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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-08-31 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 11077 · 1:36

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 5th. Randy Heflin earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	10
PHA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Randy Heflin L: Jesse Flores SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ty LaForest	5	1	3	1	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lazor	4	0	1	0	0	0
Leon Culberson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Holm	4	1	1	0	0	0
Randy Heflin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom McBride	3	0	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Peck	2	1	1	0	0	0
Ernie Kish	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	2	2	0	0
George Kell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Greek George	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Busch	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McGhee	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mayo Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Randy Heflin	9.0	5	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	8.0	10	1	0
Joe Berry	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: 8
Ty LaForest: S8
George Metkovich: S8.1-2
Bob Johnson: 7
Johnny Lazor: 43

Bot 1

Irv Hall: 43
Hal Peck: 4
Ernie Kish: 43

Top 2

Leon Culberson: 7/L
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Billy Holm: 53

Bot 2

Bobby Estalella: 53
Dick Siebert: 31
George Kell: 53

Top 3

Randy Heflin: S8
Eddie Lake: 4
Ty LaForest: 7
George Metkovich: 7

Bot 3

Greek George: 31
Ed Busch: 43
Jesse Flores: 13

Top 4

Bob Johnson: 13
Johnny Lazor: 13
Tom McBride: 43

Bot 4

Irv Hall: S8
Hal Peck: S3.1-2
Ernie Kish: 23/SH.1-2;2-3
Bobby Estalella: W
Dick Siebert: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
George Kell: 7
Greek George: 53

Top 5

Skeeter Newsome: 53
Billy Holm: S7
Randy Heflin: 4
Eddie Lake: W.1-2
Ty LaForest: S7.2-3;1-2
George Metkovich: E7/F.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Bob Johnson: 5/FL

Bot 5

Ed Busch: 5/L
Jesse Flores: 7
Irv Hall: 63

Top 6

Johnny Lazor: 3/G
Tom McBride: T7/78#
Skeeter Newsome: 5
Billy Holm: 43

Bot 6

Bill McGhee: 63
Ernie Kish: 43
Bobby Estalella: 63

Top 7

Randy Heflin: 43
Eddie Lake: S7
Ty LaForest: SB2
Ty LaForest: T8.2-H
George Metkovich: 8/F.3-H
Bob Johnson: 9

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 8
George Kell: 3/G
Greek George: 43

Top 8

Johnny Lazor: S9
Tom McBride: SB2
Tom McBride: S9.2XH(92)
Skeeter Newsome: SB2#
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Billy Holm: 63

Bot 8

Ed Busch: 13
Mayo Smith: S8
Irv Hall: W.1-2
Bill McGhee: 7/L
Ernie Kish: 31

Top 9

Randy Heflin: 9
Eddie Lake: 7
Ty LaForest: K

Bot 9

Bobby Estalella: K
Dick Siebert: S8
George Kell: 36(1)3/GDP