1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

June 3. Gm# 40 Municipal Stadium Boston 7 Cleveland 2

AL ZARILLA’S GRAND SLAM HIGHLIGHTS BOSTON’S 7-2 WIN

Al Zarilla(4) belted a grand slam off Early Wynn in the top of the third inning and Birdie Tebbetts(5) hit a two run clout, as the Red Sox defeated Cleveland, 7-2. All runs scored on Zarilla’s grand slam were unearned, due to a dropped fly ball by Mickey Vernon.

The Indians walked 10 batters, one short of the season high for the A.L.

Joe Dobson(3-2) collected the win, working 5.1 innings before Earl Johnson took over to finish out the last 3.2 innings.

Other American League scores: Chicago 2 Washington 1; Philadelphia 10 Cleveland 3; New York 11 St. Louis 3

Standing of the Clubs

New York/40/28/12/.700

Boston/40/26/14/.650

Washington/43/24/19/.558

Detroit/43/23/20/.535

Philadelphia/43/22/21/.512

Cleveland/38/18/20/.474

Chicago/42/17/25/.405

St. Louis/43/9/34/.209