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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1953-06-04 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 5225 · 2:35

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 8–1. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 5th. Bob Lemon earned the win. Larry Doby went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Lemon L: Mel Parnell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Grover Froese · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Piersall	2	0	1	0	1	0
Gene Stephens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hoot Evers	2	1	1	0	2	0
George Kell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Goodman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Lepcio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy White	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lipon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Bolling	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Niarhos	2	0	1	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	5	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Avila	3	1	2	2	1	0
Larry Doby	3	1	2	4	2	0
Al Rosen	5	0	1	0	0	2
Wally Westlake	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Glynn	4	1	1	0	1	0
George Strickland	3	2	2	0	2	0
Jim Hegan	5	2	3	0	0	1
Bob Lemon	3	0	0	1	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	1.0	4	3	0
Bill Kennedy	7.0	8	4	5

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	9.0	7	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Piersall: 43
Gene Stephens: K
Hoot Evers: W
George Kell: W.1-2
Billy Goodman: S8.2-H;1-2
Ted Lepcio: 9

Bot 1

Dale Mitchell: 63
Bobby Avila: 63
Larry Doby: W
Al Rosen: S7.1-2
Wally Westlake: 3/G

Top 2

Sammy White: 13
Johnny Lipon: 5/FL
Mel Parnell: K

Bot 2

Bill Glynn: S7
George Strickland: W.1-2
Jim Hegan: S7.2-3;1-2
Bob Lemon: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dale Mitchell: FC4.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1
Bobby Avila: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Larry Doby: 2/FL
Al Rosen: K
Wally Westlake: 2/FL

Top 3

Jim Piersall: W
Gene Stephens: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Hoot Evers: W
George Kell: 7/FL

Bot 3

Bill Glynn: 8
George Strickland: 8
Jim Hegan: S9
Bob Lemon: 43

Top 4

Billy Goodman: 43
Ted Lepcio: S7
Sammy White: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Dale Mitchell: 2/FL
Bobby Avila: S7
Larry Doby: S9.1-3
Al Rosen: K
Wally Westlake: 8

Top 5

Milt Bolling: W
Bill Kennedy: 14/SH.1-2
Jim Piersall: S9.2-3
Gene Stephens: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bill Glynn: W
George Strickland: W.1-2
Jim Hegan: S5.2-3;1-2
Bob Lemon: K
Dale Mitchell: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2;B-1
Bobby Avila: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Larry Doby: HR/9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Al Rosen: E7.B-1
Wally Westlake: K

Top 6

Hoot Evers: S6
George Kell: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Goodman: 43

Bot 6

Bill Glynn: 23
George Strickland: D7
Jim Hegan: K
Bob Lemon: 8

Top 7

Ted Lepcio: 6/P
Gus Niarhos: 63
Milt Bolling: S5
Bill Kennedy: S4.1-3
Al Zarilla: 4/P

Bot 7

Dale Mitchell: S7
Bobby Avila: 53/SH.1-2
Larry Doby: W
Al Rosen: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Gene Stephens: 8
Hoot Evers: 53
Billy Consolo: 9

Bot 8

Wally Westlake: 7
Bill Glynn: 43
George Strickland: D7
Jim Hegan: 63

Top 9

Billy Goodman: 43
Ted Lepcio: 63
Gus Niarhos: S7
Milt Bolling: 9