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Washington Senators @ Boston Red Sox

1928-06-28 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:51

Washington Senators defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 5th. Sad Sam Jones earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7
BOS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

W: Sad Sam Jones L: Merle Settlemire SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Guthrie · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Rice	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bucky Harris	5	1	1	0	0	1
Red Barnes	4	2	1	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bobby Reeves	4	0	1	1	1	1
Muddy Ruel	2	0	0	2	3	0
Ossie Bluege	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Kenna	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sad Sam Jones	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sam West	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ira Flagstead	3	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Myer	4	0	2	0	0	0
Phil Todt	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ken Williams	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill Regan	3	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Taitt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Gerber	3	1	0	0	0	1
Fred Hofmann	3	0	0	0	0	0
Merle Settlemire	1	0	0	1	0	1
Pat Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	1
Red Rollings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	6	3	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Merle Settlemire	4.2	5	5	1
Pat Simmons	4.1	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Rice: E6/G
Bucky Harris: 8/F
Red Barnes: S8.1-2
Goose Goslin: 7/F
Bobby Reeves: W.2-3;1-2
Muddy Ruel: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Ossie Bluege: K/C

Bot 1

Ira Flagstead: W
Buddy Myer: 5/P
Phil Todt: 13.1-2
Ken Williams: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Bill Regan: 63

Top 2

Eddie Kenna: W
Sad Sam Jones: 14/SH.1-2
Sam Rice: 7/F
Bucky Harris: 4/L

Bot 2

Doug Taitt: W
Wally Gerber: 16(1)/FO
Fred Hofmann: E3/TH.1-3;B-2
Merle Settlemire: 9/SF.3-H(UR)
Ira Flagstead: 63

Top 3

Red Barnes: W
Goose Goslin: 4/P
Bobby Reeves: S7.1-3
Muddy Ruel: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Ossie Bluege: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Buddy Myer: 7/F
Phil Todt: W
Ken Williams: S8.1-3
Bill Regan: 7/SF.3-H;1-2
Doug Taitt: 43

Top 4

Ossie Bluege: 8/F
Eddie Kenna: 9/F
Sad Sam Jones: 8/F

Bot 4

Wally Gerber: 7/F
Fred Hofmann: 53
Merle Settlemire: K

Top 5

Sam Rice: S7
Bucky Harris: S1/BG.1-2
Red Barnes: 35(2)/FO.1-2
Goose Goslin: S8.2-H;1-3
Bobby Reeves: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Muddy Ruel: W.1-2
Ossie Bluege: 6/P

Bot 5

Ira Flagstead: 5/L
Buddy Myer: S/1
Phil Todt: CS2(24)
Phil Todt: 9/F

Top 6

Eddie Kenna: 9/F
Sad Sam Jones: D/78
Sam Rice: FC6.2X3(654)
Bucky Harris: 6/L

Bot 6

Ken Williams: 63
Bill Regan: 63
Doug Taitt: K/C

Top 7

Red Barnes: 13
Goose Goslin: D9
Bobby Reeves: 53
Muddy Ruel: W
Ossie Bluege: E6/G.2-3;1-2
Eddie Kenna: 2/P

Bot 7

Wally Gerber: K/C
Fred Hofmann: 7/F
Pat Simmons: K

Top 8

Sad Sam Jones: 53
Sam Rice: E1/G
Bucky Harris: K+SB2
Red Barnes: 31

Bot 8

Ira Flagstead: S8
Buddy Myer: S1/BG.1-2
Phil Todt: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Ken Williams: 6/P
Bill Regan: 13

Top 9

Sam West: 6/P
Bobby Reeves: K
Muddy Ruel: 8/F

Bot 9

Doug Taitt: 13
Red Rollings: 31
Jack Rothrock: D9
Billy Rogell: 43