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July 7. Gm#74 Griffith Stadium Boston 8 Washington 4 (game susp after 6 inn) RED SOX-SENATORS TILT SUSPENDED AFTER SIX INNINGS, TO BE FINISHED LATER In order to catch a train which would return them to Boston, the Red Sox were given permission to leave a game in progress, in which they were leading 8-4,…

July 6. Gm# 74 Griffith Stadium Boston 9 Washington 2 PARNELL’S ARM, ZARILLA’S BAT, HELP BOSOX WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT GAME Game notes: Mel Parnell(12-1) showed why he is the pitching ace of this team. He earned his second straight complete game win, holding the Senators to just four hits. Parnell gave up two runs in…

July 5. Gm# 73 Yankee Stadium Boston 5 New York 4 RED SOX SCORE IN TOP OF 9TH TO BEAT YANKS; SWEEP ALL THREE GAMES Call it the Boston Massacre. The Red Sox came into Yankee Stadium, saw, and conquered, winning all three games in the series, to a take a 6.5 game lead over…

July 4. Gm#’s 71-72 Yankee Stadium Boston 8, 6 New York 2, 3 RED SOX TAKE TWO FROM YANKEES; INCREASE LEAD TO 5.5 GAMES Twinbill Tidbits: Boston was terrific over the Independence Day holiday, taking both ends of a double header at Yankee Stadium. That increases their lead over the second place Yanks by five…

July 3. Gm# 70 Shibe Park Boston 7 Philadelphia 1 BOSTON COMPLETES SWEEP OF A’S WITH 7-1 EXCLAMATION POINT Game notes: The Red Sox rocked Athletics starter, Alex Kellner for five runs in the first inning, enroute to a 7-1 rout, and a three game sweep of Philadelphia. Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Vern Stephens and…

July 2. Gm# 69 Shibe Park Boston 6 Philadelphia 5 RED SOX DOING IT WITH SMOKE AND MIRRORS Boston pulled off another win over the Philadelphia A’s, despite Red Sox pitchers issuing 11 walks. In fact, this game set a new Stratball record for most walks in a game by both teams with 21. Despite…

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…