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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-07-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:07

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 3–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Phil Marchildon earned the win. Ted Williams went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Phil Marchildon L: Boo Ferriss SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leon Culberson	2	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	1	1	2	1	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	2
Roy Partee	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Ferriss	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Wagner	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Metkovich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	3	2	2	0	1	0
Barney McCosky	4	1	1	0	0	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Irv Hall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Marchildon	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Ferriss	8.0	8	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Marchildon	9.0	7	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leon Culberson: S1/BG
Johnny Pesky: 3/G.1-2#
Ted Williams: PO2(E4).2-3#
Ted Williams: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Bobby Doerr: W
Rudy York: K/C

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: W
Barney McCosky: S9.1-3#
George McQuinn: 2/FL
Sam Chapman: FC6.3-H(E6);1-2#
Buddy Rosar: S9.2-3;1-2
Hank Majeski: WP.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2#
Hank Majeski: K/C
Irv Hall: 53

Top 2

Dom DiMaggio: 3/FL
Pinky Higgins: K
Roy Partee: 7

Bot 2

Pete Suder: 9
Phil Marchildon: 53
Elmer Valo: S8
Barney McCosky: 8

Top 3

Dave Ferriss: W
Leon Culberson: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Pesky: 3/G.2-2#
Ted Williams: W
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

George McQuinn: 6/L
Sam Chapman: 3/G
Buddy Rosar: 63

Top 4

Rudy York: 8
Dom DiMaggio: S5/BG
Pinky Higgins: CS2(26)
Pinky Higgins: W
Roy Partee: 8

Bot 4

Hank Majeski: 8
Irv Hall: 43
Pete Suder: S7
Phil Marchildon: 13

Top 5

Dave Ferriss: 7/L
Leon Culberson: 7
Johnny Pesky: 6

Bot 5

Elmer Valo: 43
Barney McCosky: 7
George McQuinn: D9
Sam Chapman: W
Buddy Rosar: 9

Top 6

Ted Williams: 5
Bobby Doerr: 8
Rudy York: S7
Dom DiMaggio: 8

Bot 6

Hank Majeski: 8
Irv Hall: D8
Pete Suder: 6
Phil Marchildon: 2/FL

Top 7

Pinky Higgins: 13
Roy Partee: S8
Dave Ferriss: 31.1-2
Hal Wagner: 9

Bot 7

Elmer Valo: S7
Barney McCosky: E6.1-3
George McQuinn: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Sam Chapman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Johnny Pesky: 53
Ted Williams: HR/9D
Bobby Doerr: 6
Rudy York: S7
Dom DiMaggio: S8.1-2#
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 8

Buddy Rosar: 163
Hank Majeski: S5
Irv Hall: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

George Metkovich: 7/L
Dave Ferriss: 8
Hal Wagner: K