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June 6. Gm# 44 Briggs Stadium Boston 11 Detroit 7 RED SOX PLAY MORE HOME RUN DERBY; TAKE 3 OF 4 FROM DETROIT Boston poured on the offensive once again, scoring 11 runs over the first three innings, then holding off the Tigers, to win 11-7, taking three out of four in the series. Ted…

June 5. Gm’s 42-43 Briggs Stadium Boston 12, 6 Detroit 2, 3 2 GRAND SLAMS IN ONE GAME HIGHLIGHT RED SOX TWINBILL SWEEP OF TIGERS Boston won twice against Detroit, in a doubleheader at Briggs Stadium. The first game was a massacre, in which both Ted Williams(12) and Vern Stephens(9), hit grand slam home runs.…

June 4. Gm# 41 Briggs Stadium Detroit 8 Boston 1 TIGERS HAND McDERMOTT SECOND LOSS Marty McDermott(7-2) gave up five runs in five innings as the Detroit Tigers won the first of a four game series, 6-1. Boston took an early 1-0 lead against Fred Hutchingson, on two singles and two walks in the first…

June 3. Gm# 40 Municipal Stadium Boston 7 Cleveland 2 AL ZARILLA’S GRAND SLAM HIGHLIGHTS BOSTON’S 7-2 WIN Al Zarilla(4) belted a grand slam off Early Wynn in the top of the third inning and Birdie Tebbetts(5) hit a two run clout, as the Red Sox defeated Cleveland, 7-2. All runs scored on Zarilla’s grand…

June 2. Gm# 39 Municipal Stadium Boston 5 Cleveland 3 HOME RUNS BY STEPHENS AND TEBBETTS LEAD RED SOX PAST INDIANS With the game tied at 3 all, Vern Stephens(8) and Birdie Tebbetts(4) both homered in the top of the sixth, to lead Boston past Cleveland, 5-3. Ellis Kinder(2-3) pitched a fabulous game. He made…

June 1. Gm# 38 Municipal Stadium Cleveland 7 Boston 5 INDIANS’ JIM HEGAN HOMERS LATE TO BEAT RED SOX Cleveland catcher, Jim Hegan snapped a five all tie by belting a two run home run in the eighth inning, giving the Indians a 7-5 win over Boston. The Red Sox got a run in the…

May 30. Gm#’s 36-37. Fenway Park Philadelphia 7, 8 Boston 6, 10 RED SOX SPLIT DOUBLE HEADER WITH A’S; KEEP PACE WITH YANKS Boston split a Memorial Day twinbill with the Philadelpha A’s, dropping game one, 7-6, then coming back to win the night cap, 10-8. The opener began with Joe Dobson squaring off against…

May 29. Gm# 35 Fenway Park Boston 11 Washington 9 13 innings TEBBETTS ENDS 13 INNING SLUGFEST WITH HOME RUN Birdie Tebbetts(3)homered for the second straight game, this time with Vern Stephens aboard in the bottom of the 13th, to win a wild, slugfest with the Washington Senators. The game couldn’t have come at a…

May 28. Gm# 34 Fenway Park Boston 1 Washington 0 PARNELL GRINDS HIS WAY TO 3RD SHUTOUT, THANKS TO TEBBETTS HR Two starts ago, Mel Parnell(6-1) lost a chance for a shutout when he was pulled from the game after issuing seven walks. At the time, he was upset about it, feeling he should have…

May 27. SENATORS-RED SOX GAME IS RAINED OUT Other American League scores: Cleveland 4 Chicago 0; Detroit 5 St. Louis 4; New York 3 Philadelphia 1 Standing of the Clubs New York/33/23/10/.697 Boston/33/21/12/.636 Philadelphia/36/20/16/.556 Washington/36/20/16/.556 Detroit/36/17/19/.472 Chicago/34/15/19/.441 Cleveland/30/13/17/.433 St. Louis/36/9/27/.250