Author: david bancroft

July 1. Gm# 68 Shibe Park Boston 6 Philadelphia 3 BOSOX KICK OFF ROAD TRIP WITH SLOPPY, 6-3 WIN A win is a win, the saying goes, but this one wasn’t pretty. Boston beat the Philadelphia A’s, 6-3, despite two errors on the mound from Walt Masterson(5-2) and Jack Kramer nearly giving the game away…

June 30. Gm# 67 Fenway Park New York 3 Boston 1 YANKEE CLIPPER AND VIC RASCHI HANDLE RED SOX RATHER EASILY Game notes: The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3-1, taking two out of three games in the series. Joe DiMaggio embarrassed Ted Williams in the latter’s home ballpark, in a matchup…

June 29. Gm# 66 Fenway Park New York 13 Boston 10 SOX 4 HR’S ; TRIPLE PLAY, NOT ENOUGH AS N.Y. SCORES RECORD 12 RUNS IN 1 INN. Mel Parnell left yesterday’s game at the end of the sixth inning, confident that a 9-1 lead would insure his 11th win. After all, Johnny Pesky(3), Bobby…

June 28. Gm# 65 Fenway Park Boston 6 New York 3 RAUCOUS BOSTON CROWD WATCHES RED SOX DISPATCH YANKS IN OPENER Game notes: Bobby Doerr(12) remains red hot, slugging a grand slam as part of a five run Boston fifth inning. It was Bobby’s third homer in his last three games. Dom DiMaggio outplayed brother…

June 26. Gm# 64 Fenway Park Boston 9 St. Louis 2 RED SOX ROUT BROWNS TO COMPLETE SERIES SWEEP Game notes: Boston must have read the clippings about allowing the St. Louis Browns to hang with them, because in the final game of the series, they poured it on, routing the Brownies, 9-2, to complete…

June 25. Gm# 63 Fenway Park Boston 6 St. Louis 5 RED SOX SURVIVE ANOTHER GAME WITH LOWLY BROWNS The St. Louis Browns are the worst team in the American League, yet you’d never know it, based on the way they play Boston. Though the Red Sox have won all three games of a four…

June 24. Gm# 62 Fenway Park Boston 9 St. Louis 8 O’BRIEN’S GAME WINNING SINGLE CAPS AMAZING RED SOX COMEBACK Game notes: Buckle your seats for this one. In a game that looked beyond hope, your Boston Red Sox battled back, scoring six runs over the last two innings, to defeat a battling Browns team,…

June 23. Gm# 61 Fenway Park Boston 4 St. Louis 2 PARNELL FIRST TO 10 WINS; STEPHENS CLUBS 15TH HR AS BOSOX BEAT BROWNS Game notes: Mel Parnell(10-1) became the first Red Sox pitcher to reach the ten win plateau. He beat the St. Louis Browns, 4-2, with a complete game six hitter. He struck…

June 22. Gm# 60 Fenway Park Detroit 7 Boston 5 BOSTON BULLPEN IMPLODES IN 7-5 LOSS TO DETROIT Game notes: At the end of seven innings, Micky McDermott had pitched the Red Sox to a 5-2 lead. In an instant, that lead disappeared. Jack Kramer came in and didn’t retire a single batter, allowing three…

June 21. Gm# 59 Fenway Park Boston 16 Detroit 4 STEPHENS SETS PACE AS BOSOX SET NEW HIGH MARK FOR RUNS SCORED Strat stats: The Red Sox destroyed the Tigers, 16-4, setting a new team benchmark for runs scored in a game. Vern Stephens had a career day, belting two home runs(13,14), one a grand…