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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-08-31 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:56

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 6–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 7th. Russ Christopher earned the win. Russ Christopher 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	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6
PHA	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0		6	13

W: Russ Christopher L: Otey Clark SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ty LaForest	4	0	1	2	0	1
George Metkovich	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lazor	4	0	2	0	0	0
Leon Culberson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	1	0	0	0
Red Steiner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Otey Clark	1	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Barrett	1	1	1	1	0	0
Tom McBride	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Irv Hall	5	2	3	1	0
Hal Peck	4	1	2	1	0
Bobby Estalella	4	0	0	0	0
Bill McGhee	3	0	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	3	0	3	0	1
George Kell	4	0	2	2	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	0	0	0
Ed Busch	3	1	1	0	1
Russ Christopher	3	1	1	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Otey Clark	6.1	11	2	0
Frank Barrett	1.2	2	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	6	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: W
Ty LaForest: 46(1)/FO
George Metkovich: 63.1-2
Bob Johnson: 63

Bot 1

Irv Hall: 9
Hal Peck: 31
Bobby Estalella: 5/L

Top 2

Johnny Lazor: 9
Leon Culberson: T8
Skeeter Newsome: CSH(25)
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Bot 2

Bill McGhee: 7
Dick Siebert: D8
George Kell: 7
Buddy Rosar: 63

Top 3

Red Steiner: 31
Otey Clark: W
Eddie Lake: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Ed Busch: S7
Russ Christopher: 24/SH.1-2
Irv Hall: S8.2-H;B-H(E8)(NR)(UR)
Hal Peck: 9
Bobby Estalella: 5

Top 4

Ty LaForest: 13
George Metkovich: 3/G
Bob Johnson: 53

Bot 4

Bill McGhee: W
Dick Siebert: CS2(26)
Dick Siebert: S9
George Kell: S8.1-3
Buddy Rosar: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Johnny Lazor: E4/G.B-1
Leon Culberson: K+CS2(24)/DP
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Bot 5

Ed Busch: 8
Russ Christopher: 53
Irv Hall: S4
Hal Peck: S9.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 4(1)/FO

Top 6

Red Steiner: W
Otey Clark: 46(1)/FO
Eddie Lake: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bill McGhee: 8
Dick Siebert: S8
George Kell: 4/P/8S
Buddy Rosar: 8

Top 7

Ty LaForest: K
George Metkovich: W
Bob Johnson: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Lazor: S7.1-2
Leon Culberson: 53

Bot 7

Ed Busch: W
Russ Christopher: PO1(13)
Russ Christopher: HR/7
Irv Hall: D8
Hal Peck: D9.2-H
Bobby Estalella: 3
Bill McGhee: S6/G.2-3;B-1#
Dick Siebert: W.1-2
George Kell: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Buddy Rosar: 2/FL

Top 8

Skeeter Newsome: S8
Red Steiner: 3/G.1-2
Frank Barrett: S7.2-H
Eddie Lake: W.1-2
Ty LaForest: D9/89.2-H;1-H
George Metkovich: K
Bob Johnson: 6/L

Bot 8

Ed Busch: 63
Russ Christopher: 63
Irv Hall: 43

Top 9

Johnny Lazor: S5
Tom McBride: 13.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 43.2-3
Red Steiner: 43