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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-08-21 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 9388 · 2:17

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–5. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Charlie Wagner earned the win and Mike Ryba picked up the save. Tony Lupien went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charlie Wagner L: Dick Fowler SV: Mike Ryba

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	1	1	0	1	2
Johnny Pesky	5	2	2	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	2	1	2	2	1
Bobby Doerr	2	1	0	0	3	0
Tony Lupien	4	1	3	4	1	0
Lou Finney	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	1	0	2	0
Charlie Wagner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Ryba	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	1	0	0	1	1
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Blair	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	3	2	0	0
Eric McNair	4	0	1	1	0	0
Crash Davis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Savage	1	0	0	0	0	1
Herman Besse	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Wagner	7.1	11	2	2
Mike Ryba	1.2	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Fowler	1.2	8	2	1
Bob Savage	2.1	1	5	0
Herman Besse	5.0	2	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S6
Johnny Pesky: S9.1-2
Ted Williams: T8.2-H;1-H
Bobby Doerr: 8
Tony Lupien: S8.3-H
Lou Finney: S7.1-2
Jim Tabor: 8
Johnny Peacock: S3/BR.2-3;1X2(3)

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: W
Elmer Valo: S9.1-3
Buddy Blair: S7.3-H;1-2
Dick Siebert: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: T8.3-H;2-H
Eric McNair: 5(B)5(3)/LDP

Top 2

Charlie Wagner: 53
Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: S7
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Lupien: S8.3-H;2-H;1-H
Lou Finney: 8

Bot 2

Crash Davis: 4
Hal Wagner: 31
Bob Savage: K

Top 3

Jim Tabor: 2/FL
Johnny Peacock: 8
Charlie Wagner: S7
Dom DiMaggio: 5

Bot 3

Mike Kreevich: 63
Elmer Valo: 9/L
Buddy Blair: S4/BG
Dick Siebert: 8/L

Top 4

Johnny Pesky: 43
Ted Williams: W
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Tony Lupien: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Finney: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: S8
Eric McNair: 8
Crash Davis: 7
Hal Wagner: 43

Top 5

Jim Tabor: W
Johnny Peacock: W.1-2
Charlie Wagner: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 7/L

Bot 5

Herman Besse: 43
Mike Kreevich: K
Elmer Valo: W
Buddy Blair: 6

Top 6

Ted Williams: 43
Bobby Doerr: W
Tony Lupien: 9
Lou Finney: 63

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: S8
Bob Johnson: 7/L
Eric McNair: 7
Crash Davis: 7

Top 7

Jim Tabor: 8
Johnny Peacock: W
Charlie Wagner: 34/SH.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 43

Bot 7

Hal Wagner: FLE5
Hal Wagner: D9
Herman Besse: S9.2-H(UR)
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP
Elmer Valo: 31

Top 8

Ted Williams: K
Bobby Doerr: 53
Tony Lupien: T
Lou Finney: S.3-H
Jim Tabor: 7

Bot 8

Buddy Blair: 3/FL
Dick Siebert: S9
Bob Johnson: S9.1-2
Eric McNair: S8.2-H;1-2
Dee Miles: S8.2XH(82);1-2
Hal Wagner: 43

Top 9

Johnny Peacock: 63
Mike Ryba: 63
Dom DiMaggio: 3

Bot 9

Herman Besse: 43
Mike Kreevich: 5
Elmer Valo: 43