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Yankees 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
September 23, 1945

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on September 23, 1945 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 23, 1945 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherOtey Clark  
Losing PitcherKen Holcombe  
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Game Winning RBIEddie Lake 

Game Info

DateSeptember 23, 1945 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherSpud Chandler  
Home Starting PitcherVic Johnson  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Pipgras
1B: Red Jones
2B: (none)
3B: Hal Weafer

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Snuffy Stirnweiss  Second Baseman 
Bud Metheny  Right Fielder 
Russ Derry  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Nick Etten  First Baseman 
Oscar Grimes  Third Baseman 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Bill Drescher  Catcher 
Spud Chandler  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Lake  Shortstop 
George Metkovich  Right Fielder 
Tom McBride  Center Fielder 
Bob Johnson  Left Fielder 
Skeeter Newsome  Second Baseman 
Dolph Camilli  First Baseman 
Jackie Tobin  Third Baseman 
Red Steiner  Catcher 
Vic Johnson  Pitcher 
Joe Cronin  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
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         Game of 9/23/1945, game 1 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Stirnweiss S, 2b      6  0  1  0   Lake E, ss            6  0  2  1   
Metheny B, rf         4  0  1  0   Metkovich G, rf       6  1  3  2   
Derry R, cf           4  1  0  0   McBride T, cf         6  0  1  1   
Stainback T, cf       2  0  0  0   Johnson B, lf         5  1  1  0   
Keller C, lf          5  0  0  0   Newsome S, 2b         6  0  1  0   
Etten N, 1b           6  1  3  2   Camilli D, 1b         6  0  1  2   
Grimes O, 3b          7  1  1  0   Tobin J, 3b           6  1  1  0   
Crosetti F, ss        4  1  1  0   Steiner R, c          3  0  1  0   
Drescher B, c         3  0  1  1   LaForest T, pr        0  1  0  0   
Savage D, pr          0  0  0  0   Holm B, c             2  1  0  0   
Robinson A, c         2  0  0  0   Johnson V, p          1  0  0  0   
Chandler S, p         3  1  1  1   Woods P, p            1  0  0  0   
Martin H, ph          0  0  0  1   Ferriss D, ph         0  0  0  0   
Holcombe K, p         2  0  0  0   Fox P, pr             0  1  0  0   
                                   Heflin R, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Clark O, p            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  5  9  5                        49  6 11  6

New York         020 010 011 000 00 --  5
Boston           000 200 300 000 01 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chandler S            7.0  8  5  5  2  3
Holcombe K (L)        6.1  3  1  1  3  4

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Johnson V             4.1  6  3  3  3  0
Woods P               2.2  0  0  0  3  1
Heflin R              0.2  1  1  1  2  0
Clark O (W)           6.1  2  1  0  3  2

E -- Johnson V, Johnson B
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- New York 13, Boston 9
2B -- Metkovich G, Lake E
SB -- Metkovich G 2, Newsome S
SH -- Metheny B, Clark O
T -- 3:23
A -- 0

    

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