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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1926-07-21 · Day game · Fenway Park · 98°F · 1:50

St. Louis Browns defeated Boston Red Sox 11–1. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 8th. Elam Vangilder earned the win. George Sisler went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	1	11	15
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Elam Vangilder L: Paul Zahniser SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Billy Evans · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: Pants Rowland · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	3	2	1	1	2	0
Harry Rice	5	2	2	1	1	0
George Sisler	5	3	3	2	0	0
Ken Williams	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bing Miller	5	1	2	2	0	1
Marty McManus	3	1	2	2	1	0
Pinky Hargrave	5	0	1	1	0	1
Wally Gerber	5	1	2	0	0	0
Elam Vangilder	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ira Flagstead	4	0	0	0	0	0
Topper Rigney	2	0	1	0	2	0
Phil Todt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Shaner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Regan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Haney	2	1	1	0	2	0
Al Stokes	4	0	0	1	0	1
Paul Zahniser	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Bratschi	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Welzer	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sy Rosenthal	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	9.0	4	8	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Zahniser	5.0	8	3	2
Tony Welzer	3.0	6	1	1
Bill Clowers	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 43
Harry Rice: W
George Sisler: 3/P
Ken Williams: SB2
Ken Williams: T/89.2-H
Bing Miller: K/C

Bot 1

Ira Flagstead: 9/F
Topper Rigney: W
Phil Todt: 9/F
Baby Doll Jacobson: 13

Top 2

Marty McManus: 63
Pinky Hargrave: K
Wally Gerber: S8
Elam Vangilder: 53

Bot 2

Wally Shaner: 43
Bill Regan: 8/F
Fred Haney: W
Al Stokes: 4/P

Top 3

Ski Melillo: S8
Harry Rice: D8.1-3
George Sisler: 3/G
Ken Williams: FC1/DP.3XH(125);BX2(54)

Bot 3

Paul Zahniser: W
Ira Flagstead: 5/L
Topper Rigney: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bing Miller: 7/F
Marty McManus: W
Pinky Hargrave: S8.1-H
Wally Gerber: 5/P
Elam Vangilder: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Phil Todt: 3/P
Baby Doll Jacobson: 53
Wally Shaner: S4/P
Bill Regan: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ski Melillo: W
Harry Rice: 43.1-2
George Sisler: S7.2-H
Ken Williams: 3/G.1-2
Bing Miller: S7.2-H
Marty McManus: T9.1-H
Pinky Hargrave: 13

Bot 5

Fred Haney: S2.B-3(E2/TH1)
Al Stokes: 43.3-H(UR)
Fred Bratschi: W
Ira Flagstead: 7/F
Topper Rigney: S7.1-2
Phil Todt: 9/F

Top 6

Wally Gerber: 13
Elam Vangilder: E5/G
Ski Melillo: 2/P
Harry Rice: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Baby Doll Jacobson: W
Wally Shaner: 7/F
Bill Regan: 9/F
Fred Haney: 8/F

Top 7

George Sisler: S5/BG
Ken Williams: 13/SH.1-2
Bing Miller: E5/G.2-3
Marty McManus: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Pinky Hargrave: 4/P

Bot 7

Al Stokes: K/C
Tony Welzer: W
Ira Flagstead: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Wally Gerber: 7/L
Elam Vangilder: K
Ski Melillo: W
Harry Rice: T9.1-H
George Sisler: S8.3-H
Ken Williams: D7.1-H
Bing Miller: S7.2-H
Marty McManus: S8.1-3
Pinky Hargrave: CSH(262)

Bot 8

Topper Rigney: W
Phil Todt: S9.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 7/L
Wally Shaner: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Pinky Hargrave: 43
Wally Gerber: S9
Elam Vangilder: E5/SH.1-2
Ski Melillo: WP.2-3;1-2
Ski Melillo: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Harry Rice: 31

Bot 9

Bill Regan: 5/P
Fred Haney: W
Al Stokes: 3/G.1-2
Sy Rosenthal: 6/P

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