GAME LOG Philadelphia (N) @ Boston (N)

GAME LOG Philadelphia (N) @ Boston (N)
Saturday, 5/20/1948

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 1st.

Pitching: Mel Harder
2B Hank Thompson:
Strikes out swinging.
LF Johnny Rucker:
SINGLES to right
1B Willard Marshall:
Base on balls.
J. Rucker to second.
RF Max West:
Base on balls.
J. Rucker to third.
W. Marshall to second.
CF Charlie Keller:
Flies out to left field.
Rucker tags up at third...
He scores without a throw.
3B Ray Dandridge:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 1, Boston (N) 0

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 1st.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
3B Buddy Lewis:
Lines out to the third baseman.
2B Bob Dillinger:
Flies out to deep left-center.
CF Sid Gordon:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 1, Boston (N) 0

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 2nd.

Pitching: Mel Harder
C Bill Salkeld:
SINGLES down the first-base line.
SS Jimmy Bloodworth:
Base on balls.
B. Salkeld to second.
P Tommy Hughes:
SAC BUNT.
Salkeld advances to third.
Bloodworth advances to second.
2B Hank Thompson:
Flies out to left field.
Salkeld tags up at third...
He scores without a throw.
LF Johnny Rucker:
SINGLES to right
J. Bloodworth to third.
J. Bloodworth scores.
1B Willard Marshall:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 3, Boston (N) 0

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 2nd.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
1B Ted Kluszewski:
SINGLES to short right-center.
SS Granny Hamner:
SINGLES to short left-center.
T. Kluszewski to second.
LF Danny Litwhiler:
Grounds into fielders choice to the third baseman, Hamner out at 2nd base.
G. Hamner to second.
C Ken Sears:
SINGLES to the gap in left-center.
G. Hamner to third.
D. Litwhiler to second.
Fielding error by the centerfielder!
G. Hamner scores.
D. Litwhiler to third.
K. Sears to second.
RF Carl Furillo:
Flies out to left-center.
Litwhiler tags up at third...
He scores without a throw.
P Mel Harder:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, one error.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 3, Boston (N) 2

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 3rd.

Pitching: Mel Harder
RF Max West:
Reaches on a fielding error by the first baseman.
CF Charlie Keller:
Flies out to right-center.
3B Ray Dandridge:
2-RUN HOMERUN down the left field line. (351 feet)
C Bill Salkeld:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
SS Jimmy Bloodworth:
SINGLES down the right field line.
P Tommy Hughes:
Flies out to shallow right-center.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, one error.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 5, Boston (N) 2

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 3rd.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
3B Buddy Lewis:
Grounds out to the catcher.
2B Bob Dillinger:
SINGLES to shallow center field.
CF Sid Gordon:
Dillinger caught stealing at second.
DOUBLES down the left field line.
1B Ted Kluszewski:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 5, Boston (N) 2

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 4th.

Pitching: Mel Harder
2B Hank Thompson:
Base on balls.
LF Johnny Rucker:
Grounds into fielders choice to the second baseman, Thompson out at 2nd base.
1B Willard Marshall:
Grounded into double play, 6-4-3.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 5, Boston (N) 2

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 4th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
SS Granny Hamner:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
LF Danny Litwhiler:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
C Ken Sears:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep right-center. (391 feet)
RF Carl Furillo:
SINGLES down the left field line.
P Mel Harder:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 5, Boston (N) 3

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 5th.

Pitching: Mel Harder
RF Max West:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep center field. (443 feet)
CF Charlie Keller:
SOLO HOMERUN down the right field line. (362 feet)
3B Ray Dandridge:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
C Bill Salkeld:
Popped out to the second baseman.
SS Jimmy Bloodworth:
Base on balls.
P Tommy Hughes:
Bunted into fielders choice, Dandridge out at third.
Bloodworth safe at second.
2B Hank Thompson:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 7, Boston (N) 3

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 5th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
3B Buddy Lewis:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
2B Bob Dillinger:
SINGLES to right
CF Sid Gordon:
Dillinger steals second.
Throwing error by the catcher, runner to third.
B. Dillinger to third.
Grounds out to the shortstop.
B. Dillinger scores.
1B Ted Kluszewski:
Flies out to right-center.
Inning over... one run, one hit, one error.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 7, Boston (N) 4

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 6th.

Pitching: Mel Harder
LF Johnny Rucker:
Flies out to center field.
1B Willard Marshall:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
RF Max West:
Flies out to left field.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 7, Boston (N) 4

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 6th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
SS Granny Hamner:
Flies out to left-center.
LF Danny Litwhiler:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
C Ken Sears:
Flies out to right-center.
RF Carl Furillo:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 7, Boston (N) 4

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 7th.

Pitching: Mel Harder
CF Charlie Keller:
Flies out to left field.
3B Ray Dandridge:
SINGLES to center
C Bill Salkeld:
Flies out to right-center.
PH Butch Nieman:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 7, Boston (N) 4

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 7th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
P Mel Harder:
New SS: Leroy Morney.
Strikes out swinging.
3B Buddy Lewis:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
2B Bob Dillinger:
Reaches on INFIELD-HIT.
CF Sid Gordon:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
B. Dillinger scores.
1B Ted Kluszewski:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (416 feet)
SS Granny Hamner:
SINGLES to center
LF Danny Litwhiler:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Hamner out at 2nd base.
Inning over... 3 runs, 4 hits, no errors.
Score: Boston (N) 7, Philadelphia (N) 7

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 8th.

Pitching: Mel Harder
P Tommy Hughes:
Base on balls.
2B Hank Thompson:
SINGLES to shallow right-center.
T. Hughes to second.
LF Johnny Rucker:
Bunted into fielders choice, Hughes out at third.
Thompson safe at second.
1B Willard Marshall:
Thompson steals third.
Rucker steals second.
Grounds out to the pitcher.
RF Max West:
3-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (415 feet)
CF Charlie Keller:
Base on balls.
New pitcher: Ken Burkhart.
3B Ray Dandridge:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Keller out at 2nd base.
Inning over... 3 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 10, Boston (N) 7

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 8th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
C Ken Sears:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
RF Carl Furillo:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
PH Hank Leiber:
SINGLES to left
C. Furillo to third.
Furillo tries to score...
Rucker throws home...
Furillo scores!
H. Leiber to second.
3B Buddy Lewis:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
H. Leiber to third.
PH Bruce Campbell:
SINGLES to center
H. Leiber scores.
CF Sid Gordon:
Flies out to left-center.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 10, Boston (N) 9

Batting: Philadelphia (N), top of 9th.

Pitching: Ken Burkhart
New pitcher: Al Brazle.
C Bill Salkeld:
New RF: Bruce Campbell.
New 2B: Jim Bucher.
SINGLES to shallow right-center.
PH Chet Ross:
SAC BUNT.
Salkeld advances to second.
PH Creepy Crespi:
SINGLES to left
B. Salkeld to third.
Salkeld scores.
Crespi to second.
2B Hank Thompson:
DOUBLES down the right field line.
C. Crespi scores.
New pitcher: Dave Koslo.
LF Johnny Rucker:
Flies out to right field.
1B Willard Marshall:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Philadelphia (N) 12, Boston (N) 9

Batting: Boston (N), bottom of 9th.

Pitching: Tommy Hughes
New pitcher: Mays Copeland.
1B Ted Kluszewski:
New SS: Stan Rojek.
SINGLES to center
SS Granny Hamner:
DOUBLES to deep center field.
T. Kluszewski to third.
LF Danny Litwhiler:
SINGLES to left
T. Kluszewski scores.
G. Hamner to third.
Hamner tries to score...
Rucker throws home...
Hamner is out at home!
D. Litwhiler to second.
C Ken Sears:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
D. Litwhiler to third.
PH Andy Pafko:
Grounds out to the shortstop.

Game over. Score: Philadelphia (N) 12, Boston (N) 10

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