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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-09-09 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:42

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Buck Ross earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Buck Ross L: Elden Auker SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Williams	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Vosmik	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Tabor	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Doerr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	0	0	0	0
Elden Auker	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	1	2	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	2	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	4	1	0	1	0	0
Buck Ross	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	8.2	10	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 7
Doc Cramer: 7
Ted Williams: 5/FL

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 43
Joe Gantenbein: D7
Eric Tipton: 3/FL
Frankie Hayes: 13

Top 2

Joe Cronin: 3/FL
Joe Vosmik: 43
Jim Tabor: K

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: S8
Sam Chapman: S8.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 43.3-H;2-3
Buck Ross: 8

Top 3

Bobby Doerr: 53
Johnny Peacock: 63
Elden Auker: 7

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 43
Joe Gantenbein: 7
Eric Tipton: W
Frankie Hayes: SB2
Frankie Hayes: 8

Top 4

Lou Finney: 8
Doc Cramer: 63
Ted Williams: 3/G

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: S8
Sam Chapman: 54(1)/FO
Skeeter Newsome: S5/BG.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 7
Buck Ross: 53

Top 5

Joe Cronin: W
Joe Vosmik: 46(1)3/GDP
Jim Tabor: 6

Bot 5

Wally Moses: 8
Joe Gantenbein: 3/G
Eric Tipton: S8
Frankie Hayes: SB2
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 6

Bobby Doerr: 13
Johnny Peacock: 43
Elden Auker: 5/FL

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 9
Sam Chapman: 4
Skeeter Newsome: S5
Dario Lodigiani: CS2(24)

Top 7

Lou Finney: 8
Doc Cramer: S8
Ted Williams: 46(1)/FO
Joe Cronin: S8.1-2
Joe Vosmik: S8.2-H;1-3
Jim Tabor: 8

Bot 7

Dario Lodigiani: 4
Buck Ross: 123
Wally Moses: 7

Top 8

Bobby Doerr: 6
Johnny Peacock: 9
Elden Auker: K

Bot 8

Joe Gantenbein: 9
Eric Tipton: 63
Frankie Hayes: S3
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 9

Lou Finney: S8
Doc Cramer: 53/SH.1-2
Ted Williams: 8
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 9

Sam Chapman: S8
Skeeter Newsome: 34/SH.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: E4/G.2-3;B-1#
Dee Miles: FC3.3XH(32);1-2;B-1
Wally Moses: S8.2-H(UR);1-2