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Miley BB CD 1948 World Series Game 2
Called by Mel Allen and Jim Britt

Bob Lemon evens the series, scattering 8 hits but allowing only one run.



Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Braves 1

World Series Game 2 Played on Thursday, October 7, 1948 (D) at Braves Field

CLE A    0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  1
BOS N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 3
BATTING
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Mitchell lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Kennedy rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 4 2
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 3
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 3
Hegan c 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
Lemon p 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
Totals 36 4 8 4 2 3 27 14
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Boudreau-Gordon-Robinson, Gordon-Boudreau-Robinson.
E: Gordon (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Doby (1,off Spahn); Boudreau (1,off Spahn).
SH: Clark (1,off Spahn).
IBB: Hegan (1,by Spahn).
Team LOB: 8.
Boston Braves                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dark ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 14 1
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
Rickert lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Salkeld c 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
Masi c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
M. McCormick cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Stanky 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Spahn p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barrett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
F. McCormick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Potter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sanders ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1 3 5 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Holmes-Torgeson.
E: Dark 2 (2), Elliott (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Stanky (1,off Lemon).
SH: Stanky (1,off Lemon).
Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lemon W(1-0) 9 8 1 0 3 5 0 36
Boston Braves                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Spahn L(0-1) 4.1 6 3 3 2 1 0 21
Barrett 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
Potter 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 8
Totals 9 8 4 3 2 3 0 39
IBB: Spahn (1,Hegan).
Umpires: HP - Bill Stewart, 1B - Bill Grieve, 2B - George Barr, 3B - Bill Summers, 
LF - Joe Paparella, RF - Babe Pinelli