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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1929-09-08 · Day game · Braves Field · cloudy, wet · 1:58

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Ed Morris earned the win. Lu Blue went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	11

W: Ed Morris L: George Blaeholder SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	2	3	1	0
Beauty McGowan	3	0	0	0	2	1
Heinie Manush	4	0	2	0	1	1
Fred Schulte	4	0	0	0	1	1
Red Kress	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Gray	3	1	1	0	0	1
Red Badgro	1	1	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	8.0	8	0	1
George Blaeholder	0.0	3	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Morris	9.0	8	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: W
Beauty McGowan: 14(1)/BG/FO
Heinie Manush: 7/F
Fred Schulte: 7/F

Bot 1

Bobby Reeves: 13
Russ Scarritt: 7/F
Jack Rothrock: 4/F

Top 2

Red Kress: K
Frank O'Rourke: 43
Ski Melillo: S
Rick Ferrell: 8/F

Bot 2

Elliot Bigelow: 43
Wally Gerber: 7/F
Phil Todt: 8/F

Top 3

Sam Gray: 43
Lu Blue: 43
Beauty McGowan: W
Heinie Manush: S.1-2
Fred Schulte: W.2-3;1-2
Red Kress: K

Bot 3

Johnnie Heving: K
Hal Rhyne: 43
Ed Morris: 2

Top 4

Frank O'Rourke: 8/F
Ski Melillo: 63
Rick Ferrell: 7/F

Bot 4

Bobby Reeves: S
Russ Scarritt: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Rothrock: 43.2-3
Elliot Bigelow: S.3-H
Wally Gerber: 4/F

Top 5

Sam Gray: K
Lu Blue: 2/F
Beauty McGowan: 5

Bot 5

Phil Todt: S
Johnnie Heving: 13/SH.1-2
Hal Rhyne: 8/F
Ed Morris: 43

Top 6

Heinie Manush: S
Fred Schulte: 3/F
Red Kress: 6/F
Frank O'Rourke: 4/F

Bot 6

Bobby Reeves: S
Russ Scarritt: 53/SH.1-2
Jack Rothrock: S9.2-H;B-2(E9)
Elliot Bigelow: 4(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 7

Ski Melillo: S
Rick Ferrell: 54(1)3/GDP
Sam Gray: S
Lu Blue: T.1-H
Beauty McGowan: W
Heinie Manush: K

Bot 7

Wally Gerber: 5/F
Phil Todt: S
Johnnie Heving: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Fred Schulte: 43
Red Kress: 63
Frank O'Rourke: 7/F

Bot 8

Hal Rhyne: S
Ed Morris: FC1/SH.1-2
Bobby Reeves: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Russ Scarritt: S.2-H;1-3
Jack Rothrock: 34(1)/FO.3-3
Elliot Bigelow: CS2(24)

Top 9

Ski Melillo: E5/G.B-1
Rick Ferrell: 5/FL
Red Badgro: D.1-3
Lu Blue: S.3-H(UR);2-H
Beauty McGowan: SB2
Beauty McGowan: K
Heinie Manush: IW
Fred Schulte: K

Bot 9

Bill Barrett: S7
Wally Gerber: W.1-2
Phil Todt: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Johnnie Heving: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

AL game played at Braves Field.
Attempted sacrifice.
It began to drizzle for a short time.
Gray's throw to second base was late.
Blue held runner on third then forced Scarritt at second.
McGowan ejected by HP umpire Hildebrand for arguing balls and strikes

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