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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1951-06-27 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 5034 · 2:24

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–5. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Willard Nixon earned the win and Ellis Kinder picked up the save. Gus Zernial went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5	13
BOS	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0		6	11

W: Willard Nixon L: Carl Scheib SV: Ellis Kinder

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	1	0
Elmer Valo	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Philley	4	2	3	1	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ferris Fain	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lou Klein	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ray Murray	2	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Scheib	2	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Limmer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Moses	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	2	1	1	1	1
Johnny Pesky	4	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Goodman	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ted Williams	4	1	2	1	0	0
Vern Stephens	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Doerr	3	0	1	1	1	0
Clyde Vollmer	3	0	0	0	0	2
Les Moss	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Scarborough	1	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Scheib	6.1	10	1	3
Morrie Martin	1.2	1	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Scarborough	3.0	3	0	0
Willard Nixon	4.0	7	1	1
Ellis Kinder	2.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: 63
Elmer Valo: 3/G
Dave Philley: S8
Gus Zernial: 13

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: W
Johnny Pesky: 9
Billy Goodman: D7/7D.1-H
Ted Williams: WP.2-3
Ted Williams: 3/G
Vern Stephens: K23

Top 2

Ferris Fain: S7/7D
Hank Majeski: 54(1)3/GDP
Lou Klein: HR/7D
Ray Murray: 2/FL

Bot 2

Bobby Doerr: 63
Clyde Vollmer: K
Les Moss: 63

Top 3

Carl Scheib: 13
Eddie Joost: 9
Elmer Valo: 8

Bot 3

Ray Scarborough: S/G1
Dom DiMaggio: K
Johnny Pesky: 64(1)/FO
Billy Goodman: 6/56D

Top 4

Dave Philley: 8
Gus Zernial: S9.BX2(96)
Ferris Fain: 63

Bot 4

Ted Williams: S9
Vern Stephens: S7.1-2
Bobby Doerr: S/G5.2-H;1-2
Clyde Vollmer: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Les Moss: S/G6.3-H;2-3
Willard Nixon: 2/FL
Dom DiMaggio: 8

Top 5

Hank Majeski: S8.BX2(86)
Lou Klein: 63
Ray Murray: S9
Carl Scheib: K

Bot 5

Johnny Pesky: 9
Billy Goodman: S8
Ted Williams: 9
Vern Stephens: 143

Top 6

Eddie Joost: S7
Elmer Valo: 43.1-2
Dave Philley: S8.2-H
Gus Zernial: HR/8XD.1-H
Ferris Fain: 43
Hank Majeski: 63

Bot 6

Bobby Doerr: 5/FL
Clyde Vollmer: 9
Les Moss: 53

Top 7

Lou Klein: S7
Ray Murray: 14/SH.1-2
Carl Scheib: W
Eddie Joost: 6
Elmer Valo: 8/8D

Bot 7

Charlie Maxwell: S7
Dom DiMaggio: T8.1-H
Johnny Pesky: 8.3-H
Billy Goodman: T8
Ted Williams: S9.3-H
Vern Stephens: 4/P
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Clyde Vollmer: K

Top 8

Dave Philley: S8/P
Gus Zernial: 43.1-2
Ferris Fain: S8/P.2-3
Hank Majeski: S9/P.3-H;1-3
Lou Klein: 8
Lou Limmer: K/C

Bot 8

Les Moss: 53
Ellis Kinder: 9
Dom DiMaggio: 63

Top 9

Wally Moses: 5
Eddie Joost: W
Elmer Valo: 6(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Ray Scarborough was struck on the head by an attempted pick-off throw as he dove back into 1B
Debut game for Leo Kiely
into the triangle in the deepest part of CF

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