1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

August 17. Gm# 115 Shibe Park Boston 4 Philadelphia 0

MCDERMOTT, MASTERSON COMBINE TO BLANK A’S

Mickey McDermott(12-9) went seven and a third innings, before Walt Masterson finished up, as Boston bounced back with a 4-0 win over Philadelphia.

Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr each had two rbi’s, the former with a single and a double; the latter with a double and a sacrifice fly.

Other American League scores: Chicago 1 Detroit 0; New York 4 Washington 3; St. Louis 10, 5 Cleveland 6, 5.

Standing of the Clubs

Boston/115/80/35/.696/—

New York/112/67/44/1/.603/11

Cleveland/113/63/50/.558/16

Detroit/116/64/52/.552/16.5

Philadelphia/114/62/52/.544/17.5

Chicago/113/48/65/.425/31

Washington/110/38/72/.345/39.5

St. Louis/115/33/81/1/.291/46.5