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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 2:16

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–1. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 2nd. Jack Wilson earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	14
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8

W: Jack Wilson L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Johnston · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	4	2	1	1	1	0
Doc Cramer	5	2	3	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	0	1	2	0	1
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	1	0
Eric McNair	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	5	1	3	0	0	0
Moe Berg	5	1	3	1	0	0
Jack Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Finney	5	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Werber	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jesse Hill	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	3	0	2	0	1	0
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	3	0	0	0
Herman Fink	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Turbeville	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn Nelson	1	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Wilson	9.0	8	3	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	2.0	7	1	0
Herman Fink	3.1	6	1	0
George Turbeville	3.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buster Mills: W
Doc Cramer: S7.1-2
Joe Cronin: 2/FL
Jimmie Foxx: PO2(E2).2-H;1-3
Jimmie Foxx: S8/78.3-H(UR)
Pinky Higgins: 63.1-2
Eric McNair: 2/FL

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 8
Lou Finney: S8
Billy Werber: 9
Bob Johnson: K

Top 2

Ben Chapman: S8.B-2(E8)
Moe Berg: S9.2-H
Jack Wilson: 34/SH.1-2
Buster Mills: T9.2-H
Doc Cramer: S6.3-H
Joe Cronin: S7.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: 8/F.3-H
Pinky Higgins: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Jesse Hill: 6/P
Earle Brucker: S8
Rusty Peters: 4/P
Skeeter Newsome: 4/P

Top 3

Eric McNair: 8/L
Ben Chapman: S8
Moe Berg: S7.1-2
Jack Wilson: 3/P/FL
Buster Mills: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Herman Fink: 9
Wally Moses: S9
Lou Finney: 8
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Jesse Hill: 3/P/FL

Top 4

Doc Cramer: 5/L
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 7
Pinky Higgins: S9.1XH(952)

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: S7
Rusty Peters: 9
Skeeter Newsome: S5/BG.1-2
Herman Fink: 9
Wally Moses: 2/FL

Top 5

Eric McNair: 8
Ben Chapman: S6
Moe Berg: S9.1-2
Jack Wilson: PO2(16)
Jack Wilson: 4/P

Bot 5

Lou Finney: 43
Billy Werber: 2/FL
Bob Johnson: 53

Top 6

Buster Mills: 8
Doc Cramer: E3
Joe Cronin: D8.1-3#
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: W
Eric McNair: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Jesse Hill: 9
Earle Brucker: 8
Rusty Peters: 9

Top 7

Ben Chapman: 5/L
Moe Berg: 4/L
Jack Wilson: 9

Bot 7

Skeeter Newsome: S7
George Turbeville: K
Wally Moses: 6/P
Lou Finney: 8

Top 8

Buster Mills: 43
Doc Cramer: S1
Joe Cronin: 9
Jimmie Foxx: 3/P

Bot 8

Billy Werber: E6#
Bob Johnson: 4/P
Jesse Hill: 9
Earle Brucker: W.1-2
Rusty Peters: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: 43
Eric McNair: 53
Ben Chapman: E4
Moe Berg: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Skeeter Newsome: S8
Lynn Nelson: 46(1)/FO
Wally Moses: D9.1-3
Lou Finney: 63.3-H
Billy Werber: 8