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May 1, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 10, Indians 3  (6-1)
Larry Doby made three errors and the Indians as a team made six as they suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the Tigers.  Bob Feller took the loss and he was touched up for five runs in 4 2/3 innings. 
Thurman Tucker [...]

April 29, 1948 at Sportsman’s Park
Indians 5, Browns 2  (7-0)
The Indians closed out the month of April with a perfect record and in this one, you had a great individual performance at the plate combined with some solid pitching.  Lou Boudreau racked up four hits including a double and a homerun and he drove in [...]

April 26, 1948 at Comiskey Park
Indians 12, White Sox 11  (5-0)
It wasn’t pretty and the pitchers gave up eleven runs but the Indians escaped with their fifth straight win to open up the season.  Lou Boudreau had the big game with five hits, four RBIs and two runs.  All but three of the runs were [...]

April 25, 1948 at Briggs Stadium
Indians 7, Tigers 4  (4-0)
The Indians became the only unbeaten team in baseball with another impressive offensive performance.  Ken Keltner had hit second multi-homer game of the season with a pair of homers with four RBIs.  Jim Hegan also had a nice game with a double, a triple and two [...]

April 24, 1948 at Briggs Stadium
Indians 4, Tigers 1  (3-0)
It’s hard to follow up a two hit shutout like Bob Feller did on opening day but he almost did it with a three hitter against the Tigers on the road.  He did give up a run on those three hits and a walk and he [...]

April 23, 1948 at Briggs Stadium
Indians 8, Tigers 2  (2-0)
The Indians rained on the Tigers opening day festivities with an eight run, fifteen hit barrage.  Larry Doby had a big day at the plate.  He finished with three hits including his first major league homer of his career.  Lou Boudreau picked up three hits while [...]

April 20, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 4, Browns 0  (1-0)
Bob Feller got it done for the home crowd in the Indians season opener with an impressive two hit shutout over the Browns.  Up to the task, Feller pitched in front of a crowd of over 73 thousand fans, the largest opening day crowd ever.  Feller [...]