August 18, 1952: An Afternoon At Fenway Park

The Burlington Free Press, Wednesday, August 20, 1952

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Merle Wood and son, Merle, Mr. Leonard, Carl Paige, and Noah

Thompson attended the Yankees-Red Sox game in Boston Monday.The son mentioned in this tidbit is 13 years old and will grow up to be my father.

Yankees - 202 000 000 - 4 10 0 Red Sox - 000 010 100 - 2 5 1Monday, August 18, 1952 began with the Yankees (69-48) leading the American League by 1.5 games over Cleveland (67-49) and 5.5 games over the Red Sox (61-51).

This afternoon game was the make-up of a May 25 rainout. Vic Raschi pitched a complete game for the Yankees (9-5-2-2-3). Dizzy Trout went eight innings for the Red Sox (8-9-4-7-6; 3 walks were intentional) and Al…