Author: david bancroft

May 20. Fenway Park MOTHER NATURE PAUSES RED SOX WIN STREAK Rain put a damper on Boston’s winning ways, as the Red Sox and Indians were postponed by rain. Also washed out was the White Sox-Yankees game in N.Y. Other American League scores: Washington 5 St. Louis 3; Philadelphia 2 Detroit 1 Standing of the…

May 19. Gm# 27 Fenway Park Boston 6 Chicago 2 BOSTON MAKES IT 5 STRAIGHT WINS; BEATS CHICAGO AGAIN The surging Red Sox have won their fifth straight game, beating the Chicago White Sox, 6-2. The Bosox got long balls from DiMaggio(2) and Doerr(3) and doubles from Doerr, Williams, Zarilla and Goodman, in the win.…

RED SOX BATTING AND PITCHING RECORDS (THROUGH MAY 18) Player AB H R BI .AVE Pesky 81 29 10 16 .358 DiMaggio 110 33 20 12 .300 Williams 94 28 23 23 .298 Stephens 90 21 8 10 .289 Doerr 103 27 13 10 262 Goodman 94 22 15 6 .234 Tebbetts 90 21 11…

May 18. Gm# 26 Fenway Park Boston 6 Chicago 0 RED SOX WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT; PARNELL, STOBBS COMBINE TO BLANK CHISOX Boston defeated the Chicago White Sox, 6-0, with Mel Parnell(4-1) earning the win. Parnell was visibly upset when he was lifted from the game after walking two batters back to back, in the top…

May 17. Gm#25 Fenway Park Boston 8 Chicago 4 RED SOX OPEN HOMESTAND WITH 8-4 WIN OVER WHITE SOX Ted Williams(8) had a huge day at the plate, with a homer, double and two singles, as Boston opened their latest homestand with an 8-4 win over Chicago. Also getting in on the fun were, Dom…

May 16. Gm# 24 Griffith Stadium Boston 10 Washington 1 BOSOX DESTROY SENATORS IN SERIES FINALE Boston ends up winning two out of three from Washington, winning the finale by a convincing, 10-1 score. Joe Dobson(1-2) gave up just one run, a fourth inning solo homerun by outfielder, Clyde Vollmer. The Red Sox moundsman allowed…

May 15. Gm# 23 Griffith Stadium Boston 1 Washington 0 14 innings PESKY’S RBI TRIPLE GIVES BOSTON THE WIN IN 1-0, 14 INNING MARATHON Boston’s Ellis Kinder and Washington’s Sid Hudson locked horns in a pitcher’s duel for the ages, each toiling a full nine innings, only to end their days’s work in a scoreless…

May 14 Gm# 22 Griffith Stadium Washington 6 Boston 1 ROUGH FIRST INNING LEADS TO PARNELL’S FIRST LOSS Boston’s Mel Parnell(3-1) gave up three runs in the bottom of the first and the Senators never looked back, going on to defeat the Red Sox, 6-2. The loss was Parnell’s first after three straight wins. After…

May 13. BOSTON DID NOT PLAY TODAY Other American League scores: Chicago 11 Cleveland 10; Detroit 7 St. Louis 2 Standing of the Clubs New York/22/16/6/.727 Cleveland/18/10/8/.556 Washington/24/13/11/.542 Boston/21/11/10/.524 Detroit/23/12/11/.522 Chicago/24/12/12/.500 Philadelphia/24/10/14/.417 St. Louis/24/7/17/.292

May 12. Gm# 21 Comiskey Park. Boston 6 Chicago 1 RED SOX TURN THE TABLES ON WHITE SOX IN 6-1 WIN Yesterday, Chicago beat Boston, 6-1, with the pale hose collecting 11 hits to the Red Sox’s five. Today, that score was flip flopped, with Boston having six runs on eleven hits, to Chicago’s one…