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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 8, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 8, 1946 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 8, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 8, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Newhouser |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Dobson |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 29,453 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: (none) 3B: Joe Paparella |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Jimmy Outlaw | Center Fielder |
| Dick Wakefield | Left Fielder |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Pat Mullin | Right Fielder |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | Second Baseman |
| Paul Richards | Catcher |
| Hal Newhouser | Pitcher |
| Steve O'Neill | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Metkovich | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Pesky | Shortstop |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| Joe Dobson | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 8, 1946
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Dobson
Lake hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Dobson
Kell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Dobson
Outlaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wakefield vs. Dobson
Wakefield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Outlaw moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Greenberg vs. Dobson
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Newhouser
Metkovich hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Newhouser
Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Newhouser
Williams takes first base on ball four. Pesky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Newhouser
Doerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pesky scores. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Newhouser
York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Newhouser
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Doerr moves to third. York moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Higgins vs. Newhouser
Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doerr scores. York scores. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wagner vs. Newhouser
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio scores. Higgins moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dobson vs. Newhouser
Dobson strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullin vs. Dobson
Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Dobson
Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richards vs. Dobson
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. White
Hal White now pitching.
Metkovich bunts towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. White
There goes Metkovich. The throw from Richards and he is safe. Metkovich steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pesky vs. White
Pesky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Richards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. White
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metkovich scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. White
Doerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wakefield. Doerr reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
York vs. White
York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Doerr scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. White
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. White
Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Outlaw. Higgins reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. White
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wagner for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Dobson
Anse Moore pinch hits for Hal White.
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Dobson
Lake hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Dobson
Kell hits a line drive towards third. Higgins reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Dobson
Outlaw hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobson vs. Manders
Hal Manders now pitching.
Dobson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Manders
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Manders
Pesky hits a line drive into left field. Wakefield picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wakefield. Pesky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Manders
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Manders
Doerr hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Manders
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Dobson
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Doerr. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Dobson
Greenberg hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mullin vs. Dobson
Mullin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Mullin reaches second base with a double. Wakefield moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bloodworth vs. Dobson
Bloodworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wakefield scores. Mullin moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Richards vs. Dobson
Richards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manders vs. Dobson
Manders hits a line drive towards short. Pesky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Manders
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Manders
Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Outlaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Manders
Wagner hits a fly ball towards left. Wakefield catches it and throws to second to double up DiMaggio, who tagged up and tried to advance to second. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Dobson
Lake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Dobson
Kell hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Dobson
Outlaw strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wakefield vs. Dobson
Wakefield hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobson vs. Manders
Dobson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Manders
Metkovich hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Manders
Pesky hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Dobson
Greenberg hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mullin vs. Dobson
Mullin hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bloodworth vs. Dobson
Bloodworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richards vs. Dobson
Richards hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manders vs. Dobson
Manders hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bloodworth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lake vs. Dobson
Lake hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Manders
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Manders
Doerr hits a fly ball into right field. Mullin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Manders
York hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mullin. York reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Manders
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. York scores. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higgins vs. Manders
Higgins hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Manders
Wagner strikes out. There goes Higgins. The throw from Richards to Lake, and Higgins is out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Dobson
Kell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Dobson
Outlaw hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wakefield vs. Dobson
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Dobson
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobson vs. Caster
George Caster now pitching.
Dobson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Caster
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Caster
Pesky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Caster
Williams hits a line drive towards first. Greenberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullin vs. Dobson
Leon Culberson now playing left field. Rip Russell now playing third base.
Mullin bunts towards the mound. Dobson juggles the ball. That's an error on Dobson. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Dobson
Bloodworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mullin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richards vs. Dobson
Richards takes first base on ball four. Mullin moves to third. Bloodworth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Caster vs. Klinger
Bob Klinger now pitching.
Caster strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lake vs. Klinger
Lake hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Mullin scores. Bloodworth moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kell vs. Klinger
Kell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Culberson. Kell reaches second base with a double. Bloodworth scores. Lake moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Outlaw vs. Klinger
Outlaw hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Caster
Doerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wakefield. Doerr reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Caster
York strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster juggles the ball. That's an error on Caster. Doerr moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Russell vs. Caster
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Klinger
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Klinger
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mullin vs. Klinger
Mullin hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Klinger
Bloodworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wakefield moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richards vs. Klinger
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Russell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/8/1946 -- Detroit at Boston (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Lake E, ss 5 0 1 1 Metkovich G, rf 5 1 1 0
Kell G, 3b 4 0 1 1 Pesky J, ss 5 2 3 0
Outlaw J, cf 5 0 1 0 Williams T, lf 3 4 2 1
Wakefield D, lf 5 1 2 0 Culberson L, lf 0 0 0 0
Greenberg H, 1b 5 1 1 0 Doerr B, 2b 5 3 4 4
Mullin P, rf 5 1 2 0 York R, 1b 5 2 3 3
Bloodworth J, 2b 5 1 4 2 DiMaggio D, cf 4 3 2 2
Richards P, c 4 0 0 0 Higgins M, 3b 4 0 3 4
Newhouser H, p 0 0 0 0 Russell R, 3b 1 0 0 0
White H, p 0 0 0 0 Wagner H, c 4 0 0 1
Moore A, ph 1 0 1 0 Dobson J, p 3 0 0 0
Manders H, p 2 0 1 0 Klinger B, p 0 0 0 0
Caster G, p 1 0 0 0
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42 4 14 4 39 15 18 15
Detroit 000 101 020 -- 4
Boston 543 003 00x -- 15
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser H (L) 1.0 4 5 5 2 1
White H 1.0 5 4 4 0 0
Manders H 4.0 7 6 6 2 2
Caster G 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson J (W)* 7.0 11 4 3 2 1
Klinger B (S) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Wakefield D, Doerr B, Dobson J, Caster G
DP -- Detroit 4, Boston 1
LOB -- Detroit 13, Boston 4
2B -- Doerr B 2, Higgins P, Mullin P, Greenberg H, York R, Kell G
HR -- Doerr B
SB -- Metkovich G
CS -- Higgins P
T -- 2:15
A -- 29453
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