This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1942-09-08 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 1500 · 2:37

Washington Senators defeated Boston Red Sox 15–11. Washington Senators put up 6 in the 6th. Ray Scarborough earned the win and Alex Carrasquel picked up the save. Jake Early went 2-for-5 with 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	11	17
WS1	3	0	0	2	0	6	3	1		15	18

W: Ray Scarborough L: Mace Brown SV: Alex Carrasquel

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	3	4	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	6	2	4	2	0	0
Ted Williams	4	2	1	1	2	0
Tony Lupien	4	0	2	3	2	0
Lou Finney	6	1	2	2	0	1
Bobby Doerr	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jim Tabor	5	0	0	1	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Wagner	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Conroy	0	1	0	0	1	0
Pete Fox	1	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	3	3	0	2	0
Stan Spence	3	1	1	0	3	0
Bobby Estalella	5	2	2	3	1	0
Mickey Vernon	5	2	3	1	1	0
John Sullivan	5	2	1	2	1	0
Ellis Clary	6	2	3	0	0	1
Jimmy Pofahl	5	2	2	4	1	0
Jake Early	5	0	2	5	1	1
Ray Scarborough	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bruce Campbell	0	1	0	0	1	0
Alex Carrasquel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oscar Judd	0.2	3	3	0
Charlie Wagner	4.2	8	4	2
Mace Brown	0.2	3	1	0
Mike Ryba	2.0	4	3	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Scarborough	6.0	12	3	1
Alex Carrasquel	3.0	5	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S1/BG
Johnny Pesky: S/7.1-3
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Tony Lupien: S/9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Lou Finney: FC6/TH2.3-H;1-2;B-1
Bobby Doerr: SB3;SB2
Bobby Doerr: K/C
Jim Tabor: FC5.3XH(52);2-3
Johnny Peacock: 3/FL/P

Bot 1

George Case: W
Stan Spence: S5/BG.1-2
Bobby Estalella: S/8.2-H;1-3
Mickey Vernon: 4/P
John Sullivan: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Ellis Clary: S/8.1-2
Jimmy Pofahl: W.2-3;1-2
Jake Early: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Scarborough: K/C

Top 2

Charlie Wagner: 8
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: 4/L

Bot 2

George Case: 5/L
Stan Spence: W
Bobby Estalella: 4/P
Mickey Vernon: S/8.1-2
John Sullivan: 6/P

Top 3

Ted Williams: W
Tony Lupien: 6/P
Lou Finney: S/9.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S/8.2-H;1-3
Jim Tabor: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Johnny Peacock: W.1-2
Charlie Wagner: 6(1)/FO

Bot 3

Ellis Clary: 63
Jimmy Pofahl: 7
Jake Early: 9/L

Top 4

Dom DiMaggio: S/7
Johnny Pesky: S/9.1-H(NR);B-2(E3)
Ted Williams: 43.2-3
Tony Lupien: S/8.3-H(UR)
Lou Finney: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 4

Ray Scarborough: 9
George Case: D/7
Stan Spence: W
Bobby Estalella: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Mickey Vernon: S/8.3-H;1-2
John Sullivan: D/7L.2-H;1-3
Ellis Clary: K/C

Top 5

Bobby Doerr: 5/FL/P
Jim Tabor: 63
Johnny Peacock: 6/L

Bot 5

Jimmy Pofahl: 8
Jake Early: 5/P
Ray Scarborough: S/7
George Case: S5.1-2
Stan Spence: 146(1)/FO

Top 6

Charlie Wagner: S6
Dom DiMaggio: S1/BG.1-2
Johnny Pesky: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Ted Williams: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Tony Lupien: 2/FL
Lou Finney: S/9.3-H;1-3(E9)
Bobby Doerr: 53

Bot 6

Bobby Estalella: W
Mickey Vernon: W.1-2
John Sullivan: 9
Ellis Clary: S/9.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Pofahl: S/8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Jake Early: D/9.3-H;2-H
Bruce Campbell: W
George Case: S4.2-3;1-2
Stan Spence: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Bobby Estalella: S5/G.3-H;2-H;1-2
Mickey Vernon: 8

Top 7

Jim Tabor: 1/G
Johnny Peacock: S/89
Joe Cronin: K
Dom DiMaggio: S/9.1-3
Johnny Pesky: 4/P/FL

Bot 7

John Sullivan: W
Ellis Clary: S5/G.1-3(E5/TH)
Jimmy Pofahl: S/8.3-H;1-2
Jake Early: D/9.2-H;1-H;BX3(935)
Alex Carrasquel: 7
George Case: W
Stan Spence: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Stan Spence: W
Bobby Estalella: SB2
Bobby Estalella: 8

Top 8

Ted Williams: D/9D
Tony Lupien: W
Lou Finney: K
Bobby Doerr: 8
Jim Tabor: 7/L

Bot 8

Mickey Vernon: S1/BG
John Sullivan: SB2
John Sullivan: E6.2-3
Ellis Clary: 9
Jimmy Pofahl: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Jake Early: K

Top 9

Bill Conroy: W
Pete Fox: D/89.1-3
Paul Campbell: 53
Johnny Pesky: D/89.3-H;2-H
Ted Williams: 43.2-3
Tony Lupien: W
Lou Finney: 46(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

As Estalella beat out the hit, Case broke for home, scoring when Lupien was slow to throw to the plate.
Scheduled second game was called in the top of the 5th, score tied 1-1, so both teams could catch trains west.

⚾ Arcade