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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1937-05-31 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 40100 · 1:52

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Rube Walberg earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rube Walberg L: Johnny Broaca SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	3	0	0	0	1	1
Red Rolfe	3	1	1	0	1	2
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	0	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	1	0	1	1
George Selkirk	4	0	0	0	0	2
Myril Hoag	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Makosky	3	0	1	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	2	2	2	2	3	0
Mel Almada	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	1	1	0	2	1
Jimmie Foxx	5	1	2	3	0	0
Eric McNair	5	0	2	2	0	1
Pinky Higgins	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	3	1	1	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	2	1	1	0	1	0
Rube Walberg	3	1	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Broaca	1.1	4	2	0
Frank Makosky	6.2	6	4	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Walberg	9.0	8	4	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: S.1-3(E7);B-2
Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Buster Mills: W
Mel Almada: 5
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: D.2-H;1-3
Eric McNair: S.3-H;2-H
Pinky Higgins: 43.1-2
Fabian Gaffke: 8

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: K
George Selkirk: K
Myril Hoag: 9

Bot 2

Gene Desautels: S
Rube Walberg: 13/SH.1-2
Buster Mills: S.2-H
Mel Almada: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Frank Makosky: 63
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: S
Joe DiMaggio: D.1-H;B-3(E2)
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 3

Joe Cronin: K/C
Jimmie Foxx: 13
Eric McNair: 13

Top 4

Bill Dickey: 8
Tony Lazzeri: W
George Selkirk: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Pinky Higgins: 9
Fabian Gaffke: E4
Gene Desautels: 8
Rube Walberg: E4/TH.1-2#
Buster Mills: W.2-3;1-2
Mel Almada: 8

Top 5

Myril Hoag: S
Frank Makosky: S.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 5/FL
Red Rolfe: W.2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Joe Cronin: S
Jimmie Foxx: 2
Eric McNair: CS2(24)
Eric McNair: 53

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: D
Bill Dickey: 9/F.2-H
Tony Lazzeri: 7
George Selkirk: K

Bot 6

Pinky Higgins: S
Fabian Gaffke: 13/SH.1-2
Gene Desautels: W
Rube Walberg: 4
Buster Mills: D.2-H;1-3
Mel Almada: 43

Top 7

Myril Hoag: K
Frank Makosky: 13
Frankie Crosetti: 9

Bot 7

Joe Cronin: 63
Jimmie Foxx: 63
Eric McNair: S
Pinky Higgins: 3/G

Top 8

Red Rolfe: K
Joe DiMaggio: 63
Lou Gehrig: D
Bill Dickey: 31

Bot 8

Fabian Gaffke: S
Gene Desautels: 53/SH.1-2
Rube Walberg: E4.2-H(UR)(NR)
Buster Mills: W.1-2
Mel Almada: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Eric McNair: K

Top 9

Tony Lazzeri: S
George Selkirk: 36(1)/FO
Myril Hoag: 8
Red Ruffing: 53