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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-09-01 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 6131 · 1:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–1. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 6th. Mike Ryba earned the win. George Metkovich went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	7	12
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10

W: Mike Ryba L: Lou Knerr SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Irv Hall	4	1	4	0	0
Ernie Kish	4	0	2	1	0
Bobby Estalella	4	0	1	0	1
Bill McGhee	4	0	0	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	1
George Kell	4	0	2	0	0
Ed Busch	2	0	0	0	0
Greek George	2	0	0	0	0
Lou Knerr	2	0	0	0	1
Al Brancato	2	0	1	0	0
Joe Astroth	2	0	0	0	1
Dick Fowler	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Ryba	9.0	10	0	5

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Knerr	6.0	6	4	3
Dick Fowler	3.0	6	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: W
Ty LaForest: K
George Metkovich: T8.1-H
Bob Johnson: W
Johnny Lazor: 6
Tom McBride: 3/FL

Bot 1

Irv Hall: S8.BX2(86)
Ernie Kish: S9
Bobby Estalella: S7.1-2
Bill McGhee: K
Dick Siebert: 3/L

Top 2

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Billy Holm: W
Mike Ryba: E6.1-2;B-1
Eddie Lake: 53.2-3;1-2
Ty LaForest: 13

Bot 2

George Kell: 53
Ed Busch: 8
Greek George: 63

Top 3

George Metkovich: S6
Bob Johnson: SB2#
Bob Johnson: 9/89
Johnny Lazor: 5/FL
Tom McBride: 43

Bot 3

Lou Knerr: 8
Irv Hall: S7/78
Ernie Kish: 6(1)/FO
Bobby Estalella: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Skeeter Newsome: 7
Billy Holm: W
Mike Ryba: SB2#
Mike Ryba: K
Eddie Lake: 8/L

Bot 4

Bill McGhee: 5
Dick Siebert: K
George Kell: 7

Top 5

Ty LaForest: 13
George Metkovich: 43
Bob Johnson: 8/L

Bot 5

Ed Busch: 63
Greek George: 53
Lou Knerr: K

Top 6

Johnny Lazor: 43
Tom McBride: T8
Skeeter Newsome: S7.3-H
Billy Holm: 9
Mike Ryba: D8.1-H
Eddie Lake: S7.2-H
Ty LaForest: K

Bot 6

Irv Hall: S7
Ernie Kish: 4
Bobby Estalella: 8/L
Bill McGhee: 8

Top 7

George Metkovich: S9
Bob Johnson: WP.1-2
Bob Johnson: 43.2-3
Johnny Lazor: S9.3-H
Tom McBride: SB2#
Tom McBride: 8/L
Skeeter Newsome: K

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 9
George Kell: S7
Al Brancato: 8
Joe Astroth: K

Top 8

Billy Holm: S8
Mike Ryba: 24/SH.1-2
Eddie Lake: W
Ty LaForest: S4.2-3;1-2
George Metkovich: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2#
Bob Johnson: 4
Johnny Lazor: 3/L

Bot 8

Dick Fowler: 23
Irv Hall: D7
Ernie Kish: S8.2-H
Bobby Estalella: K
Bill McGhee: 7

Top 9

Tom McBride: K
Skeeter Newsome: 63
Billy Holm: S7
Mike Ryba: S8.1-2
Eddie Lake: 7

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 3/L
George Kell: S1/BG
Al Brancato: D8.1-3
Joe Astroth: 8(B)2(3)/DP