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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1949-09-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 8473 · 1:50

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–1. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 1st. Mel Parnell earned the win. Bobby Doerr went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	9	11
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Mel Parnell L: Dick Fowler SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	3	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Pesky	3	2	1	0	2	0
Ted Williams	5	2	2	1	0	0
Vern Stephens	5	2	3	1	0	0
Bobby Doerr	5	1	2	3	0	0
Al Zarilla	4	1	0	1	0	1
Billy Goodman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	3	0	0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	1	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don White	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ferris Fain	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Majeski	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Fowler	1	0	1	1	1	0
Bubba Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	9.0	3	2	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Fowler	7.0	10	4	2
Bubba Harris	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: W.1-2
Ted Williams: D9.2-H;1-3
Vern Stephens: S5.3-H;2-3
Bobby Doerr: S8.3-H;1-3
Al Zarilla: E3/TH.3-H(RBI);1-2;B-1
Billy Goodman: S6/G.2-H;1-3
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)(UR)
Mel Parnell: K

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 5/L
Elmer Valo: 7
Don White: K

Top 2

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 46(1)3/GDP
Ted Williams: 3/G

Bot 2

Ferris Fain: 43
Hank Majeski: 63
Sam Chapman: 53

Top 3

Vern Stephens: S7/G
Bobby Doerr: 6
Al Zarilla: 9
Billy Goodman: 43

Bot 3

Pete Suder: D7/78
Mike Guerra: 63
Dick Fowler: S8.2-H
Eddie Joost: 7/L
Elmer Valo: 9

Top 4

Birdie Tebbetts: 53
Mel Parnell: 9/89
Dom DiMaggio: 43

Bot 4

Don White: 53
Ferris Fain: W
Hank Majeski: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Johnny Pesky: W
Ted Williams: PO1(E2).1-2#
Ted Williams: E9/89/L.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Vern Stephens: 63.2-3#
Bobby Doerr: 63
Al Zarilla: K

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: 7/L
Pete Suder: 8
Mike Guerra: 9

Top 6

Billy Goodman: S8
Birdie Tebbetts: 7
Mel Parnell: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dick Fowler: W
Eddie Joost: S8.1-2
Elmer Valo: 43.2-3;1-2
Don White: 53
Ferris Fain: 43

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: S9
Johnny Pesky: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Ted Williams: S9/3/G
Vern Stephens: S8.1-3
Bobby Doerr: T8.3-H;1-H
Al Zarilla: 3/G

Bot 7

Hank Majeski: 53
Sam Chapman: 13
Pete Suder: 53

Top 8

Billy Goodman: 4/P/8S
Birdie Tebbetts: E3.B-1
Mel Parnell: W.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Mike Guerra: 53
Bubba Harris: 63
Eddie Joost: K

Top 9

Johnny Pesky: S7
Ted Williams: 3/FL
Vern Stephens: 7/L
Bobby Doerr: 8

Bot 9

Elmer Valo: 43
Don White: 63
Ferris Fain: 7