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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-04-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · sunny · 1:48

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 9–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 5 in the 4th. Harry Kelley earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
PHA	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0		9	10

W: Harry Kelley L: Wes Ferrell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	0	0	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	2	1	1	1
Eric McNair	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Werber	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Henry	1	0	1	0	0	0
George Dickey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Cooke	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	2	1	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	2	3	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	5	0	0	1	0	0
George Puccinelli	3	1	2	1	1	1
Pinky Higgins	1	1	0	1	1	0
Rabbit Warstler	4	0	2	2	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Kelley	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rusty Peters	2	1	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	4.0	8	4	1
Jim Henry	4.0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Kelley	9.0	3	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 31
Doc Cramer: 5/FL
Heinie Manush: 2/P

Bot 1

Lou Finney: D/89
Wally Moses: S7.2-3
Bob Johnson: 2/FL
George Puccinelli: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Rabbit Warstler: 9

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: S5
Eric McNair: 9
Billy Werber: CS2(24)
Billy Werber: 53

Bot 2

Skeeter Newsome: 7
Frankie Hayes: 5/L
Harry Kelley: 9

Top 3

Rick Ferrell: 7
Ski Melillo: 63
Wes Ferrell: 63

Bot 3

Lou Finney: W
Wally Moses: S8.1-2
Bob Johnson: SB3;SB2
Bob Johnson: 8/F.3-H;2-3
George Puccinelli: K
Pinky Higgins: W
Rabbit Warstler: S9.3-H;1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Skeeter Newsome: 5/L

Top 4

Mel Almada: 3/FL
Doc Cramer: 53
Heinie Manush: 2/P

Bot 4

Frankie Hayes: E6/TH.B-2
Harry Kelley: E1/TH.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Lou Finney: 43.2-3
Wally Moses: W
Bob Johnson: 6/P
George Puccinelli: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Rusty Peters: S7/6.3-H(UR);1-3
Rabbit Warstler: S7/6.3-H(UR);1-3
Skeeter Newsome: S/78.3-H(UR);1-3
Frankie Hayes: 9

Top 5

Jimmie Foxx: HR/7
Eric McNair: 53
Billy Werber: 53
Rick Ferrell: 13

Bot 5

Harry Kelley: 53
Lou Finney: 4/P
Wally Moses: 13

Top 6

Ski Melillo: 6/P
Jim Henry: T/78
Mel Almada: 13
Doc Cramer: 43

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 8
George Puccinelli: D9
Rusty Peters: 9/F.2-3
Rabbit Warstler: 4/P

Top 7

Heinie Manush: 7
Jimmie Foxx: K
Eric McNair: 53

Bot 7

Skeeter Newsome: 13
Frankie Hayes: 8
Harry Kelley: 163

Top 8

Billy Werber: 7
George Dickey: 3/G
Ski Melillo: 43

Bot 8

Lou Finney: 8
Wally Moses: S9
Bob Johnson: 8(B)46(1)/DP

Top 9

Dusty Cooke: W
Mel Almada: K
Doc Cramer: E4/G.1-2;B-1
Heinie Manush: 2/FL
Jimmie Foxx: W.2-3;1-2
Eric McNair: K

Notes & reviews

Higgins pulled leg muscle rounding 3B
Foxx HR over roof in LF
Moses missed second returning to first

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