1947, 1949-50
MERRILL COMBS   SS

Merl Combs was brought to the Red Sox in 1947 and almost immediately put to work in a game, playing third base and batting eighth on September 12th against the Cleveland Indians. He singled to right field his first time at bat. After a couple of outs, he came up in the bottom of the eighth and hit a three-run homer. Up again in the bottom of the ninth, he singled for his fourth RBI of the game, all off Bob Lemon. 

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