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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-09-07 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 11317 · 1:49

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 4–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Jesse Flores earned the win. Oscar Grimes 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5
PHA	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		4	10

W: Jesse Flores L: Boo Ferriss SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Elmer Valo	3	1	1	0	2
Oscar Grimes	3	1	1	2	0
Barney McCosky	3	1	2	0	0
Buddy Rosar	3	0	1	1	1
Pete Suder	4	0	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	1	0	0
George McQuinn	4	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	3	0	1	0	1
Jesse Flores	4	1	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Ferriss	8.0	10	4	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	9.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leon Culberson: S8
Johnny Pesky: 7(B)3(1)/DP
Dom DiMaggio: 9

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: W
Oscar Grimes: PO1(13)
Oscar Grimes: 7
Barney McCosky: D9
Buddy Rosar: S7.2-H
Pete Suder: 6/P

Top 2

Ted Williams: W
Rudy York: K/C
Bobby Doerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: S8
George McQuinn: 46(1)3/GDP
Hank Majeski: D9
Jesse Flores: 9

Top 3

Pinky Higgins: K/C
Hal Wagner: 3/G
Dave Ferriss: 43

Bot 3

Elmer Valo: D7
Oscar Grimes: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Barney McCosky: 7
Buddy Rosar: 8/L

Top 4

Leon Culberson: 3/P
Johnny Pesky: S7
Dom DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
Ted Williams: 5/FL

Bot 4

Pete Suder: 6/P
Sam Chapman: 3/FL
George McQuinn: 9

Top 5

Rudy York: 53
Bobby Doerr: E4
Pinky Higgins: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Hank Majeski: 4/P
Jesse Flores: S8
Elmer Valo: 6/L
Oscar Grimes: HR/7.1-H
Barney McCosky: S6
Buddy Rosar: 7

Top 6

Hal Wagner: 13
Dave Ferriss: 43
Leon Culberson: 53

Bot 6

Pete Suder: S8
Sam Chapman: SB2
Sam Chapman: 13/SH.2-3
George McQuinn: 7/FL
Hank Majeski: IW
Jesse Flores: 63

Top 7

Johnny Pesky: W
Dom DiMaggio: S5.1-2
Ted Williams: 8.2-3
Rudy York: 8.3-H
Bobby Doerr: K/C

Bot 7

Elmer Valo: W
Oscar Grimes: FC/SH.1-2;B-1
Barney McCosky: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Buddy Rosar: IW
Pete Suder: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Sam Chapman: 43

Top 8

Pinky Higgins: D9
Hal Wagner: 3/FL
Dave Ferriss: 8
Leon Culberson: 63

Bot 8

George McQuinn: 8
Hank Majeski: 9
Jesse Flores: S6
Elmer Valo: 7

Top 9

Johnny Pesky: 5/FL
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Ted Williams: HR/9
Rudy York: 8