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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1919-06-04 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 1:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 8–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 6th. Bill James earned the win. Babe Ruth went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill James L: Dick Robertson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	3	1	1	0	2	0
Dave Shean	1	2	0	0	2	0
Amos Strunk	5	1	1	1	0	1
Babe Ruth	3	2	2	3	1	1
Stuffy McInnis	4	1	2	1	0	1
Wally Schang	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ossie Vitt	4	0	1	1	0	1
Everett Scott	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill James	3	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	4	1	0	0	1	0
Eddie Foster	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Menosky	3	1	1	0	1	0
Sam Rice	4	0	3	2	0	0
Buzz Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Shanks	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Agnew	1	0	0	0	0	0
George McBride	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dick Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Patsy Gharrity	3	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Thompson	3	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill James	9.0	8	3	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Robertson	5.0	5	4	1
Harry Thompson	4.0	4	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Hooper: W
Dave Shean: 3/SH.1-2
Amos Strunk: 43/DP.2XH(32)

Bot 1

Joe Judge: W
Eddie Foster: 23/SH.1-2
Mike Menosky: S8.2-3
Sam Rice: S7.3-H;1-2
Buzz Murphy: 164(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Babe Ruth: W
Stuffy McInnis: 23/SH.1-2
Wally Schang: 13
Ossie Vitt: S8.2-H
Everett Scott: 63

Bot 2

Howie Shanks: 13
Sam Agnew: 8
George McBride: 7

Top 3

Bill James: 53
Harry Hooper: 1/BF
Dave Shean: W
Amos Strunk: 6/P

Bot 3

Dick Robertson: 13
Joe Judge: 63
Eddie Foster: 43

Top 4

Babe Ruth: K
Stuffy McInnis: S8
Wally Schang: S.1-2
Ossie Vitt: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Everett Scott: S.3-H;1-2
Bill James: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mike Menosky: 43
Sam Rice: 43
Buzz Murphy: K

Top 5

Harry Hooper: W
Dave Shean: E5/SH.1X3(256);B-2
Amos Strunk: 7
Babe Ruth: T7.2-H(UR);B-H(E7)(NR)(UR)
Stuffy McInnis: E6
Wally Schang: 43

Bot 5

Howie Shanks: 43
Patsy Gharrity: S8
George McBride: 8
Harry Thompson: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Ossie Vitt: 63
Everett Scott: 8/L
Bill James: HP
Harry Hooper: S7.1-2
Dave Shean: W.2-3;1-2
Amos Strunk: S1/L.3-H;2-3;1-2
Babe Ruth: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Stuffy McInnis: S7.3-H;1X3(75)

Bot 6

Joe Judge: 5/P
Eddie Foster: S4
Mike Menosky: 14(1)/FO
Sam Rice: S8.1-2
Buzz Murphy: 43

Top 7

Wally Schang: 63
Ossie Vitt: K
Everett Scott: 63

Bot 7

Howie Shanks: 8
Patsy Gharrity: 53
George McBride: W
Harry Thompson: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bill James: 4/P
Harry Hooper: 8
Dave Shean: 2/P/1

Bot 8

Joe Judge: 43
Eddie Foster: 31
Mike Menosky: W
Sam Rice: D7.1-H
Buzz Murphy: 9

Top 9

Amos Strunk: K
Babe Ruth: HP
Stuffy McInnis: K+PO1(23)/DP

Bot 9

Howie Shanks: E4
Patsy Gharrity: 53.1-2
George McBride: SB3.2-3(PB)#
George McBride: S7.3-H(UR)
Harry Thompson: S9.1-2
Joe Judge: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Eddie Foster: 9