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May 7. Gm#16 Municipal Stadium Cleveland 8 Boston 2 INDIANS POUND RED SOX, 8-2 Ted Williams(6) hit a two run, homerun off Bob Lemon in the first inning, but after that, it was all downhill for Boston, who lost an 8-2 decision to Cleveland at Municipal Stadium. After the Splendid Splinter’s blast gave his team…

May 6. No game BOSTON AT CLEVELAND WAS CALLED OFF TODAY; PLAY RESUMES TOMORROW Other American League scores: Chicago 6 New York 2; Philadelphia 7 Detroit 4; Washington 8 St. Louis 7 Standing of the Clubs New York/17/13/4/.765 Cleveland/12/8/4/.667 Boston/15/8/7/.533 Chicago/17/9/8/.529 Detroit/16/8/8/.500 Philadelphia/18/8/10/.444 Washington/18/8/10/.444 St. Louis/17/3/14/.176

May 5. Gm# 15 Municipal Stadium Cleveland 2 Boston 1 11 innings FELLER; PAIGE PITCHING MARATHON AIDED BY VERNON’S GAME WINNING HR In one of the best pitching performances seen thus far this season, Cleveland’s Bob Feller worked 10 full innings, limiting the Boston Red Sox to just one run on two hits, before Satchel…

May 4. Gm# 14 Briggs Stadium Boston 6 Detroit 5 BOSTON WINS SEE-SAW THRILLER WITH TWO RUNS IN TOP OF NINTH Boston picked up a quick two runs in the top of the first of Virgil Trucks. With one out, Johnny Pesky walked, Bobby Doerr singled, then Ted Williams singled, scoring Pesky. Doerr, who had…

May 3. Gm# 13 Briggs Stadium Boston 7 Detroit 2 STEPHENS, WILLIAMS LEAD BOSTON PAST DETROIT, 7-2 Vern Stephens(4) hit a first inning grand slam, the second four run clout by Boston in as many games, and Ted Williams(4), who turned that trick two days ago, added a three run homerun in this game. Mel…

May 1. Gm# 12 Yankee Stadium Boston 11 New York 2 RED SOX DESTROY YANKS IN 11-2 ROUT; WILLIAMS BUSTS OUT WITH GRAND SLAM One day after Boston left ten men on base, the team came together to absolutely destroy the New York Yankees by a score of 11-2. An eight run, eighth inning was…

April 30. Gm# 11 Yankee Stadium New York 2 Boston 1 10 innings RED SOX LEAVE BASES LOADED 3 TIMES, LOSE IN TEN INNINGS Despite the N.Y. Yankees walking ten, Boston could not manage to push more than one run across the plate, losing, 2-1 in ten innings. Incredibly, the Red Sox left the bases…

April 29. Gm# 10 Yankee Stadium New York 6 Boston 1 YANKEE POWER TOO MUCH FOR RED SOX IN 6-1 LOSS Tommy Heinrich hit a first inning grand slam; and Bobby Brown added a solo shot in the seventh, as New York powered past Boston, 6-1. The Red Sox drew first blood, when Dom DiMaggio…

April 28. Gm# 9 Fenway Park Boston 6 Philadelphia 0 MEL PARNELL GETS SECOND SHUTOUT IN THREE STARTS One day after grumbles from the Boston press about the state of Red Sox pitching, Mel Parnell (2-0)silenced the critics with a three hit shutout, his second whitewash in three starts. Parnell stopped the Philadelphia A’s on…

April 27. Gm# 8 Fenway Park Boston 11 Philadelphia 7 RED SOX GET BY A’S IN SLUGFEST Boston defeated the Philadelphia A’s, 11-7, in a slugfest at Fenway Park. It was nice to see the Red Sox offense come to life, with Dom DiMaggio going 4-5 and Billy Goodman smacking a couple doubles. Bobby Doerr(1)…