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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-05-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:49

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 6–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 3rd. Herman Fink earned the win. George Puccinelli 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	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	8
PHA	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		6	8

W: Herman Fink L: Wes Ferrell SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	1
Mel Almada	3	2	1	0	1
Dusty Cooke	4	0	2	2	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	1	0
Eric McNair	3	1	2	0	1
Billy Werber	4	0	1	1	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0
Moe Berg	3	1	1	0	0
Wes Ferrell	3	0	0	0	0
Bing Miller	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	8.0	8	5	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Fink	9.0	8	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 63
Mel Almada: 9
Dusty Cooke: 63

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 8
Rabbit Warstler: 9
Wally Moses: 7

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 4
Eric McNair: S
Billy Werber: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 2

George Puccinelli: HR
Pinky Higgins: 4
Bob Johnson: S
Skeeter Newsome: S.1X3(85)
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Herman Fink: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Doc Cramer: 43
Moe Berg: 63
Wes Ferrell: 63

Bot 3

Lou Finney: 6
Rabbit Warstler: W
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO
George Puccinelli: S.1-2
Pinky Higgins: S.1-2;2-H
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Newsome: D.1-3;2-H;3-H
Frankie Hayes: W
Herman Fink: K

Top 4

Ski Melillo: W
Mel Almada: 64(1)/FO
Dusty Cooke: S.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: S.1-2;2-H
Eric McNair: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Lou Finney: 43
Rabbit Warstler: K
Wally Moses: 8

Top 5

Doc Cramer: 53
Moe Berg: 43
Wes Ferrell: 9

Bot 5

George Puccinelli: 3
Pinky Higgins: 53
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 6

Ski Melillo: 2
Mel Almada: W
Dusty Cooke: 4
Jimmie Foxx: 2

Bot 6

Skeeter Newsome: 5
Frankie Hayes: 53
Herman Fink: 7

Top 7

Eric McNair: 8
Billy Werber: 6
Doc Cramer: 63

Bot 7

Lou Finney: D
Rabbit Warstler: FC.2-3
Wally Moses: S.1-H;3-H
George Puccinelli: 34/SH.1-2
Pinky Higgins: CS3(25)
Pinky Higgins: W
Bob Johnson: 43

Top 8

Moe Berg: S
Wes Ferrell: 8
Ski Melillo: 2
Mel Almada: D.1-3
Dusty Cooke: D.2-H;3-H
Jimmie Foxx: 4

Bot 8

Skeeter Newsome: 7
Frankie Hayes: 8
Herman Fink: 9

Top 9

Eric McNair: T
Billy Werber: S.3-H
Doc Cramer: 8
Bing Miller: 54(1)3/GDP