June 15. Gm# 52 Fenway Park Boston 8 Cleveland 1
PARNELL GOES DISTANCE; RED SOX HIT 3 HOME RUNS IN 8-1 WIN
Mel Parnell(9-1) grinded out a complete game win, in which he allowed eight hits and walked five, but three double plays aided him in allowing only one Cleveland run.
Boston had plenty of offensive firepower in this game, with Ted Williams(18), Vern Stephens(11) and Al Zarilla(5) all hitting home runs. Williams finished with four hits on the day, Birdie Tebbetts had three and Billy Goodman added a triple.
Johnny Pesky went 0-4 with a walk, snapping a 13 game hitting streak.
New York beat Chicago to remain a game back. The Red Sox-Indians series concludes today.
Other American League scores: New York 9 Chicago 4; Philadelphia 2 Detroit 1; Washington 9 St. Louis 0
Standing of the Clubs
Boston/52/35/17/.673
New York/52/34/18/.654
Philadelphia/54/30/24/.556
Detroit/55/30/25/.545
Washington/53/27/26/.509
Cleveland/50/24/26/.480
Chicago/53/19/34/.358
St. Louis/53/13/40/.245
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