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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1927-05-05 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 9000 · 1:56

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 8th. Hal Wiltse earned the win and Tony Welzer picked up the save. Ira Flagstead went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Wiltse L: Lefty Grove SV: Tony Welzer

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Red Rollings	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	3	1	0	0	1	0
Phil Todt	4	0	1	1	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Myer	3	0	2	0	0	0
Wally Shaner	2	0	0	0	1	0
Grover Hartley	2	1	1	0	0	0
Hal Wiltse	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ira Flagstead	1	1	1	2	0	0
Tony Welzer	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Collins	3	0	2	0	1	1
Bill Lamar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	1	1	0	0	0
Al Simmons	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Hale	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dud Branom	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Perkins	3	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Boley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	0	3
Walt French	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Wheat	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Poole	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Bishop	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Wiltse	7.0	8	1	5
Tony Welzer	2.0	1	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Tobin: 63
Red Rollings: FLE2
Red Rollings: 13
Jack Rothrock: W
Phil Todt: T/89.1-H
Baby Doll Jacobson: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Collins: D
Bill Lamar: 3/FL
Ty Cobb: 8/F
Al Simmons: 63

Top 2

Buddy Myer: 7/L
Wally Shaner: 63
Grover Hartley: 7/L

Bot 2

Sammy Hale: 6/P
Dud Branom: S
Cy Perkins: CS2(24)
Cy Perkins: 43

Top 3

Hal Wiltse: S
Jack Tobin: 3/P
Red Rollings: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Joe Boley: K/C
Lefty Grove: K
Eddie Collins: S
Bill Lamar: 43

Top 4

Jack Rothrock: 4/P
Phil Todt: 8/F
Baby Doll Jacobson: 53

Bot 4

Ty Cobb: S8
Al Simmons: 8/F
Sammy Hale: S8.1-2
Dud Branom: 8/F
Cy Perkins: D9/9L.2-H;1-H
Joe Boley: 7/F

Top 5

Buddy Myer: S
Wally Shaner: W.1-2
Grover Hartley: 8/SF.2-3
Hal Wiltse: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Lefty Grove: K
Eddie Collins: K
Bill Lamar: 9/F

Top 6

Jack Tobin: 8
Red Rollings: 9
Jack Rothrock: 7

Bot 6

Ty Cobb: 8
Al Simmons: 3
Sammy Hale: S7
Dud Branom: 7

Top 7

Phil Todt: 8
Baby Doll Jacobson: 9
Buddy Myer: S8
Wally Shaner: OA.1X2(24)

Bot 7

Cy Perkins: D7
Joe Boley: 43.2-3
Lefty Grove: K
Eddie Collins: W
Bill Lamar: 63

Top 8

Wally Shaner: 9
Grover Hartley: S8
Ira Flagstead: HR/7.1-H
Jack Tobin: 43
Red Rollings: 13

Bot 8

Walt French: K
Zack Wheat: 8/8D
Sammy Hale: 43

Top 9

Jack Rothrock: 3/G
Phil Todt: 3/G
Tony Welzer: K

Bot 9

Dud Branom: 3/FL
Mickey Cochrane: D8
Jim Poole: 3/P
Max Bishop: K

Notes & reviews

A's Cobb and Simmons ejected by HP umpire Red Ormsby for arguing that a ball hit by Cobb for an apparent home run was fair; during argument, Cobb bumped Ormsby
the crowd threw seat cushions at HP umpire Red Ormsby, who needed a police escort to leave the field

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