1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

April 27. Gm# 8 Fenway Park Boston 11 Philadelphia 7

RED SOX GET BY A’S IN SLUGFEST

Boston defeated the Philadelphia A’s, 11-7, in a slugfest at Fenway Park. It was nice to see the Red Sox offense come to life, with Dom DiMaggio going 4-5 and Billy Goodman smacking a couple doubles. Bobby Doerr(1) collected his first homerun of the year.

However, the crimson hose’s pitching staff has been far from stellar. 3 Red Sox pitchers combined to allow 7 runs on 12 hits, while giving up five free passes.

Tex Hughson relived starter, Mike McDermott(2-0), holding an 11-4 lead, and surrendered four straight hits and three runs in just .2 innings.

But thanks to 3 A’s errors, which gave Boston six unearned runs, the home team was able to hold on for the win.

Other American League scores: Cleveland 11 Chicago 3; St. Louis 4 Detroit 3; Washington 4 New York 3.

Standing of the Clubs

New York/9/7/2/.778

Cleveland/7/5/2/.714

Detroit/8/5/3/.625

Chicago/10/5/5/.500

Boston/8/4/4/.500

Philadelphia/10/4/6/.400

Washington/9/3/6/.333

St. Louis/9/2/7/.222