1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

August 21. Gm# 119 Griffith Stadium Boston 4 Washington 2

PARNELL GOES 8 STRONG INNINGS TO WIN 18TH GAME

Mel Parnell(18-4) bounced back after a loss last time out, pitching eight strong innings as the Red Sox defeated the Senators, 4-2.

Dom DiMaggio(9) homered on the very first pitch of the game from Washington’s Sid Hudson, however, the Senators countered when Gil Coan tripled on Parnell’s first pitch of the ball game. Coan would score and Washington added a second run in the fourth inning.

Ted Williams singled in Johnny Pesky in the top of the sixth, tying the game at two all.

In the top of the ninth, Vern Stephens doubled, then scored when Birdie Tebbets made it to second on a single and a Sherry Robertson bobble. Tebbets then scored on Billy Goodman’s single, giving Boston a big insurance run.

Philadelphia was nice enough to beat New York, extending the Red Sox lead.

Boston has a one game stop in St. Louis to play the Browns, then they head to Chicago.

Other American League scores: Chicago 5, 4 Cleveland 4, 7; Philadelphia 8 New York 7; St. Louis 4,7 Detroit 2, 8

Standing of the Clubs

Boston/119/83/36/.697/—

New York/116/70/45/1/.608/11

Cleveland/117/66/51/.564/16

Detroit/122/67/55/.549/17.5

Philadelphia/117/63/54/.538/19

Chicago/117/49/68/.419/33

Washington/115/39/76/.339/42

St. Louis/121/36/84/1/.302/47.5