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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1935-09-24 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3500 · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–5. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 1st. Gordon Rhodes earned the win and Rube Walberg picked up the save. Bob Johnson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Gordon Rhodes L: Herman Fink SV: Rube Walberg

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	5	0	2	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	1	0	0	1	0
Lou Finney	5	0	0	0	0	0
Eric McNair	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bernie Snyder	4	1	3	0	0	0
Paul Richards	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dutch Lieber	3	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Marcum	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dib Williams	4	0	0	0	1	0
Mel Almada	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dusty Cooke	3	2	2	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	2	1	1	1	2	0
Roy Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Dickey	3	1	0	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	3	3	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Gordon Rhodes	4	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Fink	0.1	0	3	0
Dutch Lieber	7.2	8	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gordon Rhodes	8.1	13	1	2
Rube Walberg	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 2/FL
Doc Cramer: W
Lou Finney: 5/FL
Eric McNair: D8.1-3
Pinky Higgins: S7.3-H;2-H
Bob Johnson: S7.1-2
Bernie Snyder: S6.2-3;1-2
Paul Richards: K

Bot 1

Dib Williams: W
Mel Almada: 46(1)/FO
Dusty Cooke: W.1-2
Joe Cronin: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Johnson: 5/P
George Dickey: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: T7.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-H(E7/TH)(NR)(UR)
Ski Melillo: 6/L

Top 2

Dutch Lieber: K
Skeeter Newsome: 63
Doc Cramer: 7

Bot 2

Gordon Rhodes: E6
Dib Williams: 8
Mel Almada: 8
Dusty Cooke: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Lou Finney: 6
Eric McNair: 63
Pinky Higgins: 53

Bot 3

Joe Cronin: W
Roy Johnson: 6(1)3/GDP
George Dickey: 13

Top 4

Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Bernie Snyder: 341
Paul Richards: 63

Bot 4

Babe Dahlgren: 3
Ski Melillo: 8
Gordon Rhodes: 8

Top 5

Dutch Lieber: S9
Skeeter Newsome: 4
Doc Cramer: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 5

Dib Williams: 4
Mel Almada: 4
Dusty Cooke: S6
Joe Cronin: 2/FL

Top 6

Lou Finney: 7/L
Eric McNair: 63
Pinky Higgins: S8
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Bernie Snyder: S8
Paul Richards: 2/FL

Bot 6

Roy Johnson: 6
George Dickey: 9
Babe Dahlgren: S7
Ski Melillo: S8.1-2
Gordon Rhodes: 3

Top 7

Dutch Lieber: 4
Skeeter Newsome: D7
Doc Cramer: 7
Lou Finney: 8

Bot 7

Dib Williams: 7/L
Mel Almada: 3/L
Dusty Cooke: D8
Joe Cronin: D8.2-H
Roy Johnson: 63

Top 8

Eric McNair: S7
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Johnson: 4

Bot 8

George Dickey: 3
Babe Dahlgren: S8
Ski Melillo: S7.1-3(E7)
Gordon Rhodes: K
Dib Williams: 7

Top 9

Bernie Snyder: S7.B-2(E7)
Paul Richards: 43.2-3
Johnny Marcum: S7.3-H
Skeeter Newsome: S8.1-2
Doc Cramer: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Finney: SB2
Lou Finney: 63