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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1941-07-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7000 · 1:44

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win. Ted Williams went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Chubby Dean SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	3	1	0	0	1	0
Lou Finney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ted Williams	4	2	2	2	0	0
Joe Cronin	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	1	3	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Peacock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Al Brancato	4	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	0	2	0	0
Benny McCoy	3	0	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	2	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	2	1	1
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	0	2	0	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	10	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chubby Dean	9.0	6	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Lou Finney: S1
Ted Williams: S7.1-2
Joe Cronin: 13.1-2;2-3
Jimmie Foxx: W
Jim Tabor: D7.1-H;2-H;3-H
Bobby Doerr: K/C

Bot 1

Al Brancato: 4/L
Dee Miles: S4
Benny McCoy: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Johnny Peacock: 23
Lefty Grove: 43
Dom DiMaggio: 31

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S7
Dick Siebert: 9
Sam Chapman: K/C
Frankie Hayes: 7

Top 3

Lou Finney: S8
Ted Williams: 8
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 6/L
Chubby Dean: 5/FL
Al Brancato: 9

Top 4

Jim Tabor: 63
Bobby Doerr: 63
Johnny Peacock: 5

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 4/L
Benny McCoy: 3/FL
Bob Johnson: 53

Top 5

Lefty Grove: K
Dom DiMaggio: 2/FL
Lou Finney: 43

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: T7
Sam Chapman: S7.3-H
Frankie Hayes: K
Pete Suder: S8.1-2
Chubby Dean: WP.2-3
Chubby Dean: 8.3-H
Al Brancato: 3/F

Top 6

Ted Williams: 43
Joe Cronin: 53
Jimmie Foxx: 13

Bot 6

Dee Miles: S7
Benny McCoy: 34/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: S5.2-3
Dick Siebert: CS2(26)
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 7

Jim Tabor: 63
Bobby Doerr: 9
Johnny Peacock: 31

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: 7
Frankie Hayes: 53
Pete Suder: S7
Chubby Dean: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Lefty Grove: 9
Dom DiMaggio: W
Lou Finney: 6
Ted Williams: HR/9.1-H
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Al Brancato: 63
Dee Miles: 9
Benny McCoy: S8
Bob Johnson: 4

Top 9

Jim Tabor: 4
Bobby Doerr: 53
Johnny Peacock: S8
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Sam Chapman: S7
Frankie Hayes: 7
Pete Suder: 9