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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-04-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 2:14

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 11–3. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 4th. Mickey Harris earned the win. Jim Tabor went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	3	0	11	19
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	7

W: Mickey Harris L: George Caster SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: Joe Rue · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0	1	2
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	1
Benny McCoy	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	2	1	1	0	2	0
Al Rubeling	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bill Lillard	4	0	2	0	0	1
George Caster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Ross	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Brancato	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	1	0	1	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Harris	9.0	7	5	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	3.2	10	1	4
Buck Ross	3.1	4	1	1
Les McCrabb	2.0	5	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 6
Doc Cramer: D
Ted Williams: T.2-H
Jimmie Foxx: D.3-H
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: 5/F

Bot 1

Sam Chapman: K
Wally Moses: 3/F
Benny McCoy: 13

Top 2

Jim Tabor: K
Gene Desautels: 3/F
Mickey Harris: K

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 146(1)3/GDP
Earle Brucker: S
Al Rubeling: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Lou Finney: S.BX2(84)
Doc Cramer: S
Ted Williams: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Bill Lillard: S
George Caster: 2/FL
Sam Chapman: K
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Benny McCoy: 2/FL

Top 4

Jimmie Foxx: K
Joe Cronin: 8
Bobby Doerr: FLE2
Bobby Doerr: S
Jim Tabor: SB2
Jim Tabor: HR.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Gene Desautels: S
Mickey Harris: S.1-2
Lou Finney: D.2-H(UR);1-3
Doc Cramer: W
Ted Williams: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Jimmie Foxx: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 63
Dick Siebert: 1/F
Earle Brucker: 8

Top 5

Bobby Doerr: 13
Jim Tabor: K23
Gene Desautels: 8

Bot 5

Al Rubeling: HR
Bill Lillard: D
Buck Ross: K
Sam Chapman: 13
Wally Moses: 4/F

Top 6

Mickey Harris: 8
Lou Finney: S
Doc Cramer: 64(1)/FO
Ted Williams: S.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: S.2-H;1-2
Joe Cronin: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: 2/FL
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: WP.1-2
Dick Siebert: 3/F
Earle Brucker: W
Al Rubeling: 5/FL

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: 8
Jim Tabor: 2/FL
Gene Desautels: 9

Bot 7

Bill Lillard: 7
Al Brancato: K
Sam Chapman: W
Wally Moses: K/C

Top 8

Mickey Harris: S
Lou Finney: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Doc Cramer: S.3-H;2-H;BX2(76)
Ted Williams: T
Jimmie Foxx: 3/SH.3-H
Joe Cronin: 53

Bot 8

Benny McCoy: 13
Bob Johnson: 43
Dick Siebert: 13

Top 9

Bobby Doerr: 2/FL
Jim Tabor: S
Gene Desautels: 3/FL
Mickey Harris: 13

Bot 9

Earle Brucker: W
Al Rubeling: S.1-2
Bill Lillard: K
Frankie Hayes: D.2-H;1-H
Sam Chapman: 9
Wally Moses: HP
Benny McCoy: 31