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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1936-07-04 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:48

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 1–0. Lefty Grove earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Herman Fink SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	0	1
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	1	0	2
George Puccinelli	4	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	0	0
Al Niemiec	4	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	1	0	1
Herman Fink	3	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	0	0	0	1	1
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Cooke	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Cronin	3	0	2	0	0	0
Eric McNair	3	1	1	0	0	0
John Kroner	3	0	2	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	2	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Fink	8.0	9	1	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	5	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 43
Skeeter Newsome: 53
Wally Moses: K

Bot 1

Billy Werber: W
Doc Cramer: 46(1)/FO
Dusty Cooke: 8/L
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

George Puccinelli: K
Pinky Higgins: 3/FL
Bob Johnson: 3/FL

Bot 2

Joe Cronin: S7
Eric McNair: 64(1)3/GDP
John Kroner: 6/P

Top 3

Al Niemiec: 43
Frankie Hayes: 3/FL
Herman Fink: 63

Bot 3

Rick Ferrell: S7
Lefty Grove: 13/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: 63
Doc Cramer: 7/L

Top 4

Lou Finney: K
Skeeter Newsome: W
Wally Moses: K
George Puccinelli: 8

Bot 4

Dusty Cooke: 63
Jimmie Foxx: K
Joe Cronin: 9

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: 8
Bob Johnson: 4/P
Al Niemiec: 8

Bot 5

Eric McNair: S7
John Kroner: S8.1-2
Rick Ferrell: S7.2-3;1-2
Lefty Grove: 6(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI);2-3
Billy Werber: 53

Top 6

Frankie Hayes: S7
Herman Fink: 64(1)/FO
Lou Finney: 8/L
Skeeter Newsome: 53

Bot 6

Doc Cramer: 4
Dusty Cooke: S1
Jimmie Foxx: 6/P
Joe Cronin: S8.1-2
Eric McNair: 5/FL

Top 7

Wally Moses: S8
George Puccinelli: 8
Pinky Higgins: 8
Bob Johnson: S7.1-2
Al Niemiec: S5.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: K

Bot 7

John Kroner: D7
Rick Ferrell: 63
Lefty Grove: 6/LDP.2X2(64)

Top 8

Herman Fink: S4
Lou Finney: E5/G.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 2/FL
Wally Moses: 3/G.2-3;1-2
George Puccinelli: K

Bot 8

Billy Werber: K
Doc Cramer: 13
Dusty Cooke: D7
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: 4/P
Bob Johnson: 7
Al Niemiec: 43