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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1939-08-08 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3300 · 1:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–2. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Bob Joyce SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	2	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Nagel	4	1	2	2	0	1
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dario Lodigiani	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Joyce	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	4	1	1	1	1	0
Doc Cramer	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	3	2	2	2	0
Ted Williams	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Vosmik	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Desautels	3	1	1	0	1	0
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Finney	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Joyce	6.0	12	4	1
Chubby Dean	2.0	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: 7/L
Dick Siebert: 8
Bob Johnson: D8
Frankie Hayes: 53

Bot 1

Bobby Doerr: 5/L
Doc Cramer: 8
Jimmie Foxx: W
Ted Williams: 43

Top 2

Eric Tipton: 63
Bill Nagel: K/C
Skeeter Newsome: K

Bot 2

Joe Cronin: 8
Joe Vosmik: S7
Jim Tabor: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Dario Lodigiani: 53/BG
Bob Joyce: 63
Wally Moses: E5
Dick Siebert: S9.1-3
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 5(2)/FO

Bot 3

Gene Desautels: W
Lefty Grove: 23/SH.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 9.2-3
Doc Cramer: 53

Top 4

Eric Tipton: 8
Bill Nagel: D8
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Dario Lodigiani: W
Bob Joyce: 9

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: HR/78
Ted Williams: D/78
Joe Cronin: W
Joe Vosmik: D/78.2-H;1-H
Jim Tabor: S7.2-H
Gene Desautels: SB2
Gene Desautels: E4.2-3
Lefty Grove: K
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Wally Moses: 2/FL
Dick Siebert: S8
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Doc Cramer: 13
Jimmie Foxx: HR/7
Ted Williams: 9
Joe Cronin: S7
Joe Vosmik: 13

Top 6

Frankie Hayes: 3/G
Eric Tipton: 8
Bill Nagel: 7

Bot 6

Jim Tabor: 8
Gene Desautels: S4
Lefty Grove: 13/SH.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S7.2-H
Doc Cramer: S8.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Ted Williams: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Joe Cronin: D7.3-H;1-3
Joe Vosmik: 8

Top 7

Skeeter Newsome: 53
Dario Lodigiani: D8
Bob Joyce: 2/FL
Wally Moses: 8

Bot 7

Jim Tabor: 9
Gene Desautels: 43
Lefty Grove: K

Top 8

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Bob Johnson: S4
Frankie Hayes: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Bobby Doerr: W
Doc Cramer: 163.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 63
Lou Finney: 7

Top 9

Eric Tipton: S7
Bill Nagel: HR/78.1-H
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Dario Lodigiani: 8
Sam Chapman: K

Notes & reviews

Red Sox manager Cronin removed Williams for not running pop fly that fell in; Cronin thought he should have had a double and then would have scored on Cronin's hit

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