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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1931-07-17 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 2000 · 1:54

St. Louis Browns defeated Boston Red Sox 6–2. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 1st. Rip Collins earned the win and Dick Coffman picked up the save. Red Kress went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Collins L: Bob Kline SV: Dick Coffman

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Schulte	4	1	2	0	1	0
Ski Melillo	5	1	1	0	0	1
Goose Goslin	5	2	2	2	0	0
Red Kress	5	1	1	1	0	0
Lin Storti	4	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Burns	5	0	1	1	0	0
Russ Young	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Levey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rip Collins	2	1	1	0	1	0
Dick Coffman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Rhyne	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Winsett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Sweeney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Earl Webb	4	1	2	1	0	0
Otis Miller	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Berry	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Reeves	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kline	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Collins	5.2	7	0	2
Dick Coffman	3.1	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Kline	7.0	6	4	2
Wilcy Moore	2.0	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fred Schulte: S9
Ski Melillo: 43.1-2
Goose Goslin: D8.2-H
Red Kress: 63.2-3
Lin Storti: W
Jack Burns: S8.3-H;1-3
Russ Young: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Hal Rhyne: 163
Tom Winsett: K
Bill Sweeney: S7
Earl Webb: E6/G.1-2
Otis Miller: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Jim Levey: 13
Rip Collins: 63
Fred Schulte: W
Ski Melillo: 8/F

Bot 2

Tom Oliver: 13
Charlie Berry: 13
Bobby Reeves: 63

Top 3

Goose Goslin: 53
Red Kress: HR/7
Lin Storti: 43
Jack Burns: E4/G
Russ Young: SB2
Russ Young: 53

Bot 3

Bob Kline: 43
Hal Rhyne: 53
Tom Winsett: 31

Top 4

Jim Levey: K
Rip Collins: S8
Fred Schulte: S9.1-3
Ski Melillo: 13.1-2
Goose Goslin: WP.3-H;2-3
Goose Goslin: 43

Bot 4

Bill Sweeney: 7/F
Earl Webb: S7.BX2(76)
Otis Miller: 2/P

Top 5

Red Kress: 53
Lin Storti: 8/F
Jack Burns: 9/L

Bot 5

Tom Oliver: 63
Charlie Berry: S9
Bobby Reeves: 7/F
Bob Kline: 43

Top 6

Russ Young: W
Jim Levey: 63.1-2
Rip Collins: W
Fred Schulte: 6/P
Ski Melillo: K

Bot 6

Hal Rhyne: K
Tom Winsett: 7/F
Bill Sweeney: S7
Earl Webb: D8.1-H
Otis Miller: S9.2-H
Tom Oliver: S8.1-3
Charlie Berry: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Goose Goslin: 8/F
Red Kress: 2/FL
Lin Storti: 8/F

Bot 7

Bobby Reeves: 13
Jack Rothrock: 5/P
Hal Rhyne: W
Tom Winsett: 5/FL

Top 8

Jack Burns: 2/BG/BINT
Russ Young: S8
Jim Levey: WP.1-2
Jim Levey: 7/FL
Dick Coffman: 13

Bot 8

Bill Sweeney: 43
Earl Webb: 63
Otis Miller: 7/F

Top 9

Fred Schulte: 63
Ski Melillo: D7
Goose Goslin: D.2-H
Red Kress: 6/P
Lin Storti: D9.2-H
Jack Burns: 6/P

Bot 9

Tom Oliver: 7/F
Charlie Berry: 63
Bobby Reeves: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Jack Burns called for interference for running into his own bunt

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