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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1951-06-13 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 9390 · 2:02

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 2–0. Bill Wight earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill Wight L: Dizzy Trout SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lipon	4	1	0	0
Jerry Priddy	4	0	0	0
George Kell	3	1	1	0
Vic Wertz	3	0	1	0
Hoot Evers	4	0	0	0
Johnny Groth	2	2	2	0
Don Kolloway	4	0	0	0
Joe Ginsberg	3	0	0	1
Dizzy Trout	2	1	1	0
Bud Souchock	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	2	0	1	0	2	0
Ted Williams	3	0	1	1	1	0
Vern Stephens	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	1	0	0
Walt Dropo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	2	0	0	0	1	0
Les Moss	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Wight	3	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dizzy Trout	8.0	6	5	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Wight	9.0	5	5	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Lipon: 13
Jerry Priddy: 43
George Kell: W
Vic Wertz: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: 2/FL
Johnny Pesky: W
Ted Williams: 7(B)63(1)/FDP

Top 2

Hoot Evers: 3
Johnny Groth: S7
Don Kolloway: 8
Joe Ginsberg: K

Bot 2

Vern Stephens: T8/8XD
Bobby Doerr: 63.3-H
Walt Dropo: 63
Clyde Vollmer: 3/G

Top 3

Dizzy Trout: W
Johnny Lipon: S1/BG.1-2
Jerry Priddy: 9.2-3
George Kell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Les Moss: 6
Bill Wight: K
Dom DiMaggio: 9

Top 4

Vic Wertz: W
Hoot Evers: 64(1)3/GDP
Johnny Groth: W
Don Kolloway: 8

Bot 4

Johnny Pesky: S6
Ted Williams: 16(1)3/GDP
Vern Stephens: S7/7D
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Joe Ginsberg: 2
Dizzy Trout: S7
Johnny Lipon: WP.1-2
Johnny Lipon: 53.2-3
Jerry Priddy: 63

Bot 5

Walt Dropo: 63
Clyde Vollmer: W
Les Moss: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

George Kell: S7
Vic Wertz: 7
Hoot Evers: 4
Johnny Groth: S8.1-3
Don Kolloway: 9

Bot 6

Bill Wight: 7
Dom DiMaggio: S9
Johnny Pesky: 43.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Vern Stephens: 6

Top 7

Joe Ginsberg: 43
Dizzy Trout: 43
Johnny Lipon: 7

Bot 7

Bobby Doerr: 2/FL
Walt Dropo: 9
Clyde Vollmer: 9

Top 8

Jerry Priddy: 53
George Kell: 53
Vic Wertz: 63

Bot 8

Les Moss: K
Bill Wight: 5
Dom DiMaggio: S8
Johnny Pesky: W.1-2
Ted Williams: D7/7D.2-H;1-3
Vern Stephens: W
Bobby Doerr: 4(1)/FO

Top 9

Hoot Evers: 53
Johnny Groth: W
Don Kolloway: 6/F
Bud Souchock: 8

Notes & reviews

Ted Williams took a close pitch with two strikes that HP umpire Johnny Stevens called a ball; Dizzy Trout argued the call; Fred Hutchinson ejected by Stevens from the bench

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