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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1929-09-09 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 350 · overcast, rain, wet · 1:30

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 7th. Danny MacFayden earned the win. Jack Rothrock went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
BOS	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1		6	10

W: Danny MacFayden L: Jack Ogden SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Reeves	4	0	2	2	0	0
Russ Scarritt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	4	3	3	1	0	0
Elliot Bigelow	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Gerber	3	0	2	1	0	0
Phil Todt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Gaston	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hal Rhyne	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny MacFayden	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Barrett	0	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Ogden	8.0	10	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny MacFayden	9.0	7	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: D7/7D
Beauty McGowan: 8/SF.2-3
Heinie Manush: 5/P6MS
Fred Schulte: S8.3-H
Red Kress: 13

Bot 1

Bobby Reeves: 6/P
Russ Scarritt: 8/L
Jack Rothrock: 43

Top 2

Frank O'Rourke: S7
Ski Melillo: S9.1-2
Rick Ferrell: K/C
Jack Ogden: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Lu Blue: W.1-2
Beauty McGowan: 3/G

Bot 2

Elliot Bigelow: W
Wally Gerber: 13/SH.1-2
Phil Todt: 3/P/FL
Alex Gaston: S7.2-H;BX2(726)

Top 3

Heinie Manush: 5/P
Fred Schulte: 43
Red Kress: 8/F

Bot 3

Hal Rhyne: 53
Danny MacFayden: 63
Bobby Reeves: S8
Russ Scarritt: 63

Top 4

Frank O'Rourke: 63/G56
Ski Melillo: 3E1
Rick Ferrell: FC5.1-3(E5/TH2);B-2
Jack Ogden: S3/BG.3-H(UR);2-3
Lu Blue: 46(1)/FO
Beauty McGowan: CSH(2)

Bot 4

Jack Rothrock: S8
Elliot Bigelow: 9/F9D
Wally Gerber: S8.1-3
Phil Todt: 2/FL.3-H(E2/TH2)(NR)(UR);1-2
Alex Gaston: 63

Top 5

Beauty McGowan: 7/F
Heinie Manush: 53
Fred Schulte: 43

Bot 5

Hal Rhyne: 43
Danny MacFayden: K
Bobby Reeves: 7/F

Top 6

Red Kress: 8/F
Frank O'Rourke: 53
Ski Melillo: S6/G
Rick Ferrell: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Russ Scarritt: S7.BX2(76)
Jack Rothrock: HR/F9D
Elliot Bigelow: 3/G
Wally Gerber: 9/F

Top 7

Rick Ferrell: 2/FL
Jack Ogden: S6/G6MS
Lu Blue: 46(1)/FO
Beauty McGowan: PO1(136)

Bot 7

Phil Todt: S9
Alex Gaston: FC1/BG.1X2(1E6)
Hal Rhyne: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Danny MacFayden: 2/FL
Bobby Reeves: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Russ Scarritt: 9/F

Top 8

Beauty McGowan: 9/F
Heinie Manush: 9/F
Fred Schulte: 23/G2

Bot 8

Jack Rothrock: S/BG25
Bill Barrett: 34/SH.1-2
Wally Gerber: D7.2-H
Phil Todt: 9/F/SF.2-3
Alex Gaston: 8/F

Top 9

Red Kress: 7/FL
Frank O'Rourke: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: 53

Notes & reviews

30 minute rain delay at start
A heavy rain shower sent the few fans to cover
Todt: great 1-handed catch of high throw
MacFayden failed to touch first after taking the throw
Todt slipped
McGowan: long running catch
Ferrell threw wildly to 2B when Gerber ran, allowing run
Into RF stands
2nd game of today's scheduled double-header postponed (rain)

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