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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1941-09-28 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:02

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 12–11. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 7th. Charlie Wagner earned the win. Ted Williams went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	2	12	16
PHA	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	11	15

W: Charlie Wagner L: Tex Shirley SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Dom DiMaggio	5	1	3	0	1
Lou Finney	4	1	0	0	1
Al Flair	5	2	1	2	0
Ted Williams	5	2	4	2	0
Jim Tabor	4	2	2	1	1
Bobby Doerr	5	3	2	3	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	1	1	0
Frankie Pytlak	4	0	1	1	1
Dick Newsome	2	0	1	0	0
Charlie Wagner	3	0	1	2	0
Jimmie Foxx	0	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Collins	5	2	2	1	1	1
Elmer Valo	5	3	2	2	1	0
Don Richmond	5	2	3	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	2	1	0
Sam Chapman	5	0	2	1	0	1
Crash Davis	4	1	1	1	0	1
Pete Suder	5	1	2	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	2	1
Dick Fowler	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	1	1	1	0	0
Porter Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Newsome	4.2	13	3	5
Charlie Wagner	4.1	2	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Dick Fowler	5.0	8	0
Porter Vaughan	1.2	5	3
Tex Shirley	2.1	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S2/BG
Lou Finney: 6(1)3/GDP
Al Flair: 3/G

Bot 1

Eddie Collins: K
Elmer Valo: 9
Don Richmond: 7

Top 2

Ted Williams: S9
Jim Tabor: 54(1)3/GDP
Bobby Doerr: 43

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: W
Sam Chapman: S7.1-3;B-2(E5)
Crash Davis: K
Pete Suder: FC1.2X3(15);B-1
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Dick Fowler: K

Top 3

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Frankie Pytlak: 9
Dick Newsome: 13

Bot 3

Eddie Collins: 43
Elmer Valo: S8
Don Richmond: T8.1-H
Bob Johnson: 7/L.3-H
Sam Chapman: K

Top 4

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Lou Finney: 43
Al Flair: 7

Bot 4

Crash Davis: 53
Pete Suder: S9
Frankie Hayes: 8
Dick Fowler: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ted Williams: HR/8
Jim Tabor: HR/7
Bobby Doerr: S7
Skeeter Newsome: 14/SH.1-2
Frankie Pytlak: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Dick Newsome: S1.2-3
Dom DiMaggio: S3/BR.1X2(3);3-3
Lou Finney: 9

Bot 5

Eddie Collins: S8
Elmer Valo: W.1-2
Don Richmond: S9.2-H(E9)(NR);1-3;B-2
Bob Johnson: D7.3-H;2-3
Sam Chapman: 8/L.3-H;2-3(E8)
Crash Davis: S8.3-H
Pete Suder: S1.1-2
Frankie Hayes: K
Dee Miles: S9.2-H;1-2
Eddie Collins: S3.2-H;1-2
Elmer Valo: T8/F.2-H;1-H
Don Richmond: S9.3-H
Bob Johnson: S8.1-3
Sam Chapman: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Al Flair: E4/P.B-1
Ted Williams: S9.1-3
Jim Tabor: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 8.3-H(UR);2-3
Skeeter Newsome: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Crash Davis: 63
Pete Suder: 8
Frankie Hayes: W
Porter Vaughan: 8

Top 7

Frankie Pytlak: 63
Charlie Wagner: 31
Dom DiMaggio: W
Lou Finney: W.1-2
Al Flair: T8.2-H;1-H
Ted Williams: S9.3-H
Jim Tabor: D8.1-3
Bobby Doerr: T8.3-H;2-H
Skeeter Newsome: S7.3-H
Frankie Pytlak: 7

Bot 7

Eddie Collins: W
Elmer Valo: 46(1)/FO
Don Richmond: 4
Bob Johnson: 9

Top 8

Charlie Wagner: 13
Dom DiMaggio: S8
Lou Finney: 7
Al Flair: 13

Bot 8

Sam Chapman: S7
Crash Davis: 23/SH.1-2
Pete Suder: 9
Frankie Hayes: 6

Top 9

Ted Williams: E4/G.B-1
Jim Tabor: 54(1)3/GDP
Bobby Doerr: E6/G.B-1
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Frankie Pytlak: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Wagner: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 9

Bot 9

Benny McCoy: 8
Eddie Collins: 43
Elmer Valo: 7