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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1925-06-05 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 2000 · 2:05

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 5–4. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 9th. Red Ruffing earned the win. Benn Karr went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	8
BOS	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	10

W: Red Ruffing L: Benn Karr SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tommy Connolly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	3	0	0	0	2	0
Pat McNulty	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tris Speaker	5	0	1	1	0	1
George Burns	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sewell	4	2	2	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Freddy Spurgeon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rube Lutzke	4	1	1	2	0	0
Benn Karr	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ray Knode	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Denny Williams	4	1	1	0	0
Homer Ezzell	4	1	2	0	0
Ike Boone	4	0	1	1	0
Tex Vache	4	0	0	0	0
Phil Todt	4	1	3	1	0
Bill Wambsganss	2	1	1	0	2
Dud Lee	4	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Heving	3	1	1	0	0
Red Ruffing	3	0	0	0	0
Roy Carlyle	0	0	0	0	1
Ira Flagstead	1	0	1	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Benn Karr	8.1	10	3	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	8	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: 8/F
Pat McNulty: 9/F
Tris Speaker: S
George Burns: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Denny Williams: S
Homer Ezzell: S/BG.1-2
Ike Boone: 8/F8XD.2-3
Tex Vache: 6/P
Phil Todt: S9.3-H;1-3;BX2(954)#

Top 2

Joe Sewell: T8/L8
Luke Sewell: K
Freddy Spurgeon: K
Rube Lutzke: S.3-H
Benn Karr: 2/FL

Bot 2

Bill Wambsganss: 8/F
Dud Lee: 3/L
Johnnie Heving: 4/P

Top 3

Charlie Jamieson: W
Pat McNulty: 14/SH.1-2
Tris Speaker: K
George Burns: 2/FL

Bot 3

Red Ruffing: 8/L
Denny Williams: 7/L
Homer Ezzell: S/G46
Ike Boone: T9/F9D.1-H
Tex Vache: 43

Top 4

Joe Sewell: S8
Luke Sewell: 8/F
Freddy Spurgeon: S9.1-3
Rube Lutzke: FC1.3-H;1X2(1E4)
Benn Karr: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Phil Todt: 9/FL
Bill Wambsganss: W
Dud Lee: 6/P
Johnnie Heving: 2/P

Top 5

Charlie Jamieson: 5/FL
Pat McNulty: 6/P
Tris Speaker: 7/F

Bot 5

Red Ruffing: 63
Denny Williams: 7/L
Homer Ezzell: 8/F

Top 6

George Burns: 53
Joe Sewell: 4/L
Luke Sewell: S
Freddy Spurgeon: 6/P

Bot 6

Ike Boone: 7/F
Tex Vache: 2/FL
Phil Todt: D
Bill Wambsganss: W.2X3(25)

Top 7

Rube Lutzke: E6/G
Benn Karr: S.1-3
Charlie Jamieson: 5/P
Pat McNulty: W.1-2
Tris Speaker: 16(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
George Burns: 13

Bot 7

Dud Lee: 43
Johnnie Heving: D
Red Ruffing: 43.2-3
Denny Williams: WP.3-H
Denny Williams: 3/P

Top 8

Joe Sewell: 7/F
Luke Sewell: W
Freddy Spurgeon: 9/F
Rube Lutzke: 8/F

Bot 8

Homer Ezzell: 4/P
Ike Boone: 8/F
Tex Vache: 31

Top 9

Benn Karr: HR/F9D
Charlie Jamieson: W
Pat McNulty: 2/FL
Tris Speaker: 8/F
Ray Knode: 9/F

Bot 9

Phil Todt: S4/G
Bill Wambsganss: S7/L.1-2
Dud Lee: 2/BP/FL
Roy Carlyle: W.2-3;1-2
Ira Flagstead: S9.3-H;2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Infield hit
McNulty lost it in the sun

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