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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1939-07-29 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 4600 · 2:32

St. Louis Browns defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 5th. Jack Kramer earned the win and Lefty Mills picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	7
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	11

W: Jack Kramer L: Jake Wade SV: Lefty Mills

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	3	1	0	0	2	1
Billy Sullivan	2	1	0	1	2	0
George McQuinn	3	0	0	1	1	0
Myril Hoag	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chet Laabs	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Glenn	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Kramer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Grace	2	0	2	2	0	0
Lefty Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	5	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Finney	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	1	2
Ted Williams	5	1	2	0	0	1
Joe Cronin	5	0	2	0	0	1
Joe Vosmik	3	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Tabor	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gene Desautels	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Wade	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	1	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Peacock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boze Berger	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Carey	0	0	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Kramer	7.0	11	1	3
John Whitehead	0.1	0	1	0
Lefty Mills	1.2	0	1	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Wade	4.2	3	5	2
Jack Wilson	2.1	2	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1.0	2	0	0
Woody Rich	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: 9
Billy Sullivan: W
George McQuinn: FLE5
George McQuinn: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Bobby Doerr: 9
Lou Finney: 8
Jimmie Foxx: K

Top 2

Myril Hoag: 53
Harlond Clift: K
Chet Laabs: 6/P/FL

Bot 2

Ted Williams: 7
Joe Cronin: S7
Joe Vosmik: S8.1-2
Jim Tabor: SB3;SB2
Jim Tabor: 3/P
Gene Desautels: 4/P

Top 3

Joe Glenn: 13
Johnny Berardino: S6
Jack Kramer: K/C
Don Heffner: W.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 43

Bot 3

Jake Wade: K/C
Bobby Doerr: 7
Lou Finney: 9

Top 4

George McQuinn: 43
Myril Hoag: 6/P
Harlond Clift: 9

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: 53
Ted Williams: S9
Joe Cronin: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Chet Laabs: 8
Joe Glenn: S8
Johnny Berardino: S8.1-2
Jack Kramer: 5/P/FL
Don Heffner: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Sullivan: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
George McQuinn: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Grace: D7.1-3;2-H;3-H
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 5

Joe Vosmik: 63
Jim Tabor: 5/FL
Gene Desautels: S8
Jack Wilson: 7/L

Top 6

Chet Laabs: 8/L
Joe Glenn: S7/7D
Johnny Berardino: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Bobby Doerr: 53
Lou Finney: T9
Jimmie Foxx: W
Ted Williams: K+SB2
Joe Cronin: 53

Top 7

Jack Kramer: 53
Don Heffner: 13
Billy Sullivan: 43

Bot 7

Joe Vosmik: S9
Jim Tabor: S8.1-2
Doc Cramer: S8.1-2;2-H
Johnny Peacock: 9/FL
Bobby Doerr: S8.1-2;2-H
Lou Finney: FC4.1-2;2-3
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

George McQuinn: 7/7D
Joe Grace: S7
Harlond Clift: 4/P
Chet Laabs: S7.1-2
Joe Glenn: 9/FL

Bot 8

Ted Williams: S9
Joe Cronin: S/78.1-2
Joe Vosmik: 34/SH.1-2;2-3
Jim Tabor: W
Boze Berger: K
Tom Carey: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Doerr: 7

Top 9

Johnny Berardino: 4/L
Lefty Mills: 31
Don Heffner: K

Bot 9

Lou Finney: W
Jimmie Foxx: K
Ted Williams: 7
Joe Cronin: K

Notes & reviews

Off the wall.
Doerr beat Berardino's throw to second.
Vosmik made the catch at the scoreboard.
A balk was called on Whitehead but after Browns manager Haney came out and argued, the umpires reversed the call and sent the runners back.

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