1949 Boston Red Sox Replay

September 10. Gm# 138 Shibe Park Boston 7 Philadelphia 1

WILLIAMS HOMERS TWICE, LEADING MEL PARNELL TO 20TH VICTORY

Boston ace, Mel Parnell(20-6) joined the twenty win club and Ted Williams was a big reason why.

The Red Sox slugger slammed a pair of home runs(42), (43), to lead Boston over Philadelphia, 7-1.

Al Zarilla added his (17th) home run of the season. It was the 11th complete game for Parnell on the year.

Detroit won, to keep pace. New York split a twinbill with Washington. Boston will play a double header against Philadelphia tomorrow.

Other American League scores: Detroit 8 Chicago 3; Washington 4,1 New York 3, 8; Cleveland 2 St. Louis 1

Standing of the Clubs

Boston/138/93/45/.674/—

Detroit/140/84/56/.600/10

New York/134/79/54/1/.593/11.5

Cleveland/136/75/61/.551/17

Philadelphia/136/73/63/.537/19

Chicago/136/54/82/.397/38

Washington/135/46/89/.341/45.5

St. Louis/139/44/94/1/.320/49