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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-05-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:35

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 4–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 4th. Roger Wolff earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Roger Wolff L: Dick Newsome SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	2	1	0	2
Johnny Pesky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Fox	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Peacock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Newsome	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Lupien	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	1	2	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	2	3	2	1	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Blair	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	3	0	1	0	0	1
Roger Wolff	2	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Newsome	6.0	7	2	1
Mace Brown	2.0	2	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	9.0	7	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 13
Ted Williams: 2

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 4
Pete Suder: S8
Elmer Valo: 43.1-2
Bob Johnson: S7.2-H;B-2(E2)
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 8
Jim Tabor: 9
Pete Fox: W
Bobby Doerr: SB2
Bobby Doerr: 2

Bot 2

Hal Wagner: 8
Buddy Blair: 7
Jack Wallaesa: S1
Roger Wolff: 6

Top 3

Johnny Peacock: 53
Dick Newsome: S8
Dom DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Johnny Pesky: 8.2-3
Ted Williams: 43

Bot 3

Mike Kreevich: 8/L
Pete Suder: 63
Elmer Valo: 8/L

Top 4

Jimmie Foxx: E6
Jim Tabor: 54(1)/FO
Pete Fox: T8.1-H(UR)
Bobby Doerr: K23
Johnny Peacock: 9

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: D9.1-H
Hal Wagner: S9.2-H
Buddy Blair: 16(1)3/GDP
Jack Wallaesa: 8

Top 5

Dick Newsome: 8
Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 31

Bot 5

Roger Wolff: W
Mike Kreevich: K+CS2(24)/DP
Pete Suder: S7
Elmer Valo: 8/L

Top 6

Ted Williams: K
Jimmie Foxx: S6
Jim Tabor: S8.1-2
Pete Fox: 15(2)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: HR/7
Dick Siebert: 43
Hal Wagner: 43
Buddy Blair: 13

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: 53
Johnny Peacock: 8
Tony Lupien: 43

Bot 7

Jack Wallaesa: K
Roger Wolff: 43
Mike Kreevich: 43

Top 8

Dom DiMaggio: HR/7
Johnny Pesky: 4
Ted Williams: K
Jimmie Foxx: D8
Jim Tabor: 8

Bot 8

Pete Suder: 63
Elmer Valo: S8.BX2(86)
Bob Johnson: S8
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 9

Pete Fox: 9
Bobby Doerr: K
Johnny Peacock: 13