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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1928-09-07 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:44

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 1–0. Lefty Grove earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Red Ruffing SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Guthrie · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Dinneen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Max Bishop	3	1	2	1	0
Mule Haas	4	0	1	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	1	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	1
Bing Miller	4	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Boley	3	0	1	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	3

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jack Rothrock	4	1	0	2
Buddy Myer	4	1	0	1
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	2
Ira Flagstead	3	1	0	0
Phil Todt	3	0	0	3
Ken Williams	3	0	0	2
Bill Regan	2	0	1	0
Fred Hofmann	3	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	3	1	0	0
Charlie Berry	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	4	1	11

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	6	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: S
Mule Haas: 7
Mickey Cochrane: 46(1)/FO/DP.BX2(263)

Bot 1

Jack Rothrock: K/C
Buddy Myer: 7
Billy Rogell: 3/FL

Top 2

Al Simmons: 63
Jimmie Foxx: K
Bing Miller: 3/FL

Bot 2

Ira Flagstead: S
Phil Todt: K
Ken Williams: K
Bill Regan: CS2(26)

Top 3

Jimmy Dykes: 9/FL
Joe Boley: D
Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 2/FL

Bot 3

Bill Regan: 7
Fred Hofmann: 43
Red Ruffing: 43

Top 4

Mule Haas: S
Mickey Cochrane: 43.1-2
Al Simmons: 7
Jimmie Foxx: 43

Bot 4

Jack Rothrock: S
Buddy Myer: S9.1-3(E9)
Billy Rogell: K
Ira Flagstead: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bing Miller: D
Jimmy Dykes: 43.2-3
Joe Boley: 1(B)15(3)/DP

Bot 5

Phil Todt: K
Ken Williams: 6
Bill Regan: W
Fred Hofmann: 8

Top 6

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 5/FL
Mickey Cochrane: S.1-3
Al Simmons: E6.3-H(UR)(NR);1-3
Jimmie Foxx: 9

Bot 6

Red Ruffing: S
Jack Rothrock: 7
Buddy Myer: K
Billy Rogell: K

Top 7

Bing Miller: 9
Jimmy Dykes: 53
Joe Boley: 4/L

Bot 7

Ira Flagstead: 6/P
Phil Todt: K
Ken Williams: K/C

Top 8

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: S
Mule Haas: 9
Mickey Cochrane: 43

Bot 8

Bill Regan: E6/TH1
Fred Hofmann: 46(1)/FO
Red Ruffing: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 9

Al Simmons: 4
Jimmie Foxx: 9
Bing Miller: 143

Bot 9

Jack Rothrock: K
Buddy Myer: 3/P
Charlie Berry: K