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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-07-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 9147 · 2:04

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 8th. Archie McKain earned the win. Joe Cronin went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Archie McKain L: Eddie Smith SV: (none)

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	5	3	2	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	4	2	3	2	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	0	1	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	1	2	0	0
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	0	1	0
Archie McKain	4	0	2	0	0	1
Fabian Gaffke	2	1	2	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Werber	3	0	2	0	1	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	1	0	1
Lynn Nelson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	4	0	2	1	0	0
Wayne Ambler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Warren Huston	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Turbeville	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Archie McKain	9.0	7	3	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	7.1	8	3	2
George Turbeville	1.2	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buster Mills: K
Doc Cramer: 5/FL
Ben Chapman: 9

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 13
Wally Moses: 7
Billy Werber: W
Chubby Dean: 7

Top 2

Joe Cronin: 7
Jimmie Foxx: 8
Pinky Higgins: 4

Bot 2

Rusty Peters: 8
Lynn Nelson: S9
Earle Brucker: 64(1)/FO
Wayne Ambler: 7

Top 3

Ski Melillo: 5
Gene Desautels: 5/FL
Archie McKain: K

Bot 3

Eddie Smith: 63
Lou Finney: 9
Wally Moses: 3/FL

Top 4

Buster Mills: D9
Doc Cramer: 13/SH.2-3
Ben Chapman: 3/L
Joe Cronin: D7.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: 7

Bot 4

Billy Werber: 43
Chubby Dean: T9
Rusty Peters: K
Lynn Nelson: 2

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: 53
Ski Melillo: 63
Gene Desautels: W
Archie McKain: D7.1XH(752)

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: 53
Wayne Ambler: 6
Eddie Smith: K

Top 6

Buster Mills: 4
Doc Cramer: 6
Ben Chapman: W
Joe Cronin: POCS2(134)

Bot 6

Lou Finney: 9
Wally Moses: K
Billy Werber: S8
Chubby Dean: K

Top 7

Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 7
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-2
Ski Melillo: D8.1-H;2-H
Gene Desautels: 8/F
Archie McKain: 7

Bot 7

Rusty Peters: 43
Lynn Nelson: D9.B-3(E9)
Earle Brucker: S8.3-H
Bob Johnson: K
Eddie Smith: 4

Top 8

Buster Mills: S8
Doc Cramer: 13/SH.1-2
Fabian Gaffke: S7.2-H
Joe Cronin: S9.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: E1/SH.1-2;3-H
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-H(UR);2-H
Ski Melillo: 53.1-2
Gene Desautels: 63

Bot 8

Lou Finney: W
Wally Moses: K
Billy Werber: S7.1-2
Chubby Dean: W.2-3;1-2
Rusty Peters: 53.1-2;2-3;3-H
Lynn Nelson: 4/L

Top 9

Archie McKain: S4
Buster Mills: 36(1)/FO
Doc Cramer: 3/G.1-2
Fabian Gaffke: S6.2-2#
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2;2-H
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Earle Brucker: D7
Warren Huston: 53
George Turbeville: 13
Lou Finney: 4

Notes & reviews

Ben Chapman ejected by 3B umpire John Quinn

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