The red hot Cleveland Indians are on a 10 game winning streak. They defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-2 tonight at Municipal Stadium in a well played game. The winning streak has inched them closer to the 1st place New York Yankees. The 2nd place Indians are now 3.5 games back.
BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Red Sox At 1949 Cleveland Indians 7/18/1949
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
T.O'Brien CF 4 0 0 0 .163 D.Mitchell LF 1 1 0 0 .337
J.Pesky 3B 5 0 1 0 .356 R.Boone SS 3 1 2 3 .277
T.Williams LF 1 1 1 0 .337 M.Vernon 1B 3 0 1 0 .292
V.Stephens SS 3 1 0 0 .270 L.Doby CF 2 0 0 0 .293
B.Doerr 2B 4 0 1 1 .304 J.Gordon 2B 4 1 2 1 .222
B.Goodman 1B 4 0 0 0 .247 L.Boudreau 3B 4 0 0 0 .327
A.Zarilla RF 3 0 0 1 .291 S.Paige P 0 0 0 0 .083
M.Batts C 2 0 0 0 .256 B.Kennedy RF 3 0 0 0 .275
A-D.Dimaggio PH 1 0 0 0 .269 J.Hegan C 3 1 0 0 .257
W.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 .308 M.Garcia P 2 0 2 0 .263
D-L.Stringer PH 1 0 0 0 .280 C-K.Keltner 3B 1 0 0 0 .242
F.Quinn P 0 0 0 0 .000
M.McDermott P 2 0 0 0 .273
B-B.Tebbetts PH,C 1 0 0 0 .291
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Totals 31 2 3 2 Totals 26 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Batts In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Garcia In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 3 0
Indians......... 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 7 1
Red Sox (48-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.McDermott LOSS(1-2) 6 6 4 4 8 5 2 6.53
W.Masterson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.43
F.Quinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
Totals 8 7 4 4 8 6 2
Indians (51-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia WIN(5-1) 7 3 2 2 6 2 0 2.14
S.Paige SAVE(2nd) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.10
Totals 9 3 2 2 6 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 39,118 DATE- Monday, July 18th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Art Passarella, Jim Boyer, Eddie Hurley, Eddie Rommel
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3 Indians: 0
ERRORS- L.Boudreau
DOUBLES- B.Doerr(19th), R.Boone(7th), M.Garcia
HOME RUNS- R.Boone(7th), J.Gordon(13th)
RBIs- B.Doerr(54th), A.Zarilla(41st), R.Boone-3(36th), J.Gordon(53rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Boone, M.Garcia
WALKS- T.O'Brien, T.Williams-2, V.Stephens, A.Zarilla, B.Tebbetts, D.Mitchell-3,
M.Vernon, L.Doby-2, B.Kennedy, J.Hegan
HIT BY PITCH- T.Williams
STRIKE OUTS- J.Pesky, M.McDermott, L.Doby, L.Boudreau-2, B.Kennedy-2, J.Hegan
GIDP- J.Gordon, L.Boudreau, J.Hegan
2-out RBI- J.Gordon, R.Boone-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Doerr, L.Boudreau-2, A.Zarilla, R.Boone, M.Vernon, J.Pesky,
L.Stringer
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 1 for 11 Indians: 1 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Larry Doby robbed Bobby Doerr of an extra base hit.
In a close game it was the blistering-hot Cleveland Indians 4, the Boston Red
Sox 2 at Municipal Stadium.
Cleveland took the lead for good in the bottom of the 3rd inning with 2 runs
on 2 base hits. Ray Boone jump-started the scoring when he delivered a solo
blast. Two outs later Joe Gordon stepped in and he clubbed a solo home run.
Mike Garcia(5-1) got help from Satchel Paige who pitched a perfect ninth and
was credited with his 2nd save.
Mickey McDermott(1-2) was charged with the loss. Cleveland added another win
to their now very impressive winning streak. Lou Boudreau was clearly happy
after the game -- 'Everything is clicking for us right now.'
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1949 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1949 New York NYA 55 28 .663 ---- 69 53 30 .639 97 57 .630
1949 Cleveland CLA 51 31 .622 3.5 48 34 .585 89 65 .578
1949 Boston BOA 48 36 .571 7.5 45 39 .536 96 58 .623
1949 Detroit DEA 46 40 .535 10.5 44 42 .512 87 67 .565
1949 St. Louis SLA 38 44 .463 16.5 27 55 .329 53 101 .344
1949 Philadelphia PHA 39 46 .459 17.0 46 39 .541 81 73 .526
1949 Washington WAA 33 47 .413 20.5 34 46 .425 50 104 .325
1949 Chicago CHA 24 62 .279 32.5 37 49 .430 63 91 .409
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BOA 48 36 .571 26-14 22-22 13- 8 35-28 3- 4 12-12 7-3 Lost 3
CHA 24 62 .279 15-31 9-31 7-16 17-46 3- 8 8-16 4-6 Won 2
CLA 51 31 .622 31-13 20-18 19-11 32-20 6- 3 19- 6 10-0 Won 10
DEA 46 40 .535 23-22 23-18 17-13 29-27 2- 4 11- 8 4-6 Won 1
NYA 55 28 .663 25-13 30-15 24-10 31-18 9- 2 11- 6 7-3 Lost 2
PHA 39 46 .459 20-18 19-28 13-14 26-32 3- 6 9-14 2-8 Lost 1
SLA 38 44 .463 20-23 18-21 15-19 23-25 7- 5 10-14 3-7 Won 1
WAA 33 47 .413 17-23 16-24 14-16 19-31 7- 8 11-15 3-7 Lost 1