Games on July 11, 1948

The games of July 11, 1948

15 games were played on July 11, 1948, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Boston Braves, 9-4 winners over the Philadelphia Phillies. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Memphis Red Sox 13-8. The day's shutouts were the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0), the Cleveland Indians over the St. Louis Browns (5-0), and the Cincinnati Reds over the St. Louis Cardinals (1-0). Decided by a single run were the St. Louis Browns 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, the New York Giants 3-2 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Boston Red Sox 9-8 over the Philadelphia Athletics. Elsewhere, the Kansas City Monarchs topped the Chicago American Giants 10-6, the Kansas City Monarchs topped the Chicago American Giants 5-2, the Cleveland Buckeyes fell to the Memphis Red Sox, 7-4, the Philadelphia Stars topped the New York Cubans 8-3, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5, and the Washington Senators topped the New York Yankees 9-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Memphis Red Sox. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 10, 1948 and the next, Jul 12, 1948. For the wider picture, see the 1948 season.