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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 29, 1944
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 29, 1944 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rex Cecil |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Bevens |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,760 |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Berry 1B: Red Jones 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Bucher | Second Baseman |
| George Metkovich | Center Fielder |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Roy Partee | Catcher |
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| Rex Cecil | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Second Baseman |
| Bud Metheny | Right Fielder |
| Hersh Martin | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Lindell | Center Fielder |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Oscar Grimes | Third Baseman |
| Mike Milosevich | Shortstop |
| Mike Garbark | Catcher |
| Bill Bevens | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 29, 1944
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Bevens
Bucher hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Lindell is chasing the ball. Metkovich rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bevens
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops it up and throws to first, with Bevens covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bevens
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Cecil
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake misplays the ball. That's an error on Lake. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Cecil
Cecil fires to first and picks off Stirnweiss. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metheny vs. Cecil
Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Cecil
Martin hits a popup into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Bevens
Tabor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bevens
Finney hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Partee vs. Bevens
Partee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Cecil
Lindell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Cecil
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lindell moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grimes vs. Cecil
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bucher misplays the ball. That's an error on Bucher. Lindell scores. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Milosevich vs. Cecil
Milosevich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garbark vs. Cecil
Garbark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Etten scores. Grimes moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bevens vs. Cecil
Bevens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stirnweiss vs. Cecil
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Bevens
Lake is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cecil vs. Bevens
Cecil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Bevens
Bucher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metheny vs. Cecil
Metheny hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Cecil
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Cecil
Lindell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Cecil
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metheny moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grimes vs. Cecil
Grimes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milosevich vs. Cecil
Milosevich is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bevens
Fox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bevens
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Bevens
Tabor hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bevens
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Cecil
Garbark hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevens vs. Cecil
Bevens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Cecil
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Cecil
There goes Stirnweiss. The throw from Partee and he is safe. Stirnweiss steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metheny vs. Cecil
Metheny takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Cecil
Martin takes first base on ball four. Stirnweiss moves to third. Metheny moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lindell vs. Cecil
Lindell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Partee vs. Bevens
Partee hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Bevens
Lake hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cecil vs. Bevens
Cecil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Bevens
Bucher takes first base on ball four. Cecil moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Bevens
There's a wild pitch. Cecil moves to third. Bucher moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Cecil
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Cecil
Grimes strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milosevich vs. Cecil
Milosevich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garbark vs. Cecil
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor juggles the ball. That's an error on Tabor. Etten scores. Milosevich moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bevens vs. Cecil
Bevens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bevens
Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bevens
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Bevens
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Cecil
Stirnweiss bunts towards first. Finney fields the ball and throws to Cecil covering. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Cecil
Metheny takes first base on ball four. Stirnweiss moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Cecil
Martin bunts towards first. Finney scoops it up and throws to first, with Bucher covering, for the out. Stirnweiss moves to third. Metheny moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lindell vs. Cecil
Lindell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Metheny scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Cecil
Etten strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Cecil
Grimes takes first base on ball four. Lindell moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Milosevich vs. Cecil
Milosevich hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Metkovich, who is chasing the ball. Milosevich reaches third base with a triple. Lindell scores. Grimes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garbark vs. Terry
Yank Terry now pitching.
Garbark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Milosevich scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevens vs. Terry
Bevens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Bevens
Finney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Partee vs. Bevens
Partee hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Bevens
Lake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terry vs. Bevens
Terry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finney scores. Lake moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bucher vs. Bevens
Bucher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Terry
Skeeter Newsome now playing second base.
Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metheny vs. Terry
Metheny hits a line drive into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Terry
Martin hits a popup into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Bevens
Metkovich strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culberson vs. Bevens
Leon Culberson pinch hits for Pete Fox.
Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Bevens
Tom McBride pinch hits for Bob Johnson.
McBride hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Terry
Leon Culberson now playing center field. George Metkovich now playing right field. Tom McBride now playing left field.
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Terry
Etten takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Terry
Grimes hits a line drive towards short. Lake catches it and throws to first to double up Etten. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Bevens
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Bevens
Finney hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Partee vs. Bevens
Partee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milosevich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1944, game 2 -- Boston at New York
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bucher J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Stirnweiss S, 2b 5 1 2 0
Newsome S, 2b 0 0 0 0 Metheny B, rf 3 2 1 0
Metkovich G, cf-rf 4 1 1 1 Martin H, lf 3 0 0 0
Fox P, rf 3 0 0 0 Lindell J, cf 5 2 2 2
Culberson L, ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Etten N, 1b 4 3 3 0
Johnson B, lf 3 0 1 0 Grimes O, 3b 4 2 1 4
McBride T, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Milosevich M, ss 4 1 2 2
Tabor J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Garbark M, c 4 0 2 2
Finney L, 1b 4 1 1 0 Bevens B, p 4 0 0 0
Partee R, c 4 0 0 0
Lake E, ss 3 0 1 0
Cecil R, p 2 0 2 0
Terry Y, p 1 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 8 2 36 11 13 10
Boston 100 000 100 -- 2
New York 023 015 00x -- 11
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Cecil R (L) 5.2 12 11 9 4 7
Terry Y 2.1 1 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Bevens B (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
E -- Lake E, Bucher J, Tabor J 2
DP -- Boston 2, New York 2
LOB -- Boston 5, New York 7
3B -- Milosevich M
HR -- Metkovich G, Grimes O
SB -- Stirnweiss S
SH -- Martin H
WP -- Bevens B
A -- 18760
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