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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1939-04-22 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 10300 · sunny · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 5th. Woody Rich earned the win. Joe Gantenbein went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Woody Rich L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	3	0	3	1	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Nagel	3	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Etten	4	0	1	1	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	1	1	0	0	0
Buck Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Finney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	1	1	0	0	3	0
Jim Tabor	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ted Williams	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	1	2	1	0	0
Woody Rich	4	0	2	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	5.0	7	2	0
Lynn Nelson	3.0	3	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Woody Rich	9.0	6	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Gantenbein: S8/78
Wally Moses: 8/F
Dee Miles: 6/P
Earle Brucker: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Doc Cramer: D8/F78XDW
Joe Vosmik: 63/G56.2-2
Jimmie Foxx: 23.2-2
Joe Cronin: W
Jim Tabor: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Earle Brucker: 13
Bob Johnson: W
Bill Nagel: 13.1-2
Nick Etten: D9.2-H
Skeeter Newsome: 8/F8S

Bot 2

Ted Williams: D8/F78XDW
Bobby Doerr: 3/G.2-3
Johnny Peacock: S8.3-H
Woody Rich: PB.1-2
Woody Rich: S7.2-3
Doc Cramer: 8/F/SF.3-H(UR)
Joe Vosmik: 9/F

Top 3

Buck Ross: 43
Joe Gantenbein: W
Wally Moses: S7.1-3;BX2(74)
Dee Miles: 13

Bot 3

Jimmie Foxx: 9/F89XDW
Joe Cronin: 4/P/FL
Jim Tabor: 53

Top 4

Earle Brucker: 13
Bob Johnson: 9/F
Bill Nagel: 63

Bot 4

Ted Williams: 7/F
Bobby Doerr: 8/F
Johnny Peacock: S8
Woody Rich: 13

Top 5

Nick Etten: 43
Skeeter Newsome: S9
Buck Ross: 14/SH.1-2
Joe Gantenbein: D9.2-H
Wally Moses: 7/L

Bot 5

Doc Cramer: 43
Joe Vosmik: E6/TH1
Jimmie Foxx: S7/7DW.1-3
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Jim Tabor: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Ted Williams: S/78.2-H(UR);1-3
Bobby Doerr: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Johnny Peacock: 8

Top 6

Dee Miles: 43
Earle Brucker: 43
Bob Johnson: 7

Bot 6

Woody Rich: S8
Doc Cramer: S9.1-3
Joe Vosmik: 3/FL
Jimmie Foxx: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bill Nagel: W
Nick Etten: 2/FL
Lou Finney: 5
Lynn Nelson: K

Bot 7

Joe Cronin: W
Jim Tabor: 16(1)3/GDP
Ted Williams: 3

Top 8

Joe Gantenbein: S8
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO
Dee Miles: 7
Frankie Hayes: 8

Bot 8

Bobby Doerr: D7
Johnny Peacock: 34/SH.2-3
Woody Rich: K
Doc Cramer: 43

Top 9

Bob Johnson: 13
Bill Nagel: 6
Nick Etten: 43

Notes & reviews

Newsome: great play
Brucker lost Foxx pop in sun but recovered ball
Rich knocked down hard smash
Cramer: running catch
High off LCF wall close to the flag pole
Doerr: great stop

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