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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1953-08-07 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 33728 · 2:28

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 4–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 2nd. Mel Parnell earned the win and Ellis Kinder picked up the save. Bobby Avila went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Parnell L: Bob Lemon SV: Ellis Kinder

Umpires — HP: Hank Soar · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Grover Froese · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	4	1	2	1	0	0
Luke Easter	3	1	2	1	1	0
Al Rosen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Doby	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Westlake	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Strickland	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Lemon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Kennedy	2	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Simpson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Tipton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hoot Evers	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	4	0	0	0	1	0
George Kell	3	1	1	0	0	0
Sammy White	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Umphlett	4	2	3	1	0	0
Jim Piersall	2	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Lipon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mel Parnell	3	0	2	3	0	0
Ellis Kinder	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	8.0	12	3	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	6.0	6	2	4
Ellis Kinder	3.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: 63
Bobby Avila: HR9/IPHR/9L
Luke Easter: W
Al Rosen: S7.1-2
Larry Doby: K
Wally Westlake: 63

Bot 1

Billy Goodman: S5
Hoot Evers: S7.1-2
Dick Gernert: 7
George Kell: 7
Sammy White: 1/L

Top 2

George Strickland: 8
Jim Hegan: K
Bob Lemon: 8

Bot 2

Tom Umphlett: S8
Jim Piersall: S1.1-2
Johnny Lipon: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Mel Parnell: S8.3-H;2-H
Billy Goodman: 36(1)/FO
Hoot Evers: 3/G

Top 3

Al Smith: 8
Bobby Avila: S9
Luke Easter: S7.1-2
Al Rosen: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dick Gernert: 8
George Kell: HP
Sammy White: S7.1-2
Tom Umphlett: D7.2-H;1-3
Jim Piersall: W
Johnny Lipon: K
Mel Parnell: 7

Top 4

Larry Doby: 3/G
Wally Westlake: K
George Strickland: 8

Bot 4

Billy Goodman: K
Hoot Evers: S9
Dick Gernert: 8
George Kell: 13

Top 5

Jim Hegan: 53
Bob Lemon: K
Al Smith: 9

Bot 5

Sammy White: S8
Tom Umphlett: S5.1-2
Jim Piersall: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Johnny Lipon: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Mel Parnell: S7.3-H;1-2
Billy Goodman: 8

Top 6

Bobby Avila: 63
Luke Easter: HR/8
Al Rosen: 8
Bob Kennedy: S9
Wally Westlake: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Hoot Evers: 4/P
Dick Gernert: W
George Kell: S9.1-3
Sammy White: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

George Strickland: W
Jim Hegan: FC1.1-2;B-1
Bob Lemon: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2
Al Smith: 3/FL
Bobby Avila: 9
Luke Easter: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Tom Umphlett: 8
Jim Piersall: W
Johnny Lipon: SB2
Johnny Lipon: K
Ellis Kinder: 53

Top 8

Al Rosen: 2/FL
Bob Kennedy: 8
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 8

Billy Goodman: 23
Hoot Evers: 53
Dick Gernert: 9

Top 9

Harry Simpson: W
Joe Tipton: 54(1)3/GDP
Bob Lemon: K

Notes & reviews

Jimmy Piersall crashed into the wall trying to catch Bobby Avila's fly ball
Indian Mitchell, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Soar for arguing ball called on Lipon
Doby left with knee injury suffered when he made great of Gernert's hit in 3rd

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