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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1941-09-24 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 1:38

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 7–2. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 7th. Charlie Wagner earned the win. Dom DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charlie Wagner L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	1	2	4	0	1
Lou Finney	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Williams	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jim Tabor	5	1	1	0	0	0
Al Flair	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	2	2	2	0	0
Johnny Peacock	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Wagner	3	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
George Case	4	0	1	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	1	0	0
Hillis Layne	4	0	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	3	0	1	0	0
Roberto Ortiz	3	1	0	0	0
Jake Early	1	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	0	1	0
Dutch Leonard	2	0	0	0	1
Al Evans	2	1	1	1	0
Red Anderson	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Wagner	9.0	4	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	7.0	8	2	1
Red Anderson	2.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 7/F
Lou Finney: 43
Joe Cronin: 63

Bot 1

George Case: 7/L
Doc Cramer: S8/G46
Hillis Layne: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ted Williams: 2/P/FL
Jim Tabor: S8
Al Flair: 3/G.1-2
Bobby Doerr: D9.2-H;B-H(E9/TH3)
Johnny Peacock: S7
Charlie Wagner: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Cecil Travis: 43
Mickey Vernon: 4/P
Roberto Ortiz: 63

Top 3

Dom DiMaggio: K/C
Lou Finney: 8/F
Joe Cronin: 53

Bot 3

Jake Early: 53
Jimmy Bloodworth: 13
Dutch Leonard: K/C

Top 4

Ted Williams: W
Jim Tabor: 54(1)3/GDP
Al Flair: 43

Bot 4

George Case: 5/P
Doc Cramer: 8/F
Hillis Layne: 9/F

Top 5

Bobby Doerr: 3/P
Johnny Peacock: 9/F
Charlie Wagner: S8/78
Dom DiMaggio: S5.1-2
Lou Finney: 63

Bot 5

Cecil Travis: 7/F
Mickey Vernon: 8/F
Roberto Ortiz: 63

Top 6

Joe Cronin: 8/F
Ted Williams: 13
Jim Tabor: 63

Bot 6

Al Evans: 4/P
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Dutch Leonard: 63

Top 7

Al Flair: S9
Bobby Doerr: SB2
Bobby Doerr: S8.2-H
Johnny Peacock: E6/G.1-2
Charlie Wagner: FC3/SH.2-3(E3/TH3);1-2
Dom DiMaggio: HR/7.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Lou Finney: 43
Joe Cronin: W
Ted Williams: 8/F
Jim Tabor: 54(1)/FO

Bot 7

George Case: E5/G
Doc Cramer: 8/F
Hillis Layne: 7/F
Cecil Travis: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Al Flair: W
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Peacock: 43.1-2
Charlie Wagner: 63

Bot 8

Mickey Vernon: S9
Roberto Ortiz: 14(1)/FO
Al Evans: T/89.1-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: 53.3-H
Red Anderson: 8/F

Top 9

Dom DiMaggio: 7/F
Lou Finney: S8
Joe Cronin: 13/SH.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Jim Tabor: 7/F

Bot 9

George Case: S7
Doc Cramer: 46(1)3/GDP
Hillis Layne: 31