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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 2:10

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 2nd. Joe Heving earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Joe Heving L: Ed Heusser SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	5	1	4	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ted Williams	5	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	2	1	1	0	2	0
Bobby Doerr	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lou Finney	4	1	1	2	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	0	1	1	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Heving	1	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Rubeling	4	0	1	2	0	1
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	5	1	1	0	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	1	0	2
Benny McCoy	3	1	1	0	1	0
Al Brancato	3	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Beckmann	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Heusser	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	3.2	6	2	3
Joe Heving	5.1	2	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Beckmann	2.0	4	1	0
Ed Heusser	6.0	6	2	2
Johnny Babich	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 3
Doc Cramer: S
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Al Rubeling: E5/TH
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: 25(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 2

Ted Williams: D9
Joe Cronin: PB.2-3
Joe Cronin: W
Bobby Doerr: D7.3-H;1-3
Lou Finney: T8.3-H;2-H
Charlie Gelbert: 9.3-H
Fritz Ostermueller: 43
Dom DiMaggio: 13

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: K
Benny McCoy: S
Al Brancato: 8
Bill Beckmann: 6

Top 3

Doc Cramer: S
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Ted Williams: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: W
Bobby Doerr: K/C
Lou Finney: 43

Bot 3

Al Rubeling: 53
Wally Moses: 7
Sam Chapman: 3

Top 4

Charlie Gelbert: 6
Fritz Ostermueller: 63
Dom DiMaggio: D7
Doc Cramer: 31

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: S
Dick Siebert: S1.1-2
Frankie Hayes: S.2-H;1-2#
Benny McCoy: W.2-3;1-2
Al Brancato: 63.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ed Heusser: K
Al Rubeling: S7.3-H;2-H
Wally Moses: S7.1-2#
Sam Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 5

Jimmie Foxx: 63
Ted Williams: 31
Joe Cronin: D
Bobby Doerr: 9

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: 7
Frankie Hayes: 53
Benny McCoy: 3/G

Top 6

Lou Finney: 3
Charlie Gelbert: S
Joe Heving: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Al Brancato: 63
Ed Heusser: 3/G
Al Rubeling: K

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Doc Cramer: D7
Jimmie Foxx: K
Ted Williams: T9.2-H
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 7

Wally Moses: 3
Sam Chapman: S
Bob Johnson: 6
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 8

Bobby Doerr: 1
Lou Finney: 7
Charlie Gelbert: 43

Bot 8

Frankie Hayes: K
Benny McCoy: E2/P
Dee Miles: 46(1)/FO
Chubby Dean: 63

Top 9

Joe Heving: W
Dom DiMaggio: 8
Doc Cramer: S9.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: 4
Ted Williams: 43

Bot 9

Hal Wagner: D9
Wally Moses: 43.2-3
Sam Chapman: 53
Bob Johnson: 7