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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-06-22 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 10540 · 1:55

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 3–2. Russ Christopher earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Frank Barrett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hal Weafer · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	1	1	0	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jim Tabor	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Woods	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Bucher	1	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ford Garrison	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jo-Jo White	4	1	2	0	1	1
Bobby Estalella	5	0	2	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	3	1	2	0	1	0
George Kell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Busch	3	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Rullo	3	0	0	0	1	1
Russ Christopher	3	0	0	0	0	1
Irv Hall	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pinky Woods	8.0	7	3	4
Frank Barrett	0.2	2	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	5	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 13
Pete Fox: S6
George Metkovich: 43.1-2
Bob Johnson: 6

Bot 1

Ford Garrison: 53
Jo-Jo White: S8
Bobby Estalella: SB2
Bobby Estalella: 8
Frankie Hayes: 7

Top 2

Bobby Doerr: 9
Joe Cronin: 5/FL
Jim Tabor: 9

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: S4
George Kell: SB2
George Kell: 7
Ed Busch: W
Joe Rullo: W.2-3;1-2
Russ Christopher: 6
Ford Garrison: 3/FL

Top 3

Hal Wagner: 7
Pinky Woods: 43
Skeeter Newsome: 8

Bot 3

Jo-Jo White: S9
Bobby Estalella: S7.1-3
Frankie Hayes: 53.3-H;1-2
Dick Siebert: W
George Kell: 8
Ed Busch: S7.2XH(72);1-2

Top 4

Pete Fox: 43
George Metkovich: 31
Bob Johnson: 8

Bot 4

Joe Rullo: K
Russ Christopher: K/C
Ford Garrison: 5

Top 5

Bobby Doerr: 3/FL
Joe Cronin: W
Jim Tabor: 8
Hal Wagner: 43

Bot 5

Jo-Jo White: 3/G
Bobby Estalella: 7
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 6

Pinky Woods: K
Skeeter Newsome: 13
Pete Fox: K

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: S8
George Kell: S9.1-2
Ed Busch: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Joe Rullo: E3.3-H(NR)(UR)
Russ Christopher: SB2
Russ Christopher: 2/FL

Top 7

George Metkovich: S8
Bob Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP
Bobby Doerr: 13

Bot 7

Ford Garrison: 43
Jo-Jo White: K
Bobby Estalella: 43

Top 8

Joe Cronin: K
Jim Tabor: 3
Hal Wagner: 43

Bot 8

Frankie Hayes: 53
Dick Siebert: 6
George Kell: 43

Top 9

Jim Bucher: S8
Joe Bowman: 5
Pete Fox: E6.1-2
George Metkovich: S8.1-2;2-3
Bob Johnson: 8.3-H(UR)
Bobby Doerr: S7.1-2;2-H(UR)
Joe Cronin: K

Bot 9

Ed Busch: S1
Joe Rullo: E1.1-2
Irv Hall: K
Ford Garrison: 4
Jo-Jo White: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Estalella: S7.1-2;2-3;3-H(UR)