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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-04-28 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2895 · 2:10

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–4. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 7th. Rex Cecil earned the win. Frankie Hayes went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	8	15
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	4

W: Rex Cecil L: Don Black SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Passarella · 1B: Ernie Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	2	0	1	0
Ben Steiner	4	1	2	0	1	0
George Metkovich	5	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	2	1	1	1	0
Pete Fox	4	3	4	2	1	0
Jackie Tobin	5	0	2	1	0	0
Leon Culberson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Garbark	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rex Cecil	4	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Metro	4	0	0	0	1	2
Hal Peck	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	2	1	1	0	2	0
Frankie Hayes	3	2	1	1	1	2
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Irv Hall	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ed Busch	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Burns	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Black	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McGhee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Scheib	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rex Cecil	9.0	4	5	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Black	5.1	10	1	1
Lou Knerr	0.2	1	0	0
Joe Berry	0.0	4	2	0
Carl Scheib	3.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Ben Steiner: S4
George Metkovich: 43.1-2
Bob Johnson: 13

Bot 1

Charlie Metro: K/C
Hal Peck: 9/L
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 2

Pete Fox: S6
Jackie Tobin: 46(1)3/GDP
Leon Culberson: E3
Bob Garbark: 4(1)/FO

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Irv Hall: 13
Ed Busch: 63

Top 3

Rex Cecil: 8
Skeeter Newsome: S7
Ben Steiner: W.1-2
George Metkovich: 6/P
Bob Johnson: 43

Bot 3

Joe Burns: K
Don Black: 13
Charlie Metro: K/C

Top 4

Pete Fox: S7
Jackie Tobin: S9.1-3
Leon Culberson: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Bob Garbark: S9
Rex Cecil: K/C

Bot 4

Hal Peck: K/C
Bobby Estalella: D8.BX3(865)
Frankie Hayes: HR/L7D
Dick Siebert: 5/P

Top 5

Skeeter Newsome: S8
Ben Steiner: 8/DP.1X1(843)
George Metkovich: 31

Bot 5

Irv Hall: 8
Ed Busch: 9/L
Joe Burns: 43

Top 6

Bob Johnson: HR/F7D
Pete Fox: D7/F7DW
Jackie Tobin: 43.2-3
Leon Culberson: S1/L.3-H
Bob Garbark: CS2(26)
Bob Garbark: S7
Rex Cecil: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Bill McGhee: 13
Charlie Metro: W
Hal Peck: 64(1)/FO
Bobby Estalella: E5.1-2
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 7

Skeeter Newsome: W
Ben Steiner: S8.1-2
George Metkovich: D9/F.2-H;1-3
Bob Johnson: IW
Pete Fox: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jackie Tobin: S.2-H;1-3
Leon Culberson: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Bob Garbark: 63

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 8
Irv Hall: S
Ed Busch: 7
Joe Burns: 4

Top 8

Rex Cecil: 53
Skeeter Newsome: 3
Ben Steiner: 8

Bot 8

Carl Scheib: 53
Charlie Metro: 5
Hal Peck: 43

Top 9

George Metkovich: 8
Bob Johnson: 53
Pete Fox: W
Jackie Tobin: 46(1)/FO

Bot 9

Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: WP.2-3;1-2
Dick Siebert: 5/P
Irv Hall: D9.3-H;2-H
Ed Busch: BK.2-3
Ed Busch: 53
Joe Burns: E4/G4M.3-H(NR)(UR)
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Charlie Metro: 43

Notes & reviews

Weather: chilly
Into lower LF stands
Into LF stands
Line drive off Black's hand and he left game
Peck misjudged it

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