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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-09-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7000 · 1:42

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 6th. Eddie Smith earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eddie Smith L: Johnny Marcum SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	5	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Werber	5	2	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	4	4	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Dickey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Olson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Marcum	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	2	3	0	1	0
Wally Moses	3	1	2	1	1	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pinky Higgins	4	2	2	3	0	0
Dick Culler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Peerson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Smith	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Olson	6.0	5	3	1
Johnny Marcum	2.0	3	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 13
Billy Werber: 2/FL
Doc Cramer: 63

Bot 1

Lou Finney: W
Wally Moses: S7.1-2
Chubby Dean: 9(B)3(1)6(2)/TP

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: S7
Fabian Gaffke: 8/L
Babe Dahlgren: 7
Joe Cronin: S9.1-2
George Dickey: W.2-3;1-2
Ted Olson: 43

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 43
Pinky Higgins: 8
Dick Culler: 63

Top 3

Ski Melillo: K
Billy Werber: D7
Doc Cramer: 6/P
Jimmie Foxx: D8.2-H
Fabian Gaffke: 3/FL

Bot 3

Jack Peerson: 8
Frankie Hayes: 53
Eddie Smith: 63

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: W
Joe Cronin: 46(1)3/GDP
George Dickey: 7

Bot 4

Lou Finney: S7
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Bob Johnson: IW
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Dick Culler: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ted Olson: K
Ski Melillo: 5/FL
Billy Werber: E6/G
Doc Cramer: S6.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: HR/7.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Fabian Gaffke: S5
Babe Dahlgren: 4/P

Bot 5

Jack Peerson: 7/L
Frankie Hayes: K
Eddie Smith: 63

Top 6

Joe Cronin: 7
George Dickey: 563
Ted Olson: D8
Ski Melillo: 8

Bot 6

Lou Finney: D9
Wally Moses: S8.2-H
Chubby Dean: 8/L
Bob Johnson: 7/L
Pinky Higgins: HR.1-H
Dick Culler: E6/G
Jack Peerson: E6/G.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 5(2)/FO

Top 7

Billy Werber: 7/L
Doc Cramer: 6/P
Jimmie Foxx: S7
Fabian Gaffke: 3/FL

Bot 7

Eddie Smith: E5/G
Lou Finney: S5.1-2
Wally Moses: 7
Chubby Dean: 43.1-2;2-3
Bob Johnson: K

Top 8

Babe Dahlgren: 7
Joe Cronin: W
George Dickey: 8
Johnny Marcum: 2/FL

Bot 8

Pinky Higgins: S8
Dick Culler: 2
Jack Peerson: T8.1-H
Frankie Hayes: IW
Eddie Smith: K
Lou Finney: 13

Top 9

Ski Melillo: 3/FL
Billy Werber: 53
Doc Cramer: K