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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-05-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:24

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 10–6. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 6th. Joe Dobson earned the win. Elmer Valo went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	10	13
PHA	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	11

W: Joe Dobson L: Tex Shirley SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	2	3	1	1	0
Johnny Pesky	4	2	2	0	2	0
Pete Fox	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ted Williams	3	1	1	1	2	1
Joe Cronin	4	1	1	3	1	2
Bobby Doerr	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jim Tabor	5	2	2	0	0	1
Bill Conroy	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Chase	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	3	1	1	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Suder	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	5	2	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	2	3	1	0	3	0
Elmer Valo	4	1	3	4	1	0
Frankie Hayes	5	0	2	2	0	1
Crash Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Wallaesa	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tex Shirley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Besse	2	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Blair	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	2.2	7	1	0
Joe Dobson	6.1	4	4	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	5.2	8	7	2
Herman Besse	3.1	5	0	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 8
Johnny Pesky: W
Pete Fox: SB2
Pete Fox: HP
Ted Williams: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Doerr: 6(B)5(2)/LDP

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 53
Pete Suder: S8
Dick Siebert: 36(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Elmer Valo: T9.2-H;1-H
Frankie Hayes: 8/L

Top 2

Jim Tabor: 53
Bill Conroy: 9
Ken Chase: 13

Bot 2

Crash Davis: 2
Jack Wallaesa: S7
Tex Shirley: 13/SH.1-2
Mike Kreevich: W
Pete Suder: 8

Top 3

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 43.1-2
Pete Fox: S8.2-H
Ted Williams: 7
Joe Cronin: 63

Bot 3

Dick Siebert: 43
Bob Johnson: 63
Elmer Valo: HR/9
Frankie Hayes: S7
Crash Davis: S7.1-2
Jack Wallaesa: 8

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: 4
Jim Tabor: 6
Bill Conroy: W
Joe Dobson: 7/FL

Bot 4

Tex Shirley: 63
Mike Kreevich: 3/G
Pete Suder: 5

Top 5

Dom DiMaggio: D7
Johnny Pesky: S5/BG.2-3
Pete Fox: 6/L
Ted Williams: S9.3-H;1-3
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: 7

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Bob Johnson: W
Elmer Valo: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: S8.2-H;1-2
Crash Davis: 9
Jack Wallaesa: K

Top 6

Jim Tabor: S7
Bill Conroy: K
Joe Dobson: FC/SH.1-2;B-1
Dom DiMaggio: S7.2-H;1-2
Johnny Pesky: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: S7.3-H;2XH(72);1-3;B-2(TH)
Ted Williams: IW
Joe Cronin: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bobby Doerr: WP.3-H;1-2
Bobby Doerr: S8.2-H
Jim Tabor: K

Bot 6

Herman Besse: S9
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP
Pete Suder: 63

Top 7

Bill Conroy: 2/FL
Joe Dobson: K
Dom DiMaggio: S8
Johnny Pesky: D9.1-3
Pete Fox: 8

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: S1
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Elmer Valo: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 8

Ted Williams: K
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: K

Bot 8

Crash Davis: K
Jack Wallaesa: 31
Herman Besse: E3/G.B-1
Mike Kreevich: 3

Top 9

Jim Tabor: D8
Bill Conroy: 8.2-3
Joe Dobson: S7.3-H
Dom DiMaggio: 9
Johnny Pesky: 4

Bot 9

Pete Suder: 63
Dick Siebert: E4/G.B-1
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Elmer Valo: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Buddy Blair: 2/FL