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	4	0	1	0	0	1
Buddy Rosar	1	1	0	0	1	0
Chuck Stobbs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey McDermott	0	1	0	0	2	0
Tom Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Hatfield	1	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Maxwell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Kennedy	4	3	2	0	0	0
Larry Doby	3	0	2	2	1	0
Luke Easter	4	1	1	2	0	0
Al Rosen	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ray Boone	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Hegan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Lemon	3	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Stobbs	4.2	7	0	0
Mickey McDermott	1.2	2	2	1
Mel Parnell	1.2	0	1	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	9.0	7	5	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S5
Billy Goodman: CS2(24)
Billy Goodman: K/C
Ted Williams: 43

Bot 1

Dale Mitchell: 7
Bob Kennedy: D9
Larry Doby: 3/G.2-3
Luke Easter: HR.3-H
Al Rosen: 2/FL

Top 2

Vern Stephens: K/C
Walt Dropo: 53
Bobby Doerr: D8
Al Zarilla: 31

Bot 2

Ray Boone: 4
Joe Gordon: 2/FL
Jim Hegan: 3/L

Top 3

Buddy Rosar: 9
Chuck Stobbs: 13
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 3

Bob Lemon: 8
Dale Mitchell: 43
Bob Kennedy: D8
Larry Doby: S7.2-H
Luke Easter: SB2
Luke Easter: 3/G

Top 4

Billy Goodman: S7
Ted Williams: K+CS2(26)/DP
Vern Stephens: 8

Bot 4

Al Rosen: 5
Ray Boone: 9
Joe Gordon: 8

Top 5

Walt Dropo: K/C
Bobby Doerr: 8/L
Al Zarilla: 7

Bot 5

Jim Hegan: S6
Bob Lemon: 54/SH.1-2
Dale Mitchell: D7.2-H
Bob Kennedy: 1
Larry Doby: S8.2-H
Luke Easter: 43

Top 6

Buddy Rosar: W
Mickey McDermott: W.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 13/SH.1-2;2-3
Billy Goodman: S9.2-H;3-H
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Vern Stephens: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Walt Dropo: 63

Bot 6

Al Rosen: 4
Ray Boone: W
Joe Gordon: K
Jim Hegan: 8/L

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: D9
Al Zarilla: S3.2-3
Tom Wright: K
Mickey McDermott: W.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 8/F.3-H
Billy Goodman: 13

Bot 7

Bob Lemon: S9
Dale Mitchell: S7.1-2
Bob Kennedy: 35(2)/FO.1-2
Larry Doby: W.2-3;1-2
Luke Easter: 52(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Al Rosen: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Boone: 43

Top 8

Ted Williams: W
Johnny Pesky: 9
Walt Dropo: S7.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Joe Gordon: 63
Jim Hegan: 53
Bob Lemon: K/C

Top 9

Al Zarilla: K
Fred Hatfield: K
Charlie Maxwell: K

Notes & reviews

Indians coaches Harder and Simmons ejected by HP umpire Honochick for arguing that line drive hit by Gordon was fair; it hit 3B umpire Passarella
Debut game for Charlie Maxwell

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