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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-05-29 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 16822 · 1:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 14–2. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 8th. Tex Hughson earned the win. Ted Williams went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	14	13
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7

W: Tex Hughson L: Russ Christopher 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	3	3	0	0	1	0
Johnny Pesky	4	4	3	2	1	0
Pete Fox	4	3	1	1	1	1
Ted Williams	4	2	3	7	1	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	2	2	1	1
Bobby Doerr	5	1	2	2	0	0
Jim Tabor	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Conroy	5	1	1	0	0	2
Tex Hughson	5	0	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	0	2	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Blair	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	4	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Christopher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Fowler	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Hughson	9.0	7	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	6.2	8	4	5
Dick Fowler	2.1	5	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: W.1-2
Pete Fox: K
Ted Williams: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: 63

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 43
Pete Suder: 43
Dick Siebert: S4
Dee Miles: S4.1-2
Elmer Valo: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Jim Tabor: 4
Bill Conroy: K
Tex Hughson: 43

Bot 2

Hal Wagner: 9
Buddy Blair: 63
Jack Wallaesa: 43

Top 3

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Johnny Pesky: 13
Pete Fox: 53

Bot 3

Russ Christopher: 7
Mike Kreevich: 3/G
Pete Suder: 3

Top 4

Ted Williams: 63
Joe Cronin: W
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: 9
Dee Miles: 6
Elmer Valo: 8

Top 5

Jim Tabor: K
Bill Conroy: K
Tex Hughson: 43

Bot 5

Hal Wagner: 2
Buddy Blair: 7
Jack Wallaesa: K

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Johnny Pesky: D7
Pete Fox: E5/TH.2-3;B-2
Ted Williams: IW
Joe Cronin: S6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Doerr: S8.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jim Tabor: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Russ Christopher: 7
Mike Kreevich: 2/FL
Pete Suder: 13

Top 7

Bill Conroy: 4
Tex Hughson: 9
Dom DiMaggio: HP
Johnny Pesky: D9.1-H
Pete Fox: S5.2-H
Ted Williams: S9.1-3
Joe Cronin: S9.3-H;1-2
Bobby Doerr: 8/L

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 4
Dee Miles: S7
Elmer Valo: 13.1-2
Hal Wagner: W
Buddy Blair: 9/L

Top 8

Jim Tabor: 53
Bill Conroy: S1
Tex Hughson: S8.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Pesky: S9.3-H;1-2
Pete Fox: W.2-3;1-2
Ted Williams: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Joe Cronin: 53

Bot 8

Jack Wallaesa: 5/FL
Dick Fowler: 13
Mike Kreevich: 2/FL

Top 9

Bobby Doerr: HR/7
Jim Tabor: 3/FL
Bill Conroy: 53
Tex Hughson: K

Bot 9

Pete Suder: 53
Dick Siebert: D9
Dee Miles: 13
Elmer Valo: S8.2-H
Hal Wagner: S7.1-2
Buddy Blair: S8.2-H;1-2
Jack Wallaesa: 3/G