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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1937-09-27 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:59

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 1st. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
BOS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		6	13

W: Bobo Newsom L: George Caster SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	1	2	0	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	1	1	1	1	0
Billy Werber	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gene Hasson	3	0	2	0	1	0
Babe Barna	3	0	0	0	1	1
Earle Brucker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Warren Huston	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Conroy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Fink	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	2	3	4	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Peacock	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	2	0	2	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	1.0	5	0	0
Herman Fink	7.0	8	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	5	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: W
Skeeter Newsome: 34/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: 53.2-3
Bob Johnson: W
Gene Hasson: CSH(262)

Bot 1

Buster Mills: D7/7DW
Bobby Doerr: FC1.2X3(15)
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: HR/8.2-H;1-H
Pinky Higgins: D9
Ben Chapman: S8.2-H
Fabian Gaffke: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Gene Hasson: W
Babe Barna: W.1-2
Earle Brucker: K/C
Warren Huston: K
Bill Conroy: E6.1-2;2-3
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Johnny Peacock: 9
Bobo Newsom: S9
Buster Mills: S9.1-3;BX2(96)
Bobby Doerr: 8/8D

Top 3

Skeeter Newsome: HR/7
Billy Werber: 63
Bob Johnson: K23
Gene Hasson: D7
Babe Barna: 7/7D

Bot 3

Joe Cronin: S8
Jimmie Foxx: S8.1-3
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Ben Chapman: 13

Top 4

Earle Brucker: 7
Warren Huston: 53
Herman Fink: K

Bot 4

Fabian Gaffke: 23
Johnny Peacock: 43
Bobo Newsom: W
Buster Mills: S9.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 8

Top 5

Wally Moses: S6
Skeeter Newsome: W.1-2
Billy Werber: PB.1-2;2-3
Billy Werber: 8/F.3-H
Bob Johnson: 4/P
Gene Hasson: 9

Bot 5

Joe Cronin: S8
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP
Pinky Higgins: 6/P

Top 6

Babe Barna: 8
Earle Brucker: K23
Warren Huston: 6/P

Bot 6

Ben Chapman: 13
Fabian Gaffke: 63
Johnny Peacock: 7/L

Top 7

Herman Fink: 53
Wally Moses: D7
Skeeter Newsome: 23.2-3
Billy Werber: 6/P

Bot 7

Bobo Newsom: S5/BG.B-2(E5/TH)
Buster Mills: 8
Bobby Doerr: 9
Joe Cronin: 6/P

Top 8

Bob Johnson: 6/P
Gene Hasson: S9
Babe Barna: K/C
Earle Brucker: 4/P/FL

Bot 8

Jimmie Foxx: HR/7
Pinky Higgins: 53
Ben Chapman: 8/8D
Fabian Gaffke: K

Top 9

Jack Rothrock: 13
Jesse Hill: 6/P
Wally Moses: 7