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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1950-04-21 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 8184 · 50°F, overcast, rain · 2:34

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 9th. Mickey McDermott earned the win. Vern Stephens went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	8	10
PHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7

W: Mickey McDermott L: Lou Brissie SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	4	1	0	1	1	0
Billy Goodman	4	1	0	0	1	1
Vern Stephens	3	2	1	4	2	1
Bobby Doerr	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	5	0	2	1	0	1
Al Zarilla	5	1	3	1	0	0
Matt Batts	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mickey McDermott	3	1	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	2	0	0	0	2	0
Barney McCosky	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Dillinger	3	2	3	0	1	0
Ferris Fain	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Guerra	2	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Brissie	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kermit Wahl	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Tipton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey McDermott	9.0	7	5	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Brissie	8.0	8	3	5
Harry Byrd	0.1	2	3	0
Carl Scheib	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 7
Billy Goodman: K

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 53
Barney McCosky: 6
Elmer Valo: 7

Top 2

Vern Stephens: W
Bobby Doerr: S9.1-2
Tommy O'Brien: 35(2)/FO.1-2
Al Zarilla: S8.2-H;1-2
Matt Batts: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: 7/78
Bob Dillinger: W
Ferris Fain: S9.1-3
Pete Suder: BK.3-H;1-2
Pete Suder: 2/BINT
Mike Guerra: 3

Top 3

Mickey McDermott: W
Dom DiMaggio: FC6.1-3(E6/TH2)
Johnny Pesky: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Billy Goodman: 8
Vern Stephens: 43

Bot 3

Lou Brissie: 5/FL
Eddie Joost: W
Barney McCosky: 64(1)/FO
Elmer Valo: 3/G

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: 3/FL
Tommy O'Brien: S/BG
Al Zarilla: S9.1-2
Matt Batts: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Mickey McDermott: 53

Bot 4

Sam Chapman: W
Bob Dillinger: S4.1-2
Ferris Fain: PO2(265)
Ferris Fain: 3/FL
Pete Suder: PO1(13)

Top 5

Dom DiMaggio: S8
Johnny Pesky: 8
Billy Goodman: 8
Vern Stephens: K

Bot 5

Pete Suder: K
Mike Guerra: S8
Lou Brissie: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bobby Doerr: 7
Tommy O'Brien: K
Al Zarilla: D7/7D
Matt Batts: D/89.2-H
Mickey McDermott: 7/L

Bot 6

Eddie Joost: 5/L
Barney McCosky: W
Elmer Valo: K
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: 13
Johnny Pesky: 8
Billy Goodman: 8

Bot 7

Bob Dillinger: S7
Ferris Fain: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Pete Suder: 5

Top 8

Vern Stephens: W
Bobby Doerr: SB2
Bobby Doerr: 63.2-3
Tommy O'Brien: D8.3-H
Al Zarilla: 7
Matt Batts: K/C

Bot 8

Billy Hitchcock: K
Kermit Wahl: S
Eddie Joost: W.1-2
Barney McCosky: 7/F
Elmer Valo: 9/F

Top 9

Mickey McDermott: 13
Dom DiMaggio: S7
Johnny Pesky: WP.1-2#
Johnny Pesky: W
Billy Goodman: W.2-3;1-2
Vern Stephens: HR/7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bobby Doerr: W
Tommy O'Brien: 4/P
Al Zarilla: 8

Bot 9

Sam Chapman: 8
Bob Dillinger: S7
Ferris Fain: S9.1-2
Pete Suder: WP.2-3;1-2#
Pete Suder: 9/F.3-H
Joe Tipton: 8

Notes & reviews

the Athletics honored Connie Mack in his fiftieth year of managing the team
Pete Suder called for interference by HP umpire Art Paparella for throwing his bat in front of the ball as it rolled down the 3B line
rain started
rain stopped
Debut game for Harry Byrd

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