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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox

1937-09-02 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 1:45

Chicago White Sox defeated Boston Red Sox 4–2. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 1st. Thornton Lee earned the win. Boze Berger went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Thornton Lee L: Johnny Marcum SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	4	0	0	1	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	3	0	2	0	1	0
Buster Mills	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ben Chapman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Moe Berg	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Marcum	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gonzales	2	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Boze Berger	4	2	2	2	0	2
Mike Kreevich	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	1	1	1	0	0
Rip Radcliff	4	0	2	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Piet	2	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Thornton Lee	3	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Marcum	2.1	5	0	1
Joe Gonzales	5.2	3	1	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	4	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 8
Doc Cramer: 31
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 1

Boze Berger: HR/7
Mike Kreevich: HR/7
Dixie Walker: 9/F
Rip Radcliff: S9
Luke Appling: 9/F
Jimmy Dykes: K

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 53
Pinky Higgins: S7
Buster Mills: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Tony Piet: HP
Luke Sewell: 4/P
Thornton Lee: 6/P
Boze Berger: CS2(24)

Top 3

Ben Chapman: W
Moe Berg: W.1-2
Johnny Marcum: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Ski Melillo: 43.3-H;2-3
Doc Cramer: 7

Bot 3

Boze Berger: HR/7
Mike Kreevich: 63
Dixie Walker: HR/9/L
Rip Radcliff: 4/P
Luke Appling: 7

Top 4

Joe Cronin: 3/L
Jimmie Foxx: 53
Pinky Higgins: S7
Buster Mills: 9

Bot 4

Jimmy Dykes: 4/P
Tony Piet: 3/G
Luke Sewell: 8

Top 5

Ben Chapman: 53
Moe Berg: 8/L
Joe Gonzales: K+E1.B-1
Ski Melillo: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Thornton Lee: S/89
Boze Berger: K
Mike Kreevich: 8
Dixie Walker: 8

Top 6

Doc Cramer: 13
Joe Cronin: S7
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Buster Mills: S7.2-H;1-2
Ben Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Rip Radcliff: 63
Luke Appling: 5/FL
Jimmy Dykes: S7
Tony Piet: 2/P

Top 7

Moe Berg: 6/P
Joe Gonzales: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: 2/FL

Bot 7

Luke Sewell: 3/L
Thornton Lee: 13
Boze Berger: K

Top 8

Doc Cramer: 43
Joe Cronin: 53
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 8

Mike Kreevich: 2/P
Dixie Walker: 6/P
Rip Radcliff: D9
Luke Appling: W
Jimmy Dykes: 5(2)/FO

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Buster Mills: 63
Ben Chapman: 6/P