BOXSCORE: 1948 Washington Nationals At 1948 Boston Red Sox 9/17/1948
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
B.Doerr 2B 2 0 0 0 .250 B.Brown 2B 4 2 2 0 .367
V.Stephens SS 4 0 1 0 .248 N.Berry SS 4 2 1 0 .265
D.Dimaggio CF 3 0 0 0 .250 D.Walker RF 5 1 3 0 .286
J.Dimaggio RF 3 0 0 0 .316 H.Majeski 3B 5 0 3 3 .325
J.Mize 1B 3 0 0 0 .247 L.Moss C 3 1 2 2 .247
B.Dillinger 3B 2 0 0 0 .191 E.Waitkus 1B 3 0 1 1 .236
J.Lindell LF 3 0 0 0 .293 J.Russell CF 4 0 0 0 .282
J.Hegan C 3 0 0 0 .209 T.Tucker LF 4 1 1 0 .274
J.Coleman P 3 0 0 0 .028 R.Branca P 3 0 0 0 .147
H.Gumbert P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 26 0 1 0 Totals 36 7 13 6
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
Red Sox......... 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 - 7 13 1
Nationals (74-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Coleman LOSS(3-9) 8 13 7 4 3 2 0 144 6.16 A1
Totals 8 13 7 4 3 2 0
Red Sox (97-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Branca WIN(16-10) 6 1 0 0 2 6 0 66 4.16 A1 C2
H.Gumbert SAVE(1st) 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 56 0.00 C3
Totals 9 1 0 0 6 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 30,474 DATE- Friday, September 17th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- J.Mize, B.Brown
DOUBLES- H.Majeski-2(23rd), L.Moss(5th), E.Waitkus(20th)
RBIs- H.Majeski-3(61st), L.Moss-2(38th), E.Waitkus(42nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Moss
WALKS- B.Doerr-2, D.Dimaggio, J.Dimaggio, J.Mize, B.Dillinger, B.Brown, N.Berry,
E.Waitkus
STRIKE OUTS- B.Doerr, J.Mize, B.Dillinger, J.Lindell-3, J.Hegan, J.Coleman,
N.Berry, R.Branca
GIDP- V.Stephens-2, T.Tucker
2-out RBI- L.Moss, H.Majeski-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Waitkus, J.Dimaggio, L.Moss-2, H.Majeski, J.Hegan-2, H.Gumbert
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 5 Red Sox: 4 for 11
Ralph Branca came through with a solid 6 innings and third baseman Hank
Majeski hit 2 doubles and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park where the Boston Red Sox
beat the Washington Nationals 7 to 0.
Boston jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring one runner on
3 base hits. That was all the offense they were to need. Boston banged out
13 hits on the afternoon.
Branca(16-10) got the win allowing no runs in 6 innings. Branca got help from
Harry Gumbert who earned his 1st save. Joe Coleman(3-9) was the losing
pitcher. He was unable to control the Boston offense and allowed 13 hits and
3 walks in 8 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1948 Washington Nationals at 1948 Boston Red Sox
B.Doerr-A1 A1:W>b1 *4*:K C1:FO/2 D1:W>b1
V.Stephe-A1 A2:G-DP/5 B2:Si+E/4 C2:G/31 D2:G-DP/4
43>1o 63>1o
D.Dimagg-A1 A3:L/6 B3:G/53 *7*:W>b1 *9*:F/9
J.Dimagg-A1 *2*:G/53 B4:G/13 C4:W>12 b D4:P/6
1
J.Mize-A1 A5:G/43 *5*:K C5:W>23 1 D5:G/43
2 b1
B.Dillin-A1 A6:K B6:W>b1 C6:L/5
J.Lindel-A1 *3*:K B7:K C7:K
J.Hegan-A1 A8:G/13 B8:F/9 C8:K
J.Colema-A1 A9:F/8 *6*:K *8*:F/8
B.Brown-A1 A1:Si *3*:G/3 C1:W>12 b D1:Si *8*:F/8
1
N.Berry-A1 A2:P/2 B2:Si C2:W>23 1 D2:F/8 E2:K
2 b1
D.Walker-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Si>13 C3:E/3>3# D3:Si>12 E3:Si
23 12
H.Majesk-A1 A4:Do>13 B4:Si>3# C4:Do>3# D4:G/63 E4:Force/
13 2# 13 54>1o b1
L.Moss-A1 A5:Si>3# B5:SF/8>3 C5:F/8 *7*:Do
23 #
E.Waitku-A1 A6:G/43 B6:F/8 *5*:W>b1 D6:Do>2#
J.Russel-A1 *2*:G/43 *4*:P/4 C7:Force/ D7:F/8
64>1o b1
T.Tucker-A1 A8:G/43 B8:Si C8:G-DP/4 D8:L/4
63>1o
R.Branca-A1 A9:L/4 B9:F/9 *6*:K D9:F/9
H.Gumber-D5