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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1955-06-19 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 26080 · 3:03

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 11–7. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 5th. Mel Parnell earned the win and Tom Hurd picked up the save. Ted Williams went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	7	10
BOS	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	3		11	16

W: Mel Parnell L: Herb Score SV: Tom Hurd

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: Eddie Hurley · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	5	3	4	2	0	0
Bobby Avila	3	1	2	1	1	0
Larry Doby	5	0	0	0	0	2
Ralph Kiner	3	0	3	1	1	0
Al Rosen	5	1	1	3	0	1
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Strickland	2	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Foiles	4	1	0	0	0	1
Herb Score	1	1	0	0	1	0
Hank Majeski	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Woodling	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	4	0	2	0	1	0
Billy Klaus	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Williams	5	2	2	3	0	1
Jackie Jensen	4	1	3	0	1	0
Norm Zauchin	4	3	2	2	1	0
Sammy White	5	1	2	1	0	1
Ted Lepcio	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Piersall	3	2	2	4	1	0
Mel Parnell	3	0	1	1	0	1
Tom Hurd	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herb Score	4.0	8	3	4
Ted Gray	1.0	3	0	0
Bill Wight	2.0	1	1	0
Bob Feller	1.0	4	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	6.0	8	4	5
Tom Hurd	3.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: S7
Bobby Avila: 13/SH.1-2
Larry Doby: 5/FL
Ralph Kiner: W
Al Rosen: 53

Bot 1

Billy Goodman: D7
Billy Klaus: 13
Ted Williams: K
Jackie Jensen: W
Norm Zauchin: W.2-3;1-2
Sammy White: K

Top 2

Dave Philley: E6.B-1
George Strickland: K
Hank Foiles: 8
Herb Score: 43

Bot 2

Ted Lepcio: 7
Jim Piersall: 53
Mel Parnell: K

Top 3

Al Smith: HR/7D
Bobby Avila: S9
Larry Doby: K
Ralph Kiner: S7.1-3
Al Rosen: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Billy Goodman: W
Billy Klaus: 54(1)/FO
Ted Williams: 9
Jackie Jensen: 6/P

Top 4

Dave Philley: K
George Strickland: 4/P
Hank Foiles: 5/FL

Bot 4

Norm Zauchin: HR/7D
Sammy White: D8
Ted Lepcio: WP.2-3
Ted Lepcio: K
Jim Piersall: D8.3-H
Mel Parnell: D7.2-H
Billy Goodman: 8/F.2-3
Billy Klaus: 53

Top 5

Herb Score: W
Al Smith: D7.1-3
Bobby Avila: W
Larry Doby: K
Ralph Kiner: 8/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Rosen: HR/7D.3-H;2-H
Dave Philley: 53

Bot 5

Ted Williams: HR/8D
Jackie Jensen: D7
Norm Zauchin: S7.2-H
Sammy White: 8
Ted Lepcio: S9.1-3
Jim Piersall: HR/7D.3-H;1-H
Mel Parnell: 8
Billy Goodman: S7
Billy Klaus: 36(1)/FO

Top 6

George Strickland: W
Hank Foiles: 64(1)/FO
Hank Majeski: K
Al Smith: D7.1-H
Bobby Avila: S8.2-H
Larry Doby: 43

Bot 6

Ted Williams: 63
Jackie Jensen: S8
Norm Zauchin: 46(1)/FO
Sammy White: 7

Top 7

Ralph Kiner: S7
Al Rosen: K
Dave Philley: 8
Gene Woodling: 13

Bot 7

Ted Lepcio: 6/L
Jim Piersall: W
Tom Hurd: PO1(13)
Tom Hurd: 63

Top 8

Hank Foiles: K
Dale Mitchell: 63
Al Smith: 9

Bot 8

Billy Goodman: 43
Billy Klaus: S8
Ted Williams: HR/9D.1-H
Jackie Jensen: S8
Norm Zauchin: 54(1)/FO
Sammy White: D7.1-H
Ted Lepcio: 31

Top 9

Bobby Avila: 9
Larry Doby: 8
Ralph Kiner: S7
Al Rosen: 4(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Woodling and Vic Wertz, not in game, ejected by 1B umpire Summers for arguing Woodling was safe at 1st. Argument lasted 10 minutes with umpire Summers and Indians manager Lopez nearly coming to blows.

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