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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-05-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 28450 · 1:46

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 4th. Jim Henry earned the win. Bob Johnson went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Henry L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Almada	5	1	1	1	0	0
Dusty Cooke	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	2	1	1	0	2	0
Eric McNair	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Werber	3	2	2	1	1	0
John Kroner	4	0	1	2	0	0
Moe Berg	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Henry	4	1	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	2	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Puccinelli	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	2	1	1	1	2	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	1	0	0	0	1	0
Buck Ross	3	0	1	0	0	0
Emil Mailho	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Moss	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rusty Peters	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Henry	9.0	5	5	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	9	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 63
Mel Almada: T
Dusty Cooke: 8/F.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: 2

Bot 1

Lou Finney: S
Rabbit Warstler: 13/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: 43.2-3
George Puccinelli: D.3-H
Pinky Higgins: 6

Top 2

Eric McNair: 5
Billy Werber: W
John Kroner: 63.1-2
Moe Berg: 8

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: W
Skeeter Newsome: 46(1)/FO
Frankie Hayes: 7
Buck Ross: 2

Top 3

Jim Henry: K
Ski Melillo: 7
Mel Almada: 7

Bot 3

Lou Finney: 43
Rabbit Warstler: W
Wally Moses: 8
George Puccinelli: 43

Top 4

Dusty Cooke: 7
Jimmie Foxx: W
Eric McNair: W.1-2
Billy Werber: S.1-3;2-H
John Kroner: 53.1-2;3-H
Moe Berg: S.2-3#
Jim Henry: WP.3-H#
Jim Henry: 8

Bot 4

Pinky Higgins: W
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Frankie Hayes: W
Buck Ross: 2

Top 5

Ski Melillo: 8
Mel Almada: 43
Dusty Cooke: 43

Bot 5

Lou Finney: 63
Rabbit Warstler: 4
Wally Moses: 3

Top 6

Jimmie Foxx: S
Eric McNair: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Werber: S
John Kroner: SB2
John Kroner: D.2-H
Moe Berg: 63

Bot 6

George Puccinelli: 3
Pinky Higgins: 2
Bob Johnson: HR
Skeeter Newsome: 53

Top 7

Jim Henry: S
Ski Melillo: E1/SH.1-3
Mel Almada: 8/F.3-H#
Dusty Cooke: D.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: W
Eric McNair: 7/F/DP.3X3(75)

Bot 7

Emil Mailho: 31
Buck Ross: D
Lou Finney: 2
Rabbit Warstler: 7

Top 8

Billy Werber: 53
John Kroner: 5
Moe Berg: S
Jim Henry: 9

Bot 8

Wally Moses: 7
George Puccinelli: 3
Pinky Higgins: 63

Top 9

Ski Melillo: 43
Mel Almada: 53
Dusty Cooke: 5

Bot 9

Bob Johnson: 5
Chubby Dean: K
Charlie Moss: S
Rusty Peters: K