1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

July 2. Gm# 69 Shibe Park Boston 6 Philadelphia 5

RED SOX DOING IT WITH SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Boston pulled off another win over the Philadelphia A’s, despite Red Sox pitchers issuing 11 walks.

In fact, this game set a new Stratball record for most walks in a game by both teams with 21.

Despite a pitching line score like this: McDermott- 4.2IP, 2R, 4H, 3K, 7W; Johnson -1.1IP, 1R, 5H, 1W; Quinn(7-4)-3IP, 2R, 5H, 1K, 3W, Boston won the game.

Bobby Doerr had four singles and a walk.

Vern Stephens clubbed his (18th) home run and he is closing in on Williams, who is in a power slump of late, for the team lead. Ted was 0-5 in this contest.

Johnny Pesky(4) also went deep and Dom DiMaggio reached on four walks, by the A’s, scoring three times.

Boston maintains a 2.5 game lead over New York

Other American League scores: St. Louis 4, Cleveland 2; Detroit 7 Chicago 6; New York 10 Washington 2

Standing of the Clubs

Boston/69/47/22/.681

New York/70/45/25/.643

Philadelphia/71/40/31/.563

Detroit/72/39/33/.542

Cleveland/67/33/34/.493

Washington/68/31/37/.456

Chicago/71/26/45/.366

St.Louis/68/18/50/.265


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