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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1951-05-23 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3586 · 2:07

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 12–0. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Mel Parnell earned the win. Lou Boudreau went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
BOS	3	1	0	4	4	0	0	0		12	16

W: Mel Parnell L: Duane Pillette SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB
Don Lenhardt	3	0	1
Fred Marsh	4	0	0
Ken Wood	4	1	0
Roy Sievers	3	0	0
Matt Batts	3	2	0
Hank Arft	3	0	0
Bobby Young	3	1	0
Tom Upton	3	0	0
Duane Pillette	1	0	0
Bobby Hogue	1	0	0
Sherm Lollar	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	2	2	0	1	0
Billy Goodman	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Williams	1	2	0	2	5	0
Lou Boudreau	4	2	3	4	0	0
Vern Stephens	4	1	3	4	1	0
Walt Dropo	4	0	1	2	1	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	1	0	2	0
Les Moss	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mel Parnell	4	3	4	0	1	0
Johnny Pesky	2	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Duane Pillette	3.0	6	5	0
Don Johnson	0.1	2	1	0
Bobby Hogue	3.2	7	4	1
Cliff Fannin	1.0	1	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	9.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Lenhardt: 53
Fred Marsh: 43
Ken Wood: S7
Roy Sievers: 9

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: S7
Billy Goodman: 13/SH.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Lou Boudreau: D9.1-3;2-H
Vern Stephens: S7.2-H;3-H
Walt Dropo: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 2

Matt Batts: S7
Hank Arft: 9
Bobby Young: 13.1-2
Tom Upton: 13

Bot 2

Bobby Doerr: W
Les Moss: S7.1-2
Mel Parnell: W.2-3;1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 12(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Billy Goodman: 32(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Ted Williams: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lou Boudreau: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Duane Pillette: 63
Don Lenhardt: 63
Fred Marsh: 53

Bot 3

Vern Stephens: D7
Walt Dropo: 63
Bobby Doerr: 8
Les Moss: 53

Top 4

Ken Wood: 53
Roy Sievers: 53
Matt Batts: S8
Hank Arft: 5

Bot 4

Mel Parnell: S9
Dom DiMaggio: W.1-2
Billy Goodman: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Lou Boudreau: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H;B-2(E9)
Vern Stephens: S9.2-H(UR);3-H
Walt Dropo: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 9
Les Moss: 9

Top 5

Bobby Young: 13
Tom Upton: 53
Bobby Hogue: 53

Bot 5

Mel Parnell: S9
Dom DiMaggio: S5.1-3(E5);B-2
Billy Goodman: 5
Ted Williams: 9.3-H
Lou Boudreau: S7.2-H
Vern Stephens: W.1-2
Walt Dropo: D7.1-H;2-H
Bobby Doerr: W
Les Moss: K

Top 6

Don Lenhardt: W
Fred Marsh: 7
Ken Wood: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Mel Parnell: S8
Dom DiMaggio: 16(1)3/GDP
Billy Goodman: S7
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Johnny Pesky: 43

Top 7

Roy Sievers: 6
Matt Batts: 53
Hank Arft: 43

Bot 7

Vern Stephens: 63
Walt Dropo: 53
Bobby Doerr: D7
Les Moss: 3

Top 8

Bobby Young: S7
Tom Upton: 64(1)3/GDP
Sherm Lollar: 5

Bot 8

Mel Parnell: D9
Dom DiMaggio: 8
Billy Goodman: 7
Ted Williams: W
Johnny Pesky: 3/G

Top 9

Don Lenhardt: 53
Fred Marsh: 63
Ken Wood: 653

Notes & reviews

Johnny Pesky fielded the ball and tossed it to Vern Stephens so Stephens could tie AL record of 10 assists by a 3rd baseman, set by Luke Appling three years ago

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