American League Update: April 26th

American League Update

April 26, 1948

New York swept archrival Boston to rebound from their rough opening series at the start of the week. Phil Rizzuto had six hits in the series and seven RBIs, including a three-run homer in the 4-3 win on Sunday.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 Cleveland CLA            3   1  .750   .5   150     4   01.000   97  58 .626
1948 Philadelphia PHA         5   2  .714 ----           4   3 .571   84  70 .545
1948 New York NYA             4   2  .667   .5           3   3 .500   94  60 .610
1948 St. Louis SLA            2   2  .500  1.5           2   2 .500   59  94 .386
1948 Detroit DEA              3   3  .500  1.5           3   3 .500   78  76 .506
1948 Washington WAA           3   4  .429  2.0           5   2 .714   56  97 .366
1948 Chicago CHA              2   4  .333  2.5           1   5 .167   51 101 .336
1948 Boston BOA               1   5  .167  3.5           1   5 .167   96  59 .619

Friday, April 23

Red Sox (1-3)......... 0 1 1  0 1 0  0 3 0  -  6  7  1
Yankees (2-2)......... 0 3 2  0 0 4  2 0    - 11 14  0
W: Spec Shea (1-0) L: Mickey Harris (0-1)
HR: Ted Williams (2), Stan Spence (2), Bobby Doerr (1), Birdie Tebbetts (1), Bill Johnson (1)
Indians (2-0)......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 5 1  -  8 10  2
Tigers (2-2).......... 0 3 2  0 2 0  0 0 0  -  7  8  1
W: Steve Gromek (1-0) L: Stubby Overmire (0-1)
HR: Lou Boudreau (1), Joe Gordon (2)
Senators (3-1)........ 2 0 0  0 6 0  0 0 0  -  8 10  1
Athletics (2-2)....... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1
W: Walt Masterson (1-0) L: Bill McCahan (0-1)
Saturday, April 24
Red Sox (1-4)......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  2
Yankees (3-2)......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  3 10  1
W: Allie Reynolds (2-0) L: Joe Dobson (1-1)
HR: Sam Mele (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)
White Sox (2-2)....... 0 2 0  0 0 0  2 4 2  - 10 13  1
Browns (0-2).......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  8  3
W: Earl Harrist (1-0) L: Cliff Fannin (0-1)
HR: Aaron Robinson 2 (1,2)
Indians (2-1)......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  9  1
Tigers (3-2).......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  5 0    -  8 10  0
W: Art Houtteman (1-0) L: Bob Feller (1-1)
HR: Ken Keltner (1)
Senators (3-2)........ 0 2 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  6  2
Athletics (3-2)....... 0 0 0  0 1 3  0 0 1  -  5  8  2
W: Phil Marchildon (1-1) L: Early Wynn (0-2)
Sunday, April 25
Red Sox (1-5)......... 0 1 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  8  1
Yankees (4-2)......... 0 0 0  0 1 3  0 0    -  4  6  1
W: Ed Lopat (1-0) L: Windy McCall (0-1)
HR: Phil Rizzuto (1)
GAME 1 OF 2
White Sox (2-3)....... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  0
Browns (1-2).......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  3  7  0
W: Sam Zoldak (1-0) L: Joe Haynes (0-2)
HR: Al Zarilla (1)
GAME 2 OF 2
White Sox (2-4)....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Browns (2-2).......... 1 0 0  0 0 1  2 0    -  4 10  0
W: Nelson Potter (1-0) L: Bill Wight (0-1)
HR: Bob Dillinger (1)
Indians (3-1)......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  3 0 0  -  5  9  0
Tigers (3-3).......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  2  1
W: Al Gettel (1-0) L: Hal Newhouser (1-1)
HR: Joe Gordon (3), Pat Mullin (1)
GAME 1 OF 2
Senators (3-3)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 2 0  -  4 10  2
Athletics (4-2)....... 0 1 7  1 2 0  0 0    - 11 13  1
W: Carl Scheib (1-0) L: Sid Hudson (0-1)
HR: Sherry Robertson (1)
GAME 2 OF 2
Senators (3-4)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1
Athletics (5-2)....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  8  0
W: Lou Brissie (2-0) L: Ray Scarborough (0-1)

Upcoming Series

Boston (1-5) at Washington (3-4)
Game 1 - Monday, April 26: Mel Parnell (first appearance) vs. Mickey Haefner (1-0, 0.00)
Game 2 - Tuesday, April 27: Earl Johnson (0-0, 4.50) vs. Marino Pieretti (0-0, 0.00)

Cleveland (3-1) at Chicago (2-4)
Game 1 - Monday, April 26: Don Black (first appearance) vs. Orval Grove (0-1, 18.00)
Game 2 - Tuesday, April 27: Bob Lemon (0-0, 9.00) vs. Howie Judson (1-0, 3.38)
Game 3 - Wednesday, April 28: Bob Feller (1-1, 5.17) vs. Glen Moulder (0-0, 0.00)

Detroit (3-3) at St. Louis (2-2)
Game 1 - Monday, April 26: Dizzy Trout (1-0, 0.00) vs. Fred Sanford (0-1, 5.63)
Game 2 - Tuesday, April 27: Fred Hutchinson (0-0, 7.36) vs. Bryan Stephens (first appearance)
Game 3 - Wednesday, April 28: Virgil Trucks (0-1, 3.38) vs. Cliff Fannin (0-1, 2.70)

New York (4-2) at Philadelphia (5-2)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 27: Karl Drews (0-0, 0.00) vs. Joe Coleman (1-0, 5.00)

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