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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1936-08-12 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:58

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Wes Ferrell earned the win. Wes Ferrell went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Wes Ferrell L: Hod Lisenbee SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	5	0	1	2	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	2	0	1	1
Chubby Dean	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	1	3
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	0	2
Charlie Moss	4	0	1	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	2	1	0	1	0
Al Niemiec	4	2	3	0	0	0
Hod Lisenbee	1	0	0	1	0	1
Stu Flythe	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Puccinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	0	0	0	2	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	1	1
John Kroner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dusty Cooke	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Almada	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	2	2	1	0	2	0
Ski Melillo	4	1	0	0	0	1
Wes Ferrell	4	2	3	6	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hod Lisenbee	4.0	6	2	0
Stu Flythe	4.0	1	5	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	9	3	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 2/P
Wally Moses: S6
Chubby Dean: SB2
Chubby Dean: K
Bob Johnson: W
Pinky Higgins: K/C

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 13
Doc Cramer: 43
Jimmie Foxx: 4/L

Top 2

Charlie Moss: 53
Skeeter Newsome: W
Al Niemiec: S6.1-3
Hod Lisenbee: FC1/SH/THH.1-2;3-H
Lou Finney: S3.1-2;2-H
Wally Moses: K
Chubby Dean: 43

Bot 2

John Kroner: 53
Dusty Cooke: 43/BG
Mel Almada: 9

Top 3

Bob Johnson: K
Pinky Higgins: 53
Charlie Moss: S8
Skeeter Newsome: 2/FL

Bot 3

Rick Ferrell: S7
Ski Melillo: 8
Wes Ferrell: HR/7.1-H
Billy Werber: 9
Doc Cramer: S9
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
John Kroner: 2/FL

Top 4

Al Niemiec: S8
Hod Lisenbee: K
Lou Finney: 64(1)/FO
Wally Moses: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Dusty Cooke: S9
Mel Almada: 9/L
Rick Ferrell: SB2
Rick Ferrell: W
Ski Melillo: E6/G.1-2;2-3
Wes Ferrell: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H(UR)
Billy Werber: 13
Doc Cramer: S9
Jimmie Foxx: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Wally Moses: S5
Chubby Dean: 7
Bob Johnson: K
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 5

John Kroner: 6/L
Dusty Cooke: W
Mel Almada: 9/9D
Rick Ferrell: SB2
Rick Ferrell: 7

Top 6

Charlie Moss: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 53
Al Niemiec: 8

Bot 6

Ski Melillo: K
Wes Ferrell: S7
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: W.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 2/P
John Kroner: K

Top 7

Stu Flythe: 13
Lou Finney: 4
Wally Moses: 6/P

Bot 7

Dusty Cooke: 43
Mel Almada: 4
Rick Ferrell: W
Ski Melillo: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Chubby Dean: 43
Bob Johnson: 9
Pinky Higgins: D8
Charlie Moss: 8

Bot 8

Wes Ferrell: 4/P/FL
Billy Werber: W
Doc Cramer: SB2
Doc Cramer: 5/P/FL
Jimmie Foxx: K

Top 9

Skeeter Newsome: S7
Al Niemiec: S7.1-2
George Puccinelli: 9/F.2-3
Lou Finney: 9/F.3-H
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: E4/G.1-3;2-H(NR)(UR)
Bob Johnson: K/C

Notes & reviews

Off Kroner's glove
Through short.
W. Ferrell's throw home was too late to get Newsome.
Newsome fumbled the ball.
Almada made a fine catch.
Melillo booted the grounder.

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