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Chicago White Sox @ Boston Red Sox

1937-06-15 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3400 · 76°F · 1:54

Boston Red Sox defeated Chicago White Sox 5–1. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
BOS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		5	12

W: Lefty Grove L: Vern Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rip Radcliff	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Zeke Bonura	4	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	2	1	1	0
Jackie Hayes	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Piet	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vern Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Boze Berger	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sugar Cain	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	5	1	2	1	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	2	2	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	3	0	2	1	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	1	2	1	0	0
Eric McNair	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lefty Grove	2	1	0	0	2	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	4.0	9	2	3
Sugar Cain	4.0	3	3	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	7	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rip Radcliff: 31
Mike Kreevich: 43
Dixie Walker: 5/P/FL

Bot 1

Buster Mills: S9
Doc Cramer: S7.1-2
Ben Chapman: S5/BG.1-2;2-3
Jimmie Foxx: 46(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Joe Cronin: 13.1-2;3-H
Eric McNair: 53

Top 2

Zeke Bonura: 8/L
Luke Appling: 7
Jackie Hayes: S9
Tony Piet: S7.1-2
Luke Sewell: W.2-3;1-2
Vern Kennedy: K

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Gene Desautels: K
Lefty Grove: W
Buster Mills: T8.1-H
Doc Cramer: W
Ben Chapman: 9

Top 3

Rip Radcliff: 7/7DW
Mike Kreevich: 63
Dixie Walker: 43

Bot 3

Jimmie Foxx: S9
Joe Cronin: S8.1-2
Eric McNair: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-3;2-H
Gene Desautels: K
Lefty Grove: CSH(262)

Top 4

Zeke Bonura: 7/78
Luke Appling: W
Jackie Hayes: S9.1-2
Tony Piet: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Luke Sewell: 9

Bot 4

Lefty Grove: K/C
Buster Mills: 7
Doc Cramer: S7
Ben Chapman: T9/9L.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Top 5

Boze Berger: W
Rip Radcliff: S7.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dixie Walker: 7

Bot 5

Joe Cronin: S9
Eric McNair: S8.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Gene Desautels: W
Lefty Grove: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

Zeke Bonura: 53
Luke Appling: S8
Jackie Hayes: 6/P
Tony Piet: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Buster Mills: 53
Doc Cramer: 53
Ben Chapman: W
Jimmie Foxx: CS2(24)

Top 7

Luke Sewell: 7
Sugar Cain: 4/P
Rip Radcliff: S1
Mike Kreevich: 43

Bot 7

Jimmie Foxx: 5/P/FL
Joe Cronin: 9
Eric McNair: S9
Pinky Higgins: 7/L

Top 8

Dixie Walker: 3
Zeke Bonura: E6/TH1
Luke Appling: S8.1-H(UR)
Jackie Hayes: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Gene Desautels: 43
Lefty Grove: W
Buster Mills: 7(B)43(1)/DP#

Top 9

Tony Piet: 7/L
Luke Sewell: 43
Jimmy Dykes: 9

Notes & reviews

Lefty Grove thought that catch was the third out

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