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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1950-08-15 · Day game · Fenway Park · 2:17

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Mel Parnell earned the win. Vern Stephens went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	7
BOS	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0		8	16

W: Mel Parnell L: Hank Wyse SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	3	0	1	0	1	0
Barney McCosky	3	0	0	0	1	1
Paul Lehner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ferris Fain	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kermit Wahl	3	2	1	0	1	1
Joe Tipton	4	1	3	2	0	0
Hank Wyse	2	0	1	1	0	1
Carl Scheib	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moses	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	1	3	1	0	0
Johnny Pesky	5	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Goodman	4	2	2	0	1	0
Vern Stephens	5	3	4	2	0	0
Walt Dropo	2	1	1	2	0	1
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Zarilla	4	1	1	0	0	1
Matt Batts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Parnell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Wyse	6.0	11	0	2
Bobby Shantz	2.0	5	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	9.0	7	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: 8
Barney McCosky: W
Paul Lehner: 5/FL
Sam Chapman: 4/P

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: T8
Johnny Pesky: 7.3-H
Billy Goodman: 43
Vern Stephens: S7
Walt Dropo: K

Top 2

Ferris Fain: 7
Billy Hitchcock: W
Kermit Wahl: K
Joe Tipton: 7

Bot 2

Bobby Doerr: 7
Al Zarilla: 6/P
Matt Batts: 63

Top 3

Hank Wyse: K
Eddie Joost: S9
Barney McCosky: OA.1X2(26)
Barney McCosky: 43

Bot 3

Mel Parnell: S9
Dom DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Johnny Pesky: 5/P
Billy Goodman: 7(B)6(1)/DP

Top 4

Paul Lehner: 5/L
Sam Chapman: K
Ferris Fain: S7
Billy Hitchcock: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Vern Stephens: S8
Walt Dropo: HR/7.1-H
Bobby Doerr: K
Al Zarilla: 2/FL
Matt Batts: S9
Mel Parnell: 43

Top 5

Kermit Wahl: W
Joe Tipton: D7.1-3
Hank Wyse: S7.3-H;2-3
Eddie Joost: W.1-2
Barney McCosky: 7
Paul Lehner: 8
Sam Chapman: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: 43
Billy Goodman: S8
Vern Stephens: HR.1-H
Walt Dropo: HP
Bobby Doerr: 13

Top 6

Ferris Fain: 43
Billy Hitchcock: 9
Kermit Wahl: 63

Bot 6

Al Zarilla: D
Matt Batts: 53
Mel Parnell: 8
Dom DiMaggio: T9.2-H
Johnny Pesky: 8

Top 7

Joe Tipton: S7
Carl Scheib: 54(1)/FO
Eddie Joost: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Billy Goodman: W
Vern Stephens: D7.1-3
Clyde Vollmer: S.3-H;2-3
Bobby Doerr: S7.3-H;1-2
Al Zarilla: K
Matt Batts: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Barney McCosky: K
Paul Lehner: 9
Sam Chapman: 13

Bot 8

Mel Parnell: 3/G
Dom DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Pesky: S9
Billy Goodman: S7.1-2
Vern Stephens: 9

Top 9

Ferris Fain: 7
Billy Hitchcock: 63
Kermit Wahl: D9
Joe Tipton: HR/7.2-H
Wally Moses: K

Notes & reviews

DiMaggio thought the ball had dropped and passed Parnell for the double play
Boston's Tebbetts, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Paparella for fighting as he ran onto field to attack pitcher Wyse after Dropo was hit in head

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