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Washington Senators @ Boston Red Sox

1929-09-02 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 20000 · 1:42

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 7–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 5th. Milt Gaston earned the win. Jack Rothrock went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
BOS	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0		7	12

W: Milt Gaston L: Bump Hadley SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Rice	4	1	1	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	3	1	1	1	1	0
Buddy Myer	4	0	2	0	0	0
Sam West	4	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Muddy Ruel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jackie Hayes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bump Hadley	1	0	0	0	1	0
Red Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harley Boss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Reeves	4	2	3	0	0	0
Russ Scarritt	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	4	2	2	2	0	0
Elliot Bigelow	4	2	4	2	0	0
Bill Regan	3	0	1	1	0	2
Phil Todt	4	0	1	1	0	1
Charlie Berry	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Rhyne	4	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bump Hadley	4.1	9	1	4
Ad Liska	1.2	2	1	0
Lloyd Brown	2.0	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Gaston	9.0	7	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Judge: S
Sam Rice: 99
Goose Goslin: 99
Buddy Myer: S.1-2
Sam West: 99

Bot 1

Bobby Reeves: T/89D
Russ Scarritt: WP.3-H
Russ Scarritt: T7
Jack Rothrock: 3/G
Elliot Bigelow: S9/F9S.3-H
Bill Regan: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 2

Joe Cronin: 99
Muddy Ruel: S
Jackie Hayes: 3/G.1-2
Bump Hadley: W
Joe Judge: 99

Bot 2

Phil Todt: K
Charlie Berry: 99
Hal Rhyne: 99

Top 3

Sam Rice: D7
Goose Goslin: W
Buddy Myer: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Sam West: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Joe Cronin: 99

Bot 3

Milt Gaston: 99
Bobby Reeves: 99
Russ Scarritt: 99

Top 4

Muddy Ruel: 99
Jackie Hayes: K
Bump Hadley: 8/F8S

Bot 4

Jack Rothrock: HR/F9D
Elliot Bigelow: S9
Bill Regan: 99/BG/SH.1-2
Phil Todt: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Charlie Berry: W
Hal Rhyne: K
Milt Gaston: K

Top 5

Joe Judge: 99
Sam Rice: 99
Goose Goslin: HR/L9D
Buddy Myer: 99

Bot 5

Bobby Reeves: S
Russ Scarritt: 1/BP.1-3(E1/TH1)
Jack Rothrock: S.3-H
Elliot Bigelow: D7.1-H
Bill Regan: D9/F9S.2-H
Phil Todt: 99
Charlie Berry: 99

Top 6

Sam West: 99
Joe Cronin: 99
Muddy Ruel: 99

Bot 6

Hal Rhyne: 99
Milt Gaston: W
Bobby Reeves: D9.1XH(92)
Russ Scarritt: 99

Top 7

Jackie Hayes: S
Red Barnes: 99
Joe Judge: 99
Sam Rice: 99

Bot 7

Jack Rothrock: 99
Elliot Bigelow: S
Bill Regan: K
Phil Todt: 99

Top 8

Goose Goslin: 99
Buddy Myer: S
Sam West: 99
Joe Cronin: 99

Bot 8

Charlie Berry: 99
Hal Rhyne: 99
Milt Gaston: 99

Top 9

Muddy Ruel: 99
Jackie Hayes: 99
Harley Boss: 99

Notes & reviews

Rothrock: one of greatest catches ever seen at Braves Field
Into RF jury box
Into RF pavilion

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