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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1932-07-20 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 2000 · 1:53

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 8–1. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 7th. Mel Harder earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Bob Kline SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Porter	5	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny Burnett	4	1	2	0	1	0
Earl Averill	4	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Vosmik	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Morgan	2	2	1	0	3	0
Luke Sewell	5	2	2	2	0	0
Bill Cissell	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ed Montague	5	1	1	1	0	3
Mel Harder	5	0	2	2	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marv Olson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hal Rhyne	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Smead Jolley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Watwood	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bennie Tate	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Kline	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Stumpf	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	7	3	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Kline	6.1	10	4	3
Pete Appleton	0.2	1	2	0
Ed Gallagher	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Porter: 13
Johnny Burnett: 43
Earl Averill: W
Joe Vosmik: 43

Bot 1

Marv Olson: 63
Hal Rhyne: 8
Roy Johnson: 43

Top 2

Ed Morgan: W
Luke Sewell: S7.1-2
Bill Cissell: 1/P
Ed Montague: S9.2-H;1-3
Mel Harder: S9.3-H;1-3
Dick Porter: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Johnny Burnett: 43

Bot 2

Smead Jolley: 13
Dale Alexander: S9
Johnny Watwood: E3.1-2
Rabbit Warstler: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Earl Averill: D
Joe Vosmik: 13/SH.2-3
Ed Morgan: W
Luke Sewell: 6
Bill Cissell: S5.3-3;1-2
Ed Montague: K

Bot 3

Bennie Tate: 43
Bob Kline: K
Marv Olson: 63

Top 4

Mel Harder: K
Dick Porter: 63
Johnny Burnett: T9
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 4

Hal Rhyne: 7
Roy Johnson: 9
Smead Jolley: S8
Dale Alexander: 4(1)/FO

Top 5

Joe Vosmik: 4
Ed Morgan: 63
Luke Sewell: 9

Bot 5

Johnny Watwood: W
Rabbit Warstler: S7.1-2
Bennie Tate: 8
Bob Kline: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bill Cissell: D7
Ed Montague: K/C
Mel Harder: FC6.2X3(65);B-1
Dick Porter: 43

Bot 6

Marv Olson: S8
Hal Rhyne: 13.1-2
Roy Johnson: 43.2-3
Smead Jolley: 3/G

Top 7

Johnny Burnett: S4
Earl Averill: S9.1-2
Joe Vosmik: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Ed Morgan: IW
Luke Sewell: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Cissell: E6.3-H;2-H;B-2
Ed Montague: SB3
Ed Montague: 53
Mel Harder: D7.3-H(UR)
Dick Porter: W
Johnny Burnett: W.2-3;1-2
Earl Averill: 8

Bot 7

Dale Alexander: K/C
Johnny Watwood: 43
Rabbit Warstler: 53

Top 8

Joe Vosmik: 43
Ed Morgan: S9.B-3(E9)
Luke Sewell: FC5.3XH(5251);B-2
Bill Cissell: 53

Bot 8

Bennie Tate: 43
Ed Gallagher: K
Marv Olson: S9
Hal Rhyne: S9.1-3
Roy Johnson: 7

Top 9

Ed Montague: K
Mel Harder: 7
Dick Porter: 4/L

Bot 9

Smead Jolley: 3/G
Dale Alexander: S8
Johnny Watwood: W.1-2
Rabbit Warstler: W.2-3;1-2
Bennie Tate: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
George Stumpf: K