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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-07-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7023 · 2:04

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 9th. Lefty Grove earned the win and Fritz Ostermueller picked up the save. Joe Cronin went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	9	10
PHA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10

W: Lefty Grove L: George Caster SV: Fritz Ostermueller

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Werber	5	0	2	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rusty Peters	4	0	1	0	0	3
Wayne Ambler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	4	1	3	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Caster	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Conroy	0	0	0	0	1	0
Warren Huston	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	5.0	7	1	2
Fritz Ostermueller	4.0	3	2	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	10	6	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buster Mills: 63
Doc Cramer: S6
Ben Chapman: 64(1)/FO
Joe Cronin: 8

Bot 1

Lou Finney: S8
Wally Moses: 13/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: S7.2-H
Chubby Dean: W.1-2
Rusty Peters: K
Wayne Ambler: 2/FL

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: HR/9
Pinky Higgins: W
Eric McNair: 4(1)3/GDP
Gene Desautels: 6/P

Bot 2

Earle Brucker: S8
Eddie Smith: 23/SH.1-2
George Caster: 3/G.2-3
Lou Finney: 7/L

Top 3

Lefty Grove: S7
Buster Mills: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Ben Chapman: W
Joe Cronin: 7
Jimmie Foxx: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 9
Billy Werber: S3
Chubby Dean: 8
Rusty Peters: S7.1-3
Wayne Ambler: 2/FL

Top 4

Eric McNair: 9
Gene Desautels: K
Lefty Grove: 9

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: 6/P
Eddie Smith: 8
George Caster: S7
Lou Finney: 9

Top 5

Buster Mills: 7
Doc Cramer: 13
Ben Chapman: E5/P
Joe Cronin: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: SB2
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 5

Wally Moses: S9
Billy Werber: 54(1)/FO
Chubby Dean: 36(1)/FO
Rusty Peters: K

Top 6

Eric McNair: 7
Gene Desautels: 9
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 6

Wayne Ambler: 3/FL
Earle Brucker: T8
Eddie Smith: 6/L
George Caster: 1/L

Top 7

Buster Mills: HR/7
Doc Cramer: S8.B-2(E8)
Ben Chapman: 13/SH.2-3
Joe Cronin: 8/FDP.3XH(82)

Bot 7

Lou Finney: 143
Wally Moses: 53
Billy Werber: 5/P

Top 8

Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: S9.1-3
Eric McNair: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Gene Desautels: 8

Bot 8

Chubby Dean: S8
Rusty Peters: K
Wayne Ambler: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Fritz Ostermueller: D9/9DW
Buster Mills: 13/SH.2-3
Doc Cramer: 8/F.3-H
Ben Chapman: S9
Joe Cronin: HR/7.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 9

Earle Brucker: S9
Eddie Smith: K
Bill Conroy: W.1-2
Warren Huston: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 3/G.1-2;2-3;3-H
Billy Werber: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Lefty Grove left the game due to the excessive heat

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