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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-08-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 12000 · 1:58

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–1. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 4th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Joe Vosmik went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	7	17
PHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10

W: Lefty Grove L: Jim Reninger SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Wally Moses	4	0	3	0	0
Wayne Ambler	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	0	2
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	1	1
Bill Nagel	4	0	1	0	2
Dario Lodigiani	4	0	1	0	0
Jim Reninger	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	1	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	10	0	5

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Reninger	8.0	15	4	1
Chubby Dean	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Doerr: 7/L
Doc Cramer: 9
Jimmie Foxx: D8
Ted Williams: W
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 1

Wally Moses: S4
Wayne Ambler: 3/FL
Bob Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Vosmik: S5
Jim Tabor: S8.1-3
Gene Desautels: S9.3-H;1X3(95);B-2(TH)
Lefty Grove: 7
Bobby Doerr: 63

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: D/78
Dick Siebert: 13/SH.2-3
Sam Chapman: 63.3-H
Bill Nagel: K

Top 3

Doc Cramer: T7
Jimmie Foxx: 7
Ted Williams: 6(B)2(3)/P7S/DP

Bot 3

Dario Lodigiani: S7
Jim Reninger: 16(1)/FO/BG
Wally Moses: S8.1-3
Wayne Ambler: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Joe Cronin: W
Joe Vosmik: HR/7.1-H
Jim Tabor: D9
Gene Desautels: S1.2-3
Lefty Grove: K
Bobby Doerr: 1/SH.3-H;1-2
Doc Cramer: 8

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 4/P
Frankie Hayes: K
Dick Siebert: 53

Top 5

Jimmie Foxx: S7
Ted Williams: D9.1-3
Joe Cronin: WP.3-H;2-3
Joe Cronin: 9
Joe Vosmik: W
Jim Tabor: 6/P
Gene Desautels: 43

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: S5
Bill Nagel: K
Dario Lodigiani: 6/P
Jim Reninger: 53

Top 6

Lefty Grove: 3/P
Bobby Doerr: S8
Doc Cramer: WP.1-2
Doc Cramer: 9
Jimmie Foxx: 43

Bot 6

Wally Moses: S8
Wayne Ambler: 8
Bob Johnson: 3/FL
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 7

Ted Williams: S9
Joe Cronin: 8
Joe Vosmik: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 3/FL
Sam Chapman: K
Bill Nagel: D7
Dario Lodigiani: 4/P

Top 8

Jim Tabor: HR/7
Gene Desautels: W
Lefty Grove: 13/SH.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S7.2-3
Doc Cramer: S7.3-H;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 7
Ted Williams: 3/P

Bot 8

Eric Tipton: S5
Wally Moses: 6/L
Wayne Ambler: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: 7
Frankie Hayes: 4/P

Top 9

Joe Cronin: 63
Joe Vosmik: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Jim Tabor: 9
Gene Desautels: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: D9
Sam Chapman: 2/FL
Bill Nagel: 5/P
Dario Lodigiani: 63