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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1936-08-11 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 1800 · 1:58

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–1. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 2nd. Johnny Marcum 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	1	1	6
BOS	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1		4	12

W: Johnny Marcum L: Herman Fink SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	1	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	0	2	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	2	0	1
John Kroner	4	0	1	0	0
Dusty Cooke	4	1	0	0	1
Mel Almada	4	1	1	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	2	2	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	1	2	0
Johnny Marcum	4	0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Fink	7.0	11	0	3
Randy Gumpert	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Marcum	9.0	6	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 13
Wally Moses: 5/P
Chubby Dean: 3/G

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 6/P
Doc Cramer: S5/BG
Jimmie Foxx: 8/L
John Kroner: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 4
Pinky Higgins: S7
Frankie Hayes: 8
Skeeter Newsome: S5/BG.1-2
Al Niemiec: 43

Bot 2

Dusty Cooke: E1/G
Mel Almada: 8
Rick Ferrell: S8.1-2
Ski Melillo: S8.1-3;2-H(UR)
Johnny Marcum: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Billy Werber: K/C

Top 3

Herman Fink: 6
Lou Finney: E5/G
Wally Moses: 9
Chubby Dean: 43

Bot 3

Doc Cramer: 53
Jimmie Foxx: S7/7D
John Kroner: D7.1-3
Dusty Cooke: K
Mel Almada: 13

Top 4

Bob Johnson: 13
Pinky Higgins: 53
Frankie Hayes: 63

Bot 4

Rick Ferrell: S7
Ski Melillo: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Marcum: S7.2-3
Billy Werber: 9
Doc Cramer: S8.1-2;3-H
Jimmie Foxx: K/C

Top 5

Skeeter Newsome: K
Al Niemiec: 13/BG
Herman Fink: 43

Bot 5

John Kroner: 7
Dusty Cooke: 5/P
Mel Almada: 43

Top 6

Lou Finney: 9
Wally Moses: 43
Chubby Dean: 31

Bot 6

Rick Ferrell: 7
Ski Melillo: 9
Johnny Marcum: S7
Billy Werber: S7.1-2
Doc Cramer: 7

Top 7

Bob Johnson: 53
Pinky Higgins: S8
Frankie Hayes: 7
Skeeter Newsome: K/C

Bot 7

Jimmie Foxx: S8
John Kroner: 6/P
Dusty Cooke: 8
Mel Almada: CS2(26)

Top 8

Al Niemiec: 4
George Puccinelli: 9
Lou Finney: 8

Bot 8

Mel Almada: S4
Rick Ferrell: 13/SH.1-2
Ski Melillo: 43.2-H
Johnny Marcum: 43

Top 9

Wally Moses: 9
Chubby Dean: 4/P
Bob Johnson: D8
Pinky Higgins: S7.2-H
Frankie Hayes: E6/TH.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: S7.1-2;2-3
Al Niemiec: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Fink fumbled the ball.
Werber fumbled the ball.
Off the wall.
Fine stop by Werber
Hit and run.
Fine running catch by Melillo.

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