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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1944-09-03 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 22689 · 1:59

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 5–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 5th. Jesse Flores earned the win. Bill McGhee went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jesse Flores L: Clem Dreisewerd SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ed Busch	4	1	2	1	1	0
Bobby Estalella	5	0	3	2	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	0	1	1
George Kell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Metro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McGhee	4	1	2	1	0	0
Hal Epps	4	1	3	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	3	1	2	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	0	0	0
George Metkovich	4	0	1	0	0
Tom McBride	4	1	1	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Lake	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Conroy	3	0	1	0	0
Clem Dreisewerd	2	0	0	0	1
Jim Bucher	1	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	9.0	7	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clem Dreisewerd	6.0	13	1	1
Mike Ryba	1.0	0	0	0
Clem Hausmann	2.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 9
Ed Busch: 6
Bobby Estalella: 8

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 63
George Metkovich: 4
Tom McBride: D9/89
Bob Johnson: S.2-H
Bobby Doerr: 53

Top 2

Frankie Hayes: K
George Kell: 63
Charlie Metro: 4

Bot 2

Jim Tabor: 5
Eddie Lake: S
Bill Conroy: S.1-2
Clem Dreisewerd: 2
Lou Finney: 43

Top 3

Bill McGhee: 9
Hal Epps: 43
Jesse Flores: D7
Irv Hall: S8.2-H
Ed Busch: 4

Bot 3

George Metkovich: S
Tom McBride: 64(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: 7
Bobby Doerr: S.1-2
Jim Tabor: 5(2)/FO

Top 4

Bobby Estalella: 9
Frankie Hayes: S
George Kell: S.1-2
Charlie Metro: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 4

Eddie Lake: 2
Bill Conroy: 53
Clem Dreisewerd: K

Top 5

Bill McGhee: HR/9L
Hal Epps: S/BG
Jesse Flores: 13/SH.1-2
Irv Hall: S4.2-3
Ed Busch: S6.3-H;1-2
Bobby Estalella: T8.2-H;1-H
Frankie Hayes: 53
George Kell: 13

Bot 5

Lou Finney: 3/G
George Metkovich: 8
Tom McBride: 4

Top 6

Charlie Metro: 53
Bill McGhee: 3
Hal Epps: S
Jesse Flores: S.1-2
Irv Hall: 9

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 9
Bobby Doerr: 5
Jim Tabor: 53

Top 7

Ed Busch: S
Bobby Estalella: S.1-2
Frankie Hayes: W.2-3;1-2
George Kell: 62(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Charlie Metro: 62(3)3/GDP

Bot 7

Eddie Lake: 53
Bill Conroy: 7
Jim Bucher: T
Lou Finney: 43

Top 8

Bill McGhee: S
Hal Epps: S.1-2
Jesse Flores: K
Irv Hall: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

George Metkovich: 8
Tom McBride: K23
Bob Johnson: 43

Top 9

Ed Busch: W
Bobby Estalella: S.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
George Kell: 4

Bot 9

Bobby Doerr: 5/FL
Jim Tabor: 43
Eddie Lake: 7

Notes & reviews

McGhee's homer was a high fly down the line; a fan reached into fair territory trying to catch the ball, which fell onto the field; umpire Summers waved McGheee arouned for a home run; Boston protested strongly
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