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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1948-05-31 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 24838 · 2:06

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Joe Coleman earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Joe Coleman L: Mickey Harris SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Williams	3	0	0	0	2	0
Stan Spence	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Jones	4	0	2	1	0	2
Matt Batts	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Harris	2	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Goodman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	2	0	0	1
George Binks	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ferris Fain	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hank Majeski	4	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Guerra	3	0	0	1	1	0
Don White	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Suder	2	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Coleman	3	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Harris	8.0	5	5	5

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	9.0	6	7	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 7/L
Billy Hitchcock: K/C
Ted Williams: W
Stan Spence: 7

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: S7
George Binks: 13/SH.1-2
Ferris Fain: W
Hank Majeski: 3
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Vern Stephens: W
Bobby Doerr: 34/SH.1-2
Jake Jones: S7.2-H
Matt Batts: K/C
Mickey Harris: S4.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Hitchcock: 3

Bot 2

Mike Guerra: 53
Don White: K
Pete Suder: 43

Top 3

Ted Williams: 7
Stan Spence: S8
Vern Stephens: W.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Joe Coleman: K
Eddie Joost: K/C
George Binks: 43

Top 4

Jake Jones: S7
Matt Batts: 16(1)/FO
Mickey Harris: W.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 8
Billy Hitchcock: 7

Bot 4

Ferris Fain: 3/G
Hank Majeski: 5/L
Sam Chapman: S9
Mike Guerra: 9

Top 5

Ted Williams: 43
Stan Spence: 5/FL
Vern Stephens: 63

Bot 5

Don White: 63
Pete Suder: K
Joe Coleman: S9
Eddie Joost: 7

Top 6

Bobby Doerr: 53
Jake Jones: K
Matt Batts: S9
Mickey Harris: 43

Bot 6

George Binks: K
Ferris Fain: W
Hank Majeski: S7.1-2
Sam Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Guerra: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Don White: 3
Pete Suder: BK.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pete Suder: W
Joe Coleman: 9

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Billy Hitchcock: 53
Ted Williams: W
Stan Spence: SB2
Stan Spence: 9

Bot 7

Eddie Joost: S6
George Binks: 26(1)/FO
Ferris Fain: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Vern Stephens: 53
Bobby Doerr: 5/FL
Jake Jones: K23

Bot 8

Hank Majeski: 63
Sam Chapman: 13
Mike Guerra: 7

Top 9

Billy Goodman: W
Wally Moses: 8/L
Dom DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Johnny Pesky: K/C
Ted Williams: 7