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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1934-06-17 · Day game · Fenway Park · 6 innings · Att: 27284 · 1:40

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 6–3. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win and Fritz Ostermueller picked up the save. Billy Werber went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Dick Coffman SV: Fritz Ostermueller

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Harlond Clift	3	1	1	0	0
Sam West	3	1	1	1	1
Jack Burns	3	0	0	1	0
Ray Pepper	3	0	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	2	0	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	0
Ollie Bejma	2	0	1	0	0
Frank Grube	2	0	1	0	0
Bill McAfee	2	1	1	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	1	0	1	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Cissell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Werber	4	1	3	2	0	1
Ed Morgan	4	1	1	1	0	0
Roy Johnson	3	1	3	1	0	0
Carl Reynolds	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Porter	2	0	0	1	0	0
Gordie Hinkle	3	1	1	0	0	1
Lyn Lary	0	1	0	0	3	0
Lefty Grove	2	0	1	0	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Coffman	1.0	5	2	1
Bill McAfee	5.0	5	2	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	5.0	5	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harlond Clift: 99
Sam West: K
Jack Burns: 99

Bot 1

Bill Cissell: S8
Billy Werber: S7.1-H(E7/TH);B-3
Ed Morgan: S8.3-H;BX2(84)
Roy Johnson: S7
Carl Reynolds: WP.1-2
Carl Reynolds: PB.2-3
Carl Reynolds: W
Dick Porter: 7.3-H
Gordie Hinkle: K

Top 2

Ray Pepper: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99
Ski Melillo: 53

Bot 2

Lyn Lary: W
Lefty Grove: S8.1-2
Bill Cissell: 99
Billy Werber: S.2-3;1-2
Ed Morgan: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Ollie Bejma: 99
Frank Grube: S
Bill McAfee: 99
Harlond Clift: 53

Bot 3

Roy Johnson: S8.BX2(84)
Carl Reynolds: 99
Dick Porter: HP
Gordie Hinkle: CS2(99)

Top 4

Sam West: 99
Jack Burns: 99
Ray Pepper: 99

Bot 4

Gordie Hinkle: 99
Lyn Lary: W
Lefty Grove: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bruce Campbell: 99
Ski Melillo: 99
Ollie Bejma: S1/BG
Frank Grube: 99

Bot 5

Bill Cissell: 99
Billy Werber: K
Ed Morgan: E3/P
Roy Johnson: D9.1-H(UR);B-3(TH)
Carl Reynolds: 99

Top 6

Bill McAfee: D8
Harlond Clift: S7.2-3
Sam West: S8.3-H;1-3
Jack Burns: 13.3-H;1-2
Ray Pepper: 8/L
Rollie Hemsley: D7.2-H
Ski Melillo: 43

Bot 6

Dick Porter: 99
Gordie Hinkle: S
Lyn Lary: W.1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: K
Bill Cissell: E5.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2#
Ed Morgan: 99

Notes & reviews

Pepper's throw hit Cissell on the head and knocked him unconscious. He fell on third base but was awarded home (and Werber was awarded 3B) when the ball rolled into the Browns' dugout.
Game called due to Sunday curfew

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