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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1929-07-30 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 2000 · 1:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 11–4. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 1st. Wes Ferrell earned the win. Lew Fonseca went 2-for-5 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	11	15
BOS	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	13

W: Wes Ferrell L: Ed Morris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Morgan	5	3	4	0	0	0
Joe Sewell	4	2	2	3	0	0
Earl Averill	5	3	3	2	0	0
Lew Fonseca	5	1	2	4	0	0
Bibb Falk	5	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ray Gardner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Luke Sewell	3	0	0	1	0	0
Wes Ferrell	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Narleski	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Rothrock	4	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Scarritt	4	1	2	0	1	1
Bill Barrett	5	1	2	0	0	2
Bill Regan	4	0	2	0	0	2
Phil Todt	4	2	1	1	0	0
Johnnie Heving	3	0	2	1	0	0
Hal Rhyne	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Carroll	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Williams	1	0	1	1	0	0
Elliot Bigelow	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Barrett	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Dobens	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Gaston	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	13	3	6

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Morris	1.2	7	0	0
Ed Carroll	4.1	1	1	1
Bill Bayne	0.1	4	0	0
Ray Dobens	2.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Morgan: T8/8XD
Joe Sewell: S9.3-H
Earl Averill: E7/L.1-3;B-2
Lew Fonseca: T/78.3-H;2-H(UR)
Bibb Falk: 3/L
Johnny Hodapp: 4(B)5(3)/LDP

Bot 1

Bill Narleski: 8/L
Jack Rothrock: 63
Russ Scarritt: 1/L

Top 2

Ray Gardner: 3/P
Luke Sewell: 8
Wes Ferrell: S8
Ed Morgan: D7.1-3
Joe Sewell: S/78.3-H;2-H
Earl Averill: SB2
Earl Averill: D7.2-H
Lew Fonseca: 9

Bot 2

Bill Barrett: S8/8S
Bill Regan: S8.1-2
Phil Todt: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Johnnie Heving: S7.3-H;1-2
Hal Rhyne: E9/SF.2-3;1-2
Ed Carroll: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Bill Narleski: 9

Top 3

Bibb Falk: 8
Johnny Hodapp: W
Ray Gardner: S8.1-3
Luke Sewell: 3/BG/SH.3-H;1-2
Wes Ferrell: 7

Bot 3

Jack Rothrock: 6/F
Russ Scarritt: S7
Bill Barrett: K
Bill Regan: K

Top 4

Ed Morgan: 63
Joe Sewell: 7
Earl Averill: 8

Bot 4

Phil Todt: 43
Johnnie Heving: D9
Hal Rhyne: 53
Ed Carroll: 43

Top 5

Lew Fonseca: 8
Bibb Falk: 8
Johnny Hodapp: 8/L

Bot 5

Bill Narleski: 43
Jack Rothrock: W
Russ Scarritt: K
Bill Barrett: K

Top 6

Ray Gardner: 2/FL
Luke Sewell: 3/FL
Wes Ferrell: K

Bot 6

Bill Regan: S/4
Phil Todt: D9/9L.1-3
Johnnie Heving: FC1.3XH(12);2-2
Ken Williams: S7.2-H;1-3
Elliot Bigelow: W.1-2
Bill Narleski: K
Jack Rothrock: 9

Top 7

Ed Morgan: S7
Joe Sewell: 13/SH.1-2
Earl Averill: S9.2-H
Lew Fonseca: D7.1-H
Bibb Falk: S9.2-H
Johnny Hodapp: 6/F
Ray Gardner: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Russ Scarritt: S9
Bill Barrett: S9.1-3(E9)
Bill Regan: K
Phil Todt: 6/P56D/SF.3-H(UR)
Bob Barrett: 53

Top 8

Luke Sewell: 63
Wes Ferrell: 6/P
Ed Morgan: S8
Joe Sewell: 9

Bot 8

Wally Gerber: S9
Ray Dobens: 6/FL
Bill Narleski: D7.1-3
Jack Rothrock: 7/FL
Russ Scarritt: W
Bill Barrett: 43

Top 9

Earl Averill: T9
Lew Fonseca: 43.3-H
Bibb Falk: D9
Johnny Hodapp: 63.2-3
Ray Gardner: K23

Bot 9

Alex Gaston: S7
Phil Todt: 3/FL
Bob Barrett: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Notes & reviews

Over Rothrock's head
Squeeze
Off Hodapp's glove
Morgan fumbled
Sensational catch
1-handed catch

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