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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox

1937-09-01 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 6 innings · Att: 10000 · overcast, rain · 1:25

Boston Red Sox defeated Chicago White Sox 2–0. Lefty Grove earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Lefty Grove L: Bill Dietrich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Charles Johnston · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Dinneen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Boze Berger	3	0	1
Mike Kreevich	3	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	1
Rip Radcliff	3	1	0
Luke Appling	2	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	2	1	1
Tony Piet	2	0	1
Tony Rensa	2	0	0
Bill Dietrich	2	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	6.0	5	0	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Dietrich	6.0	4	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 43
Doc Cramer: 13
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 163

Bot 1

Boze Berger: 6/P
Mike Kreevich: 3/FL
Dixie Walker: S5
Rip Radcliff: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: W
Buster Mills: 64(1)3/GDP
Ben Chapman: 8

Bot 2

Luke Appling: T/78
Jimmy Dykes: K
Tony Piet: 63
Tony Rensa: 63

Top 3

Gene Desautels: E6
Lefty Grove: 14/SH.1-2
Ski Melillo: S8.2-H(UR)
Doc Cramer: 6/P
Joe Cronin: K

Bot 3

Bill Dietrich: 6/P
Boze Berger: K
Mike Kreevich: 3/G

Top 4

Jimmie Foxx: 7
Pinky Higgins: S8
Buster Mills: 9
Ben Chapman: S8.1-2
Gene Desautels: K

Bot 4

Dixie Walker: K
Rip Radcliff: S9
Luke Appling: 3/P
Jimmy Dykes: D7.1-3
Tony Piet: K

Top 5

Lefty Grove: K
Ski Melillo: 53
Doc Cramer: S8
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 5

Tony Rensa: 53
Bill Dietrich: S7
Boze Berger: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Buster Mills: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ben Chapman: IW
Gene Desautels: 8/F.3XH(8E2)(NR)(UR)
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 6

Mike Kreevich: 7
Dixie Walker: 8
Rip Radcliff: 3/G

Notes & reviews

game called for rain; second game cancelled

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