STIRNWEISS’ DRAMATIC 2B GIVES AL ALL-STAR ‘W’

Teams Combine for 8 Hits in Pitchers’ Duel

BOSTON, July 8 (AP) – Snuffy Stirnweiss’ double in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Lou Boudreau with the game’s only run, giving the American League a 1-0 victory over the National League in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Fenway Park.  The game was a pitchers’ duel throughout, with a mere eight hits—only two for extra bases--amassed between the two teams.  It was also something of a defensive exhibition, as the two sides combined to turn six double plays.  That made the circumstances surrounding the contest’s sole tally so ironic.

11 different pitchers toed the rubber in the game, and none of them was charged with an earned run.  They combined to strike out 12 batters and walk six.  Bob Feller (AL) and Howie Pollett got the nod as starters and each through three scoreless frames.

The AL erased NL baserunners via double plays in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth innings, including by line drive (3^rd) and strike out/throw out (4^th).  The NL extinguished potential AL rallies with twin killings in the second and third innings.

The pitching and defense, for both clubs, was so tight that no baserunner advanced past second base until the eighth inning.  In the top of the eighth, Clyde McCullough led off with the game’s first extra base hit, a ground ball between first baseman Rudy York and the bag, that went for a double off Spud Chandler, who was in his second inning of relief for the AL.  Pee Weese dropped down a perfect sacrifice bunt, advancing McCullough to third with one out.  Chandler then walked Stan Hack on four pitches to put runners on the corners, bringing Billy Herman to the plate.  But on a 1-1 pitch, Herman rolled into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat.

Harry Breechen began his second inning of relief work for the NL in the bottom of the eighth, and got off to a good start, striking out Charlie Keller.  He then worked ahead of Boudreau 0-2 and, in a fateful moment, fanned the Cleveland shortstop, but the third strike pitch got past McCullough for a passed ball, allowing Boudreau to reach first base.  Jerry Priddy then reached on an infield single, putting runners on first and second.  That brought Stirnweiss to the plate, and the NL countered with right-hander Ted Wilks.  Stirnweiss launched a drive to left.  Left fielder Enos Slaugher—playing out of position and in an unfamiliar ballpark with a notorious towering edifice in left field--retreated and made a leaping catch, but lost control of the ball upon colliding with the wall.  Boutdreau came around to score and Priddy advanced to third on what was properly scored a double for Stirnweiss.  With the infield in, Buddy Rosar grounded to short, and Reese gunned down Priddy at the plate for the second out.  Tommy Henrich pinch hit for his teammate, Chandler, but grounded to second to end the inning.

The NL came to the plate in the ninth trailing by a run, facing Dizzy Trout.  Slaughter drew a one-out walk, but Trout retired Tommy Holmes on a ground ball and Elbie Fletcher on a fly to left to close out the game.

7/8/2025, NL46-AL46, Fenway Park

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP

1946 NL Stars          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  4  1     4  2

1946 AL Stars          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  x     1  4  0     5  4

NL Stars             AB  R  H BI   AVG    AL Stars             AB  R  H BI   AVG

Stanky            2b  3  0  1  0  .333    Pesky             ss  1  0  1  0 1.000

 Rowe             p   0  0  0  0  .000     Newhouser        p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Brecheen         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Hughson          p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Wilks            p   0  0  0  0  .000     Stirnweiss       ph  2  0  1  1  .500

 Kerr             ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Kell,G            3b  2  0  0  0  .000

Hopp              cf  1  0  0  0  .000     Rosar            ph  2  0  0  0  .000

 Slaughter        ph  1  0  1  0 1.000    Williams,T        lf  3  0  0  0  .000

Musial            lf  2  0  0  0  .000     Chandler         p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Holmes           ph  2  0  0  0  .000     Henrich          ph  1  0  0  0  .000

Mize              1b  2  0  0  0  .000     Trout            p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Fletcher         ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Greenberg         1b  2  0  0  0  .000

Cavarretta        rf  2  0  0  0  .000     Judnich          cf  1  0  0  0  .000

 Walker,D         ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Chapman,S         cf  2  0  0  0  .000

Hatton            3b  2  0  0  0  .000     York             1b  1  0  0  0  .000

 McCullough       c   1  0  1  0 1.000    Wakefield         rf  2  0  0  0  .000

Reese             ss  2  0  0  0  .000    Gordon,J          2b  2  0  0  0  .000

Masi              c   2  0  1  0  .500     Keller           lf  1  0  0  0  .000

 Hack             3b  0  0  0  0  .000    Wagner,H          c   2  0  0  0  .000

Pollet            p   1  0  0  0  .000     Boudreau         ss  1  1  0  0  .000

 Sain             p   0  0  0  0  .000    Feller            p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Herman,B         ph  2  0  0  0  .000     Appling          ph  2  0  1  0  .500

                     26  0  4  0           Priddy           2b  1  0  1  0 1.000

                                                               28  1  4  1

NL Stars                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Pollet                           3.0  2  0  0  2  3  51  27  0.00

Sain                             2.0  0  0  0  0  2  21  15  0.00

Rowe                             1.0  0  0  0  0  0  17  11  0.00

Brecheen         L 0-1           1.1  1  1  0  0  3  22  17  0.00

Wilks                            0.2  1  0  0  0  0   9   5  0.00

                                 8.0  4  1  0  2  8 120  75

AL Stars                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Feller                           3.0  2  0  0  0  1  31  21  0.00

Newhouser                        2.0  0  0  0  1  2  27  13  0.00

Hughson                          1.0  0  0  0  0  1  13   9  0.00

Chandler         W 1-0           2.0  2  0  0  2  0  30  15  0.00

Trout            S 1             1.0  0  0  0  1  0  16  10  0.00

                                 9.0  4  0  0  4  4 117  68

NL : Herman,B batted for Sain in the 6th

     Herman,B moved to 2b in the 6th

     Slaughter batted for Hopp in the 7th

     Holmes batted for Musial in the 7th

     Fletcher batted for Mize in the 7th

     Walker,D batted for Cavarretta in the 7th

     Slaughter moved to lf in the 7th

     Holmes moved to cf in the 7th

     Fletcher moved to 1b in the 7th

     Walker,D moved to rf in the 7th

     McCullough inserted at c in the 7th

     Hack inserted at 3b in the 7th

     Kerr batted for Wilks in the 9th

AL : Appling batted for Feller in the 3rd

     Appling moved to ss in the 4th

     Stirnweiss batted for Hughson in the 6th

     Rosar batted for Kell,G in the 6th

     Stirnweiss moved to 3b in the 7th

     Rosar moved to c in the 7th

     Judnich inserted at cf in the 7th

     York inserted at 1b in the 7th

     Keller inserted at lf in the 7th

     Boudreau inserted at ss in the 7th

     Priddy inserted at 2b in the 7th

     Henrich batted for Chandler in the 8th

E-Herman,B. 2B-McCullough(1), Stirnweiss(1). RBI-Stirnweiss(1). CS-Hopp.

K-Musial, Hatton, Masi, Pollet, Kell,G, Greenberg, Chapman,S, Wakefield,

Gordon,J, Wagner,H, Keller, Boudreau. BB-Hopp, Slaughter, Fletcher, Hack,

Pesky, Wakefield. SH-Reese. PB-McCullough.

GWRBI: Stirnweiss

Temperature: 94, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 13 MPH.

DNP AL: Ferriss (BoA), Harris (BoA), Trucks (Det)

DNP NL: Cooper,M (BoN), Passeau (ChN), Blackwell (Cin), Schmitz (ChN)

Attendance: 35,133

Game Time: 1:56