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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1929-09-07 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3500 · 2:12

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 9th. Red Ruffing earned the win. Jack Rothrock went 1-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Ruffing L: General Crowder SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	1	0	1	0
Beauty McGowan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Schulte	3	1	1	0	0	1
Red Kress	2	0	0	1	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Clyde Manion	4	0	1	0	0	0
General Crowder	3	0	1	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Reeves	4	1	0	0	1	0
Russ Scarritt	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	5	0	1	3	0	0
Elliot Bigelow	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Gerber	3	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Todt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Heving	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Rhyne	4	0	2	0	0	1
Red Ruffing	4	1	2	1	0	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
General Crowder	8.2	9	3	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	7	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: E6/G
Beauty McGowan: 46(1)/FO
Heinie Manush: SB2
Heinie Manush: K
Fred Schulte: K

Bot 1

Bobby Reeves: 8/F
Russ Scarritt: 6/L
Jack Rothrock: 5/FL

Top 2

Red Kress: 6/P
Frank O'Rourke: 63
Ski Melillo: D7/F7DW
Clyde Manion: 43

Bot 2

Elliot Bigelow: K
Wally Gerber: 63/G6M
Phil Todt: 9/F

Top 3

General Crowder: W
Lu Blue: 8/F
Beauty McGowan: 46(1)/FO
Heinie Manush: 7/F7LSF/FL

Bot 3

Johnnie Heving: 5/FL
Hal Rhyne: K/C
Red Ruffing: K

Top 4

Fred Schulte: D7/F7DW
Red Kress: 13/SH.2-3
Frank O'Rourke: S7.3-H
Ski Melillo: SB2
Ski Melillo: WP.2-3
Ski Melillo: K
Clyde Manion: E5/TH1.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
General Crowder: 8/F

Bot 4

Bobby Reeves: 9/F9D
Russ Scarritt: 8/F
Jack Rothrock: E6/G
Elliot Bigelow: W.1-2
Wally Gerber: 9/F

Top 5

Lu Blue: W
Beauty McGowan: 53/SH.1-2
Heinie Manush: 7/F
Fred Schulte: 9/F

Bot 5

Phil Todt: 7/F
Johnnie Heving: 43
Hal Rhyne: S8
Red Ruffing: S9.1-2
Bobby Reeves: 4/P

Top 6

Red Kress: 63
Frank O'Rourke: 3/P
Ski Melillo: 8/F

Bot 6

Russ Scarritt: S8
Jack Rothrock: 46(1)/FO
Elliot Bigelow: 7/F
Wally Gerber: W.1-2
Phil Todt: 5/P

Top 7

Clyde Manion: 13
General Crowder: S1/G
Lu Blue: 9/F9D
Beauty McGowan: 7/F

Bot 7

Johnnie Heving: S7
Hal Rhyne: S8.1-3
Red Ruffing: K
Bobby Reeves: 4/P
Russ Scarritt: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Heinie Manush: D/89
Fred Schulte: 14/SH.2-3
Red Kress: 8/F8XD/SF.3-H
Frank O'Rourke: 53

Bot 8

Jack Rothrock: 7/F
Elliot Bigelow: 7/F
Wally Gerber: 2/FL

Top 9

Ski Melillo: 13
Clyde Manion: S8
General Crowder: 7/L
Lu Blue: D9.1-3
Beauty McGowan: 7/F

Bot 9

Phil Todt: 43
Johnnie Heving: S7
Hal Rhyne: 9/F
Red Ruffing: D8/89.1-H
Bobby Reeves: W
Russ Scarritt: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Jack Rothrock: T9/L9S.3-H;2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Off scoreboard
Scarritt: sensational long running 1-handed catch
O'Rourke: nice catch
McGowan: nice running catch
Todt: great 1-handed sprawling catch of wide throw
Off Ruffing's glove
Bigelow: nice running catch
Melillo: fine stop
Close play; Scarritt slid into the bag and was called safe
Bad hop past the charging McGowan

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