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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1936-09-15 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 800 · 2:16

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 13–2. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 1st. Johnny Allen earned the win and Oral Hildebrand picked up the save. Hal Trosky went 4-for-4 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4
CLE	4	0	2	1	0	3	0	3		13	15

W: Johnny Allen L: Jennings Poindexter SV: Oral Hildebrand

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Johnston · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	5	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Werber	3	0	1	1	2	0
Doc Cramer	3	0	0	1	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	0	0	1	2
John Kroner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fabian Gaffke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	0	0	1	0
Moe Berg	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Henry	1	0	0	0	1	1
Dusty Cooke	1	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Marcum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Almada	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hughes	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Knickerbocker	4	4	3	0	1	0
Earl Averill	3	3	1	1	2	1
Hal Trosky	4	4	4	7	1	0
Roy Weatherly	5	1	2	2	0	1
Odell Hale	5	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Vosmik	2	0	1	1	2	0
Greek George	5	0	1	1	0	2
Johnny Allen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Oral Hildebrand	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jennings Poindexter	0.1	1	4	0
Jim Henry	5.2	9	2	6
Stew Bowers	2.0	5	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	4.1	0	4	4
Oral Hildebrand	4.2	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: K
Billy Werber: W
Doc Cramer: 54(1)/FO
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
John Kroner: 63

Bot 1

Roy Hughes: W
Bill Knickerbocker: W.1-2
Earl Averill: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Trosky: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Roy Weatherly: 8/F.2-3;3-H
Odell Hale: S9.1-2;3-H
Joe Vosmik: W.2-3;1-2
Greek George: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Johnny Allen: K/C

Top 2

Fabian Gaffke: K
Babe Dahlgren: 3/P
Moe Berg: 43

Bot 2

Roy Hughes: 6/P
Bill Knickerbocker: 6/P
Earl Averill: 7

Top 3

Jim Henry: K
Ski Melillo: 13
Billy Werber: 63

Bot 3

Hal Trosky: S9
Roy Weatherly: T/89D.1-H
Odell Hale: 9
Joe Vosmik: S8/1.3-H
Greek George: K/C
Johnny Allen: 13

Top 4

Doc Cramer: 7
Jimmie Foxx: E5/TH.B-1
John Kroner: K
Fabian Gaffke: 8

Bot 4

Roy Hughes: S7
Bill Knickerbocker: S5.1-2
Earl Averill: K
Hal Trosky: CS3(25).1-2
Hal Trosky: D9/9L.2-H
Roy Weatherly: K

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: W
Moe Berg: 13.1-2
Jim Henry: W
Ski Melillo: 8
Billy Werber: S7.1-2;2-H
Doc Cramer: W.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: K

Bot 5

Odell Hale: D/78
Joe Vosmik: 3/SH.2-3
Greek George: K
Oral Hildebrand: K/C

Top 6

John Kroner: 9
Fabian Gaffke: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 3/L

Bot 6

Roy Hughes: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: S6/6D
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Roy Weatherly: E3/G.B-1
Odell Hale: 2/FL
Joe Vosmik: 7

Top 7

Moe Berg: S9
Dusty Cooke: S8/89.1-3
Ski Melillo: 43.1-2
Billy Werber: W
Doc Cramer: 63.1-2;2-3;3-H
Jimmie Foxx: K

Bot 7

Greek George: 8/8D
Oral Hildebrand: 7
Roy Hughes: 6/7S

Top 8

John Kroner: 63
Fabian Gaffke: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 7

Bot 8

Bill Knickerbocker: D7/7D
Earl Averill: S9.2-H
Hal Trosky: HR/9.1-H
Roy Weatherly: D8/89.BXH(852)(E8)
Odell Hale: 63
Joe Vosmik: W
Greek George: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Oral Hildebrand: 53

Top 9

Johnny Marcum: 6/P
Mel Almada: 8
Ski Melillo: S9
Billy Werber: 7

Notes & reviews

Game played at League Park
Off the wall.
Through the box.
Hale's throw pulled Trosky off the bag.
Down the line.
Allen injured his back pitching to Henry and had to leave the game despite working on a no-hitter.
Vosmik was tagged by Dahlgren.
Dahlgren fumbled the ball
End of account 115. The remaining from source 39 pbp
Cramer fumbled the ball but Weatherly was out when he overslid the bag at third and headed home.

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