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Retrosheet Boxscore: Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

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Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Day

Game Played on Thursday, July 31, 1947 (D) at Fenway Park

CLE A    2  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  0  -   4  7  0
BATTING
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Mitchell lf                   5   1   3   0       0   0       1   0
Metkovich cf                  3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Boudreau ss                   4   1   2   2       0   0       3   7
Robinson 1b                   3   1   1   0       1   0      12   1
Edwards rf                    2   1   0   0       1   0       2   0
  Seerey ph,rf                1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Keltner 3b                    4   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
Gordon 2b                     4   1   1   3       0   1       4   4
Lopez c                       4   0   3   0       0   0       3   0
Lemon p                       2   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
  Klieman p                   2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Totals                       34   5  10   5       2   5      27  17
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Boudreau-Gordon-Robinson.
BATTING - 
HR: Boudreau (4,1st inning off Dobson 1 on 1 out); Gordon (18,6th inning off
Dobson 2 on 2 out).
SH: Metkovich (3,off Dobson).
GDP: Robinson (8,off Dobson); Metkovich (7,off Dobson).
Team LOB: 5.
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Dente 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   1       0   3
  Culberson ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Pesky ss                      2   0   0   0       1   0       2   2
  Pellagrini ph,ss            2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Mele rf                       4   0   0   0       0   1       4   0
Williams lf                   4   1   1   0       0   0       2   0
Doerr 2b                      3   1   1   0       1   0       0   3
DiMaggio cf                   3   1   1   1       0   0       3   0
Jones 1b                      3   1   2   1       1   0      10   1
Tebbetts c                    3   0   1   1       1   0       6   0
Dobson p                      2   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
  Moses ph                    1   0   0   1       0   0       0   0
  Harris p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Ferriss ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   4   7   4       4   3      27  11
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Doerr-Pesky-Jones, Jones-Pesky.
BATTING - 
2B: Jones (14,off Lemon); DiMaggio (11,off Klieman).
3B: Williams (7,off Lemon).
HBP: DiMaggio (1,by Lemon).
GDP: Tebbetts (6,off Klieman).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lemon W(2-2)                  5.1   5   3   3   4   2   0  26
Klieman SV(10)                3.2   2   1   1   0   1   0  12
Totals                        9     7   4   4   4   3   0  38
HBP: Lemon (4,DiMaggio).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Klieman 2-1.
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Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Dobson L(12-6)                6     9   5   5   1   3   2  26
Harris                        3     1   0   0   1   2   0  11
Totals                        9    10   5   5   2   5   2  37

Umpires: HP - Joe Paparella, 1B - Joe Rue, 3B - Eddie Hurley
Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 5879
Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland Indians             Boston Red Sox           
1. Mitchell            lf        Dente               3b
2. Metkovich           cf        Pesky               ss
3. Boudreau            ss        Mele                rf
4. Robinson            1b        Williams            lf
5. Edwards             rf        Doerr               2b
6. Keltner             3b        DiMaggio            cf
7. Gordon              2b        Jones               1b
8. Lopez               c         Tebbetts            c
9. Lemon               p         Dobson              p

INDIANS 1ST: Mitchell singled to center; Metkovich out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Mitchell to second]; Boudreau
homered [Mitchell scored]; Robinson grounded out (second to
first); Edwards grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Dente made an out to first; Pesky grounded out
(second to first); Mele grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Keltner flied out to center; Gordon struck out;
Lopez singled to left; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Doerr
grounded out (shortstop to first); DiMaggio was hit by a pitch;
Jones forced DiMaggio (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Mitchell singled to left; Metkovich struck out;
Boudreau singled to left [Mitchell to third]; Robinson grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boudreau out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Tebbetts walked; Dobson flied out to right; Dente
forced Tebbetts (first to shortstop); Pesky walked [Dente to
second]; Mele struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red
Sox 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Edwards flied out to right; Keltner grounded out
(third to first); Gordon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Doerr
singled to left; DiMaggio forced Doerr (pitcher to shortstop);
Jones doubled to left [DiMaggio to third]; Tebbetts grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Lopez singled to center; Lemon flied out to center;
Mitchell singled to right [Lopez to second]; Metkovich grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop) [Mitchell out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Dobson singled to right; Dente struck out; Pesky
made an out to second; Mele forced Dobson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Boudreau flied out to right; Robinson singled to
right; Edwards walked [Robinson to second]; Keltner popped to
catcher in foul territory; Gordon homered [Robinson scored,
Edwards scored]; Lopez flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Williams tripled to center; Doerr walked; DiMaggio
flied out to center [Williams scored]; Jones walked [Doerr to
second]; Tebbetts singled to center [Jones to third, Doerr
scored]; MOSES BATTED FOR DOBSON; KLIEMAN REPLACED LEMON
(PITCHING); Moses flied out to left [Jones scored]; Dente forced
Tebbetts (second to shortstop); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
5, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 7TH: HARRIS REPLACED MOSES (PITCHING); Klieman flied out
to right; Mitchell grounded out (shortstop to first); Metkovich
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: PELLAGRINI BATTED FOR PESKY; Pellagrini struck out;
Mele flied out to right; Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 8TH: PELLAGRINI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Boudreau
flied out to left; Robinson walked; SEEREY BATTED FOR EDWARDS;
Seerey flied out to left; Keltner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: SEEREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Doerr grounded
out (shortstop to first); DiMaggio doubled to center; Jones
singled to right [DiMaggio scored]; Tebbetts grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jones out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Gordon grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopez
singled to center; Klieman struck out; Mitchell grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: FERRISS BATTED FOR HARRIS; Ferriss grounded out
(pitcher to first); CULBERSON BATTED FOR DENTE; Culberson
grounded out (third to first); Pellagrini flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Indians          5  10   0    5
 Red Sox          4   7   0    7
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