The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers took three of four games from the 1946 Boston Red Sox, meaning that at this point in time the Dodgers (15-9) have moved into a tie for first place with the 1935 Chicago Cubs and 1937 New York Yankees. All three have eight games remaining.
Pete Reiser hit .500 (8-for-16), Dolph Camilli batted .471 (8-for-17) with two home runs and Joe Medwick drove in 11 runs (six in the finale on two home runs) for the Dodgers. Curt Davis became the only pitcher in the league to 6-0 after six starts, and Whit Wyatt won his fifth game.
Boston (11-13) saw Rudy York hit .500 (7-for-14), while Ted Williams batted .438 (7-for-16) with two home runs.
Game #1: Brooklyn 8, Boston 7
The Dodgers went up 3-0, then fell behind 6-3 as Ted Williams and George Metkovich hit two-run homers for the Red Sox. In the top of the ninth, Brooklyn scored four times, with back-to-back RBI singles from Pete Reiser and Joe Medwick, and then a two-run homer from Dolph Camilli. The Red Sox got one run back and had the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t bring him home.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Dixie Walker 4 1 1 0 Johnny Pesky 5 0 1 1
Billy Herman 5 1 3 0 Bobby Doerr 5 1 2 0
Pete Reiser 4 2 2 1 Ted Williams 5 2 2 2
Joe Medwick 5 2 2 3 Rudy York 4 1 4 0
Dolph Camilli 5 1 3 2 Dom DiMaggio 5 1 3 1
Cookie Lavagetto 4 0 0 0 George Metkovich 5 1 1 3
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 1 0 Hal Wagner 4 0 0 0
Mickey Owen 4 1 1 0 Rip Russell 4 1 2 0
Luke Hamlin CYZ 2 0 0 0 Mickey Harris CX 3 0 0 0
Lew Riggs 1 0 0 0 Pinky Higgins 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 8 13 6 TOTALS 41 7 15 7
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 003 000 005 -- 8
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 002 030 011 -- 7
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 9.
ERR--Pee Wee Reese, Johnny Pesky, Hal Wagner. 2B--Joe
Medwick, Billy Herman, Dixie Walker, Rip Russell (2), Rudy
York (2), Dom DiMaggio. HR--Dolph Camilli, Ted Williams,
George Metkovich. SB--Pete Reiser, Joe Medwick (2).
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luke Hamlin CYZ 6.00 11 5 3 1 5 2
Hugh Casey CY [W] 2.00 2 1 1 1 2 0
Larry French DYZ [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Mickey Harris CX 8.00 9 3 2 2 7 0
Jim Bagby CR [L] 1.00 4 5 5 2 0 1
Game #2: Brooklyn 6, Boston 2
Curt Davis didn’t have his best stuff, but it was enough for the win as he improved to 6-0 on the season. The Dodgers scored twice in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Joe Medwick and RBI single from Dolph Camilli to break open a 2-2 tie. Mickey Owen added a two-run double in the eighth inning. Camilli homered for the second straight game.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Dixie Walker 5 0 0 0 Johnny Pesky 5 1 2 0
Billy Herman 5 1 1 0 Bobby Doerr 4 0 1 0
Pete Reiser 5 2 3 0 Ted Williams 4 0 1 0
Joe Medwick 4 0 1 2 Rudy York 3 0 1 0
Dolph Camilli 4 2 3 2 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 2 1
Cookie Lavagetto 4 1 1 0 George Metkovich 4 0 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 1 0 Hal Wagner 2 1 1 0
Mickey Owen 3 0 1 2 Rip Russell 4 0 1 1
Curt Davis BZ 4 0 0 0 Tex Hughson BXZ 2 0 0 0
Tom McBride 1 0 0 0
Pinky Higgins 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 6 11 6 TOTALS 34 2 10 2
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 011 020 020 -- 6
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 100 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--Ted Williams. 2B--Mickey Owen, Rudy York, Johnny Pesky,
Hal Wagner. 3B--Pete Reiser. HR--Dolph Camilli. HBP--Mickey
Owen. SACF--Joe Medwick. SB--Pete Reiser, Pee Wee Reese.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Davis BZ [W] 9.00 10 2 2 3 5 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Tex Hughson BXZ [L] 7.00 7 4 4 1 3 1
Earl Johnson CY 2.00 4 2 2 0 1 0
Game #3: Boston 7, Brooklyn 4
Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams slugged solo homers as the Red Sox won their only game of the series. Williams also had a pair of doubles and scored three runs. Doerr drove in three runs on three different at-bats.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Johnny Pesky 5 1 1 0 Dixie Walker 5 0 1 0
Bobby Doerr 4 2 3 3 Billy Herman 5 1 1 0
Ted Williams 4 3 3 1 Pete Reiser 4 0 2 1
Rudy York 4 0 2 1 Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0
Dom DiMaggio 5 0 1 1 Dolph Camilli 3 1 2 0
George Metkovich 4 0 1 0 Cookie Lavagetto 3 1 1 0
Hal Wagner 2 0 0 0 Pee Wee Reese 3 0 0 1
Rip Russell 5 1 1 0 Mickey Owen 3 0 0 1
Joe Dobson CY 2 0 0 0 Kirby Higbe BY 2 0 1 1
Leon Culberson 0 0 0 0 Lew Riggs 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 7 12 6 TOTALS 33 4 10 4
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 202 101 100 -- 7
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 030 000 100 -- 4
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 10, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 7.
ERR--Joe Medwick. 2B--Rudy York, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams
(2), Bobby Doerr, Billy Herman. HR--Ted Williams, Bobby
Doerr. SACF--Bobby Doerr, Mickey Owen. SACB--Joe Dobson CY.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Dobson CY [W] 7.00 8 4 4 4 4 0
Clem Dreisewerd CZ [S] 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Kirby Higbe BY [L] 7.00 12 7 6 4 2 2
Larry French DYZ 2.00 0 0 0 3 0 0
Game #4: Brooklyn 7, Boston 1
Boston’s Dave Ferriss was looking to match Curt Davis with a 6-0 record after six starts, but he unfortunately was hit by a line drive in the fourth inning and had to exit the game. He didn’t factor into the decision, as the game scored scoreless until the seventh inning. In the bottom of the seventh, the first four Dodgers recorded hits, with Pete Reiser providing an RBI single for the game’s first run and Joe Medwick following with a three-run home run. One inning later, Medwick hit another three-run homer. Whit Wyatt improved to 5-1 with the victory.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Johnny Pesky 4 0 0 0 Dixie Walker 5 1 1 0
Bobby Doerr 4 0 1 0 Billy Herman 3 2 3 0
Ted Williams 3 0 1 0 Pete Reiser 3 2 1 1
Rudy York 3 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 5 2 2 6
Dom DiMaggio 4 0 0 0 Dolph Camilli 5 0 0 0
George Metkovich 4 0 0 0 Cookie Lavagetto 4 0 1 0
Hal Wagner 1 1 0 0 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Rip Russell 3 0 1 0 Mickey Owen 5 0 4 0
Dave Ferriss BZ 1 0 0 0 Whit Wyatt BKZ 4 0 1 0
Bob Klinger BR 1 0 1 0
Leon Culberson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 1 4 0 TOTALS 38 7 13 7
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 010 -- 1
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 43x -- 7
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 5, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 13.
ERR--Johnny Pesky (2). 2B--Bobby Doerr, Cookie Lavagetto,
Billy Herman. HR--Joe Medwick (2). HBP--Pete Reiser.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Ferriss BZ 3.67 3 0 0 2 1 0
Bob Klinger BR [L] 2.33 6 4 4 1 2 1
Jim Bagby CR 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Earl Johnson CY 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 1
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Whit Wyatt BKZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 4 8 0
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