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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1935-09-15 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 10000 · 2:07

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 9–5. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 6th. Lefty Grove earned the win and Gordon Rhodes picked up the save. Dusty Cooke went 1-for-1 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2		9	13

W: Lefty Grove L: Jack Knott SV: Gordon Rhodes

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	3	1	1	0	2	1
Jack Burns	4	0	0	0	0	1
Moose Solters	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Pepper	3	1	0	0	1	0
Beau Bell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	1	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	1	1	2	0	1
Tom Carey	4	0	3	2	0	0
Russ Van Atta	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mel Mazzera	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Werber	2	2	0	0	3	1
Carl Reynolds	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	5	1	2	0	0	0
Roy Johnson	4	1	2	0	1	0
Rick Ferrell	4	1	1	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	5	0	2	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	1	1	1	1	1
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wes Ferrell	1	0	1	1	0	0
Dusty Cooke	1	0	1	4	1	0
Gordon Rhodes	1	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Van Atta	5.2	7	3	4
Jack Knott	0.1	3	1	0
Earl Caldwell	2.0	3	3	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	6.0	7	5	3
Gordon Rhodes	3.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: S8
Jack Burns: 99/SH.1-2
Moose Solters: 3/G.2-3
Ray Pepper: W
Beau Bell: W.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Harlond Clift: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Tom Carey: T/78XD.3-H;1-H
Russ Van Atta: 5/P

Bot 1

Mel Almada: 99
Billy Werber: K
Carl Reynolds: 99

Top 2

Lyn Lary: W
Jack Burns: CS2(99)
Jack Burns: K
Moose Solters: 43

Bot 2

Joe Cronin: S
Roy Johnson: W.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 99/P
Babe Dahlgren: S7.2-H;1X3(7254)
Ski Melillo: W.1-2
Lefty Grove: K

Top 3

Ray Pepper: 99
Beau Bell: 99
Rollie Hemsley: S9.B-2(E9)
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 3

Mel Almada: 99
Billy Werber: W
Carl Reynolds: 99
Joe Cronin: S2/P.1-3
Roy Johnson: 99

Top 4

Tom Carey: S
Russ Van Atta: 99/SH.1-2
Lyn Lary: K
Jack Burns: 99

Bot 4

Rick Ferrell: 99
Babe Dahlgren: E1
Ski Melillo: K
Lefty Grove: K

Top 5

Moose Solters: 99
Ray Pepper: 99
Beau Bell: S
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Bot 5

Mel Almada: 99
Billy Werber: 99
Carl Reynolds: 99

Top 6

Harlond Clift: 99
Tom Carey: S
Russ Van Atta: W.1-2
Lyn Lary: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Joe Cronin: 4/P
Roy Johnson: S7/7D
Rick Ferrell: S7.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 8.2-3
Ski Melillo: S/89.3-H;1-3
Wes Ferrell: S7/7D.3-H;1-2
Mel Almada: S8.2-H;1-2
Billy Werber: W.2-3;1-2
Dusty Cooke: D/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Joe Cronin: 53

Top 7

Jack Burns: 99
Moose Solters: 9
Ray Pepper: 99

Bot 7

Roy Johnson: S
Rick Ferrell: 6(1)3/GDP
Babe Dahlgren: T
Ski Melillo: 99

Top 8

Beau Bell: 99
Rollie Hemsley: 99
Harlond Clift: 99

Bot 8

Gordon Rhodes: S7
Mel Almada: D9/9L.1-3
Billy Werber: IW
Dusty Cooke: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: 99(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Roy Johnson: 99
Rick Ferrell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 9

Tom Carey: 8
Mel Mazzera: K
Lyn Lary: W
Jack Burns: 99

Notes & reviews

Cronin's hit was a pop up lost in sun by 1bman and 2bman; catcher ran out to try to catch it, but collided with 1bman, knocking himself silly as ball fell safely; after a delay, catcher continued in the game
Knott injured himself trying to field bunt by Ferrell that went foul

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