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August 11, 1948

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	5	12	0
Yankees	2	8	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	5	12	0
Yankees	2	8	0

Phil Rizzuto Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.262
OBP	.667	.372
At Bats	1	252
Hits	0	66
• Singles	0	56
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	1	42
RBI’s	0	24

Denny Galehouse Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	6	3

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Yankee Stadium - August 11, 1948

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Out

Denny Galehouse

Matt Batts

Billy Goodman

Bobby Doerr

Johnny Pesky

Vern Stephens

Ted Williams

Dom DiMaggio

Stan Spence

Phil Rizzuto

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Red Sox	5	12	0	12
New York Yankees	2	8	0	6
Winning Pitcher	Denny Galehouse
Losing Pitcher	Allie Reynolds
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Billy Goodman
Attendance	44,836
Time of Game	2 hours 30 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Galehouse fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 McQuinn hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Batts is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Spence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.

Bottom 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Keller bunts towards the mound. Galehouse fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.

Top 8 Red Embree now pitching. Pesky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henrich for the out.

Bottom 7 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Bobby Brown pinch hits for Frank Hiller. Brown strikes out. Batts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Brown out.

Bottom 7 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Frank Hiller now pitching. DiMaggio hits a popup towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Galehouse takes first base on ball four. Batts moves to second.

Top 7 Batts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spence scores. Goodman moves to third.

Top 7 Goodman takes first base on ball four. Spence moves to second.

Top 7 Spence takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Stephens hits a line drive towards the mound. Reynolds reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Galehouse fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 McQuinn hits a fly ball into right field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second.

Bottom 6 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 6 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Galehouse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Keller hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Henrich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio throws the ball in to Doerr who tags Henrich trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 5 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into right field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doerr scores. Spence moves to second.

Top 5 Spence hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn fields it and throws to home to get Williams. Doerr moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 5 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. Doerr moves to second.

Top 5 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pesky scores.

Top 5 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Pesky hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Pesky reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pesky fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Rizzuto is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 McQuinn strikes out.

Top 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Galehouse hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spence moves to second.

Top 4 Goodman hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Spence hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keller scores.

Bottom 3 Keller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Keller reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Henrich hits a fly ball into right field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Doerr hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Stephens strikes out.

Top 3 Williams is walked intentionally.

Top 3 Pesky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Pesky reaches second base with a double. Galehouse scores. DiMaggio moves to third.

Top 3 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Galehouse moves to second.

Top 3 Galehouse takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Rizzuto takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spence. Johnson reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 McQuinn hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Berra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Spence hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 DiMaggio strikes out.

Bottom 1 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stirnweiss scores.

Bottom 1 Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stirnweiss moves to third.

Bottom 1 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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