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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1935-09-24 · Day game · Fenway Park · 2:02

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 8th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Roy Johnson went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Vallie Eaves SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Donnelly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	1	1	0	1	0
Lou Finney	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	1	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Eric McNair	3	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Richards	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vallie Eaves	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Doyle	2	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dib Williams	4	1	1	0	1	1
Mel Almada	3	2	1	1	2	0
Dusty Cooke	4	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Johnson	2	2	2	3	3	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	1	1	2	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	0	0	0	1
Ski Melillo	4	1	2	2	1	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	2	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vallie Eaves	3.0	2	6	2
Carl Doyle	5.0	7	7	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: S9
Doc Cramer: 64(1)/FO
Lou Finney: S8.1-3(E8)
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Dib Williams: K
Mel Almada: W
Dusty Cooke: S9.1-3
Joe Cronin: 7.1-2
Roy Johnson: W
Rick Ferrell: 3/FL

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 8/L
Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Eric McNair: 53

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: S8
Lefty Grove: K
Dib Williams: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Paul Richards: 8
Vallie Eaves: 43
Skeeter Newsome: 43

Bot 3

Mel Almada: W
Dusty Cooke: W.1-2
Joe Cronin: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Johnson: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rick Ferrell: 6
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Doc Cramer: W
Lou Finney: K
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 4

Ski Melillo: W
Lefty Grove: W.1-2
Dib Williams: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Mel Almada: 8.3-H
Dusty Cooke: 8

Top 5

Bob Johnson: S8
Eric McNair: K
Paul Richards: 9
Carl Doyle: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Joe Cronin: 3/FL
Roy Johnson: W
Rick Ferrell: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K
Ski Melillo: 8

Top 6

Skeeter Newsome: 3/FL
Doc Cramer: 7
Lou Finney: 8

Bot 6

Lefty Grove: 3/G
Dib Williams: W
Mel Almada: 7/L
Dusty Cooke: 43

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: 4
Pinky Higgins: 7
Bob Johnson: K23

Bot 7

Joe Cronin: 53
Roy Johnson: D7
Rick Ferrell: W
Babe Dahlgren: HP.2-3;1-2
Ski Melillo: 43.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lefty Grove: K

Top 8

Eric McNair: 53
Paul Richards: 53
Carl Doyle: K

Bot 8

Dib Williams: S8
Mel Almada: S5.1-2
Dusty Cooke: D7.2-H;1-3
Joe Cronin: 7
Roy Johnson: S7.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Rick Ferrell: S7.2-H
Babe Dahlgren: 146(1)/FO
Ski Melillo: D8.1-H
Lefty Grove: W
Dib Williams: 2/FL

Top 9

Skeeter Newsome: 4
Doc Cramer: S7
Lou Finney: W.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: S9.2-3;1-2
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Bob Johnson: S7.3-H;1-2;BX2(74)