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BATTING STATS THROUGH JULY 18 DiMaggio: .326; 112 hits; 70 runs; 38 rbi; 17 doubles; 1 triple; 6 home runs Doerr: .297; 102 hits; 61 runs; 55 rbi; 18 doubles; 2 triples; 17 home runs Goodman: .297; 82 hits; 34 runs; 25 rbi; 15 doubles; 5 triples; 2 home runs Pesky: .330; 92 hits; 56…

July 18. Gm# 84 Municipal Stadium Boston 4 Cleveland 3 STRINGER, O’BRIEN HIT 9TH INNING DOUBLES TO RALLY SOX PAST INDIANS With the game tied at one each, Lou Stringer pinch hit for Frank Quinn(9-4) in the ninth inning, with two on and two out and laced a double, scoring Al Zarilla and sending Birdie…

July 17. Gm#’s 82, 83 Municipal Stadium Boston 2,3 Cleveland 4, 1 TRIBE HANDS PARNELL 2SD LOSS; STOBBS EARNS C.G. WIN IN TWINBILL SPLIT The Red Sox ended up splitting a doubleheader with Cleveland, while the Yankees also won one and lost one against Chicago, thereby remaining 5.5 games back of Boston. The Indians scored…

July 16. Gm# 81 Briggs Stadium Detroit 6 Boston 3 TIGERS BEAT RED SOX, 6-3 IN FINAL GAME, TO TAKE SERIES, 2 GAMES TO 1 Boston got a home run from Bobby Doerr(16) for the second straight day, but could never really get going, as Pat Dobson(4-3) and the rest of the Sox lost, 6-3…

July 15. Gm# 80 Briggs Stadium Detroit 10 Boston 2 VIC WERTZ TIES STRATBALL RECORD WITH 3 HR’S IN TIGERS, 10-2 ROUT Detroit’s Vic Wertz joined Hank Sauer and Sid Gordon as the only players in Stratball with three home runs in one game. Wertz hit one off Mickey McDermott(9-5) in the third inning, then…

July 14. Gm# 79 Briggs Stadium Boston 7 Detroit 2 RED SOX BEGIN SECOND HALF WITH SOLID 7-2 WIN OVER DETROIT Ted Williams(24) and Vern Stephens(20) hit back to back home runs off Art Houtteman in the first inning, then Boston shelled Tigers reliever, Fred Hutchinson, for four more runs in the third, as Boston…

July 12. Ebbets Field American League 7 National League 6 A.L. WINS NAIL BITER AS RASCHI SURVIVES 9TH INNING DRAMA Vic Raschi survived a tension filled, bottom of the ninth, retiring Sid Gordon with the bases loaded, as the American League held on to win the 1949 All Star game, 7-6. Mel Parnell started for…

July 10. Gm#’s 75,76 Fenway Park Boston 12,9 Philadelphia 1, 10 RED SOX SPLIT TWINBILL WITH ATHLETICS; YANKS WASHED OUT VS SENATORS Game notes: Boston split their double header with Philadelphia. New York was rained out both games against Washington. Red Sox fans got a wide variety in this double header. They saw a 12-1…

July 9. Gm# 76 Fenway Park Philadelphia 7 Boston 0 KELLNER, CHAPMAN, HELP ATHLETICS END RED SOX WIN STREAK, 7-0 Game notes: Sam Chapman hit two home runs and Eddie Joost added another to help Philadelphia end an eight game win streak for Boston. On the mound, Alex Kellner scattered six hits in a shutout…

July 8. Gm# 75 Fenway Park Boston 15 Philadelphia 8 BOSOX RETURN TO FENWAY; HANG 15 RUNS ON ATHLETICS After sweeping Philadelphia and New York on the road, the Red Sox returned to Fenway Park and pasted the Athletics, 15-8, for their eighth straight win. Dom DiMaggio(6) had a homer, double and two singles and…