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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1950-09-02 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2294 · 2:08

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–3. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Mel Parnell earned the win and Mickey McDermott picked up the save. Matt Batts went 4-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	15
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	10

W: Mel Parnell L: Carl Scheib SV: Mickey McDermott

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	1	3	2	2
Johnny Pesky	6	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Goodman	6	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	5	0	1	0	0	0
Walt Dropo	4	3	2	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	2	2	0	1	0
Al Zarilla	5	1	2	0	0	0
Matt Batts	4	2	4	4	1	0
Mel Parnell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey McDermott	1	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Suder	3	0	1	0	2	0
Barney McCosky	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ferris Fain	3	0	0	0	2	0
Sam Chapman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	1	3	1	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	0	2	1	0	0
Kermit Wahl	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Tipton	4	1	3	0	0	0
Joe Murray	3	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Lehner	3	1	1	0	1	0
Roberto Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	7.0	9	5	1
Mickey McDermott	2.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Scheib	2.1	8	0	1
Joe Murray	5.2	5	5	1
Moe Burtschy	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: E6
Billy Goodman: S7.1-2
Vern Stephens: 5(2)4(1)/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Suder: 9
Barney McCosky: 5
Ferris Fain: 5/P5DF/FL

Top 2

Walt Dropo: S/78
Bobby Doerr: 7
Al Zarilla: S9.1-2
Matt Batts: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Mel Parnell: 6/P
Dom DiMaggio: S8/L4D.3-H;2-H
Johnny Pesky: S.1-3
Billy Goodman: 8

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: 4
Elmer Valo: 7
Billy Hitchcock: 13

Top 3

Vern Stephens: 5
Walt Dropo: S7
Bobby Doerr: S7.1-2
Al Zarilla: 2/FL
Matt Batts: D7/L7D.2-H;1-3
Mel Parnell: W
Dom DiMaggio: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Pesky: 43

Bot 3

Kermit Wahl: 7
Joe Tipton: S1
Joe Murray: K
Pete Suder: W.1-2
Paul Lehner: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Billy Goodman: 8
Vern Stephens: S5
Walt Dropo: 3/P
Bobby Doerr: D7.1-3
Al Zarilla: 3

Bot 4

Ferris Fain: W
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP
Elmer Valo: S1/G.BX2(43)

Top 5

Matt Batts: W
Mel Parnell: 16(1)/FO
Dom DiMaggio: 8
Johnny Pesky: 6

Bot 5

Billy Hitchcock: 7
Kermit Wahl: 4/L
Joe Tipton: S7
Joe Murray: 8

Top 6

Billy Goodman: 23
Vern Stephens: 7
Walt Dropo: W
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Al Zarilla: S4.2-3;1-2
Matt Batts: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3(E8)
Mel Parnell: 43

Bot 6

Pete Suder: 4
Paul Lehner: S9
Ferris Fain: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: 7
Elmer Valo: S8.2-H;1-2
Billy Hitchcock: S7.2-3;1-2
Kermit Wahl: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 31
Billy Goodman: 4

Bot 7

Joe Tipton: D7/7L
Joe Murray: 8/F8XD.2-3
Pete Suder: WP.3-H
Pete Suder: W
Paul Lehner: W.1-2
Ferris Fain: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Sam Chapman: 6/L56

Top 8

Vern Stephens: 53
Walt Dropo: 53
Bobby Doerr: 13

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: S9.B-3(E9)
Billy Hitchcock: D/89.3-H
Kermit Wahl: 63
Joe Tipton: 8
Roberto Ortiz: 8/F

Top 9

Al Zarilla: 9
Matt Batts: S9
Mickey McDermott: D/89D.1-H;B-3(THH)
Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 3/G.3-H;1-2
Billy Goodman: 43

Bot 9

Pete Suder: S
Paul Lehner: 3
Ferris Fain: 9
Sam Chapman: 63

Notes & reviews

Pesky: great running catch
It rained from the 3rd inning through the 5th but not hard enough to stop the game.
McCosky was pulled after making two bad plays in the field
Parnell's throw hit Valo; Doerr retrieved it and threw to Dropo to get Valo who had turned toward 2B.
Doerr: leaping catch
Pesky: neat play
Stephens: nice leaping catch
Through Zarilla

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