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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1937-07-31 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 7200 · 1:58

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 12–1. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 1st. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win. Pete Fox went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
BOS	4	2	0	0	2	0	4	0		12	15

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Jake Wade SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	4	1	3	1	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gee Walker	4	0	2	0	0	1
Marv Owen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	2	0	0	0	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Gill	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Wade	1.0	5	1	1
George Gill	7.0	10	5	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	9.0	6	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: S7
Charlie Gelbert: K+SB2
Charlie Gehringer: 1/G.2-3
Hank Greenberg: W
Gee Walker: OA.3XH(134252)

Bot 1

Buster Mills: S8
Doc Cramer: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Cronin: SB3.2-H(E2/TH)
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: D9/89.1-3
Pinky Higgins: 9/9D.2-3;3-H
Eric McNair: D7/7DW.3-H
Ben Chapman: S5.2-3
Gene Desautels: SBH;SB2.1-3(E4/THH)
Gene Desautels: K

Top 2

Gee Walker: K
Marv Owen: 9/L
Chet Laabs: 4/P

Bot 2

Fritz Ostermueller: E6/G
Buster Mills: D9.1-3
Doc Cramer: 53
Joe Cronin: 13
Jimmie Foxx: IW
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-2;2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Eric McNair: W.2-3;1-2
Ben Chapman: 53

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 4/P
George Gill: 7/L
Pete Fox: S8
Charlie Gelbert: 4/P

Bot 3

Gene Desautels: 6/P
Fritz Ostermueller: 5/P
Buster Mills: 4/P

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: S9
Hank Greenberg: 54(1)3/GDP
Gee Walker: S7
Marv Owen: 43

Bot 4

Doc Cramer: 63
Joe Cronin: 63
Jimmie Foxx: K

Top 5

Chet Laabs: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 46(1)3/GDP
George Gill: 63

Bot 5

Pinky Higgins: S9
Eric McNair: S9.1-3
Ben Chapman: 5/P
Gene Desautels: 163.3-H;1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: S7/78.2-H
Buster Mills: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: 4(1)/FO

Top 6

Pete Fox: HR/7
Charlie Gelbert: 7
Charlie Gehringer: K/C
Hank Greenberg: 53

Bot 6

Joe Cronin: 43
Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Gee Walker: S8
Marv Owen: E4/TH.B-2;1-3
Chet Laabs: K
Birdie Tebbetts: K/C
George Gill: 63

Bot 7

Eric McNair: S7
Ben Chapman: PO1(E1).1-2
Ben Chapman: W
Gene Desautels: 13/SH.1-2;2-3
Fritz Ostermueller: S9.2-H;3-H(UR)
Buster Mills: D7.1-3
Doc Cramer: 43.2-3;3-H(UR)
Joe Cronin: S7.3-H(UR)
Jimmie Foxx: 3/P

Top 8

Pete Fox: 3/G
Charlie Gelbert: 5/P
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Bot 8

Pinky Higgins: S8
Eric McNair: S5.1-2
Ben Chapman: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Gene Desautels: 3/P

Top 9

Hank Greenberg: K
Gee Walker: 6/P
Marv Owen: 63

Notes & reviews

umpchange,1,ump3b,(None)
3B umpire Brick Owens left with unknown illness
2Bman McNair intentionally dropped popup to get DP

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