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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-09-03 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 2874 · 2:17

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 11–1. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 4th. Frank Sullivan earned the win. Ted Williams went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	11	14
PHA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Frank Sullivan L: Arnie Portocarrero SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	5	2	3	1	0	0
Ted Williams	4	2	2	3	0	0
Jackie Jensen	5	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Agganis	5	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Mele	4	2	2	0	1	0
Grady Hatton	5	2	2	1	0	0
Sammy White	5	0	3	2	0	1
Milt Bolling	3	1	0	1	2	1
Frank Sullivan	4	2	0	0	1	2
Karl Olson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	3	1	0	0	1	0
Lou Limmer	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Renna	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Astroth	3	0	1	0	0	0
Arnie Portocarrero	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Oster	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Sullivan	9.0	4	2	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Arnie Portocarrero	3.0	6	1	1
Al Sima	3.0	4	1	1
Bill Oster	3.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Goodman: 43
Ted Williams: 8
Jackie Jensen: 2/FL

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: W
Lou Limmer: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Lou Limmer: S8.3-H
Jim Finigan: CS2(26)
Jim Finigan: E6/G
Gus Zernial: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Harry Agganis: 7
Sam Mele: S7
Grady Hatton: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bill Renna: 8
Bill Wilson: 63
Joe DeMaestri: 53

Top 3

Sammy White: 2/P
Milt Bolling: W
Frank Sullivan: WP.1-2
Frank Sullivan: K
Billy Goodman: D/78.2-H
Ted Williams: HR/8.2-H
Jackie Jensen: E6/G
Harry Agganis: 43

Bot 3

Joe Astroth: S9
Arnie Portocarrero: 5
Spook Jacobs: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Sam Mele: S5
Grady Hatton: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Sammy White: S8.3-H;2-3
Milt Bolling: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Frank Sullivan: 16(1)/FO/BG
Billy Goodman: S9.1-2
Ted Williams: S8.2-H;1-2
Jackie Jensen: S7.2-H;1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Agganis: 8

Bot 4

Lou Limmer: 8
Jim Finigan: 43
Gus Zernial: 7/L

Top 5

Sam Mele: 53
Grady Hatton: 5/FL
Sammy White: D9
Milt Bolling: W
Frank Sullivan: K

Bot 5

Bill Renna: K
Bill Wilson: 8/8D
Joe DeMaestri: S7/G
Joe Astroth: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Billy Goodman: 63
Ted Williams: 43
Jackie Jensen: 3/FL

Bot 6

Elmer Valo: 7
Spook Jacobs: 6
Lou Limmer: W
Jim Finigan: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Harry Agganis: S8/G
Sam Mele: FC.1-2(E4)
Grady Hatton: PO2(26)
Grady Hatton: 46(1)/FO
Sammy White: K

Bot 7

Gus Zernial: K
Bill Renna: S6
Bill Wilson: 3/P
Joe DeMaestri: K

Top 8

Milt Bolling: 53
Frank Sullivan: W
Billy Goodman: S2/BG.1-2
Karl Olson: 54(1)/FO.2-H(NR)(E4/TH)(UR);B-2
Jackie Jensen: 7/L

Bot 8

Joe Astroth: 7
Bill Oster: 3/G
Spook Jacobs: 7

Top 9

Harry Agganis: 9/L
Sam Mele: W
Grady Hatton: T9.1-H
Sammy White: S/78.3-H
Milt Bolling: K
Frank Sullivan: 53

Bot 9

Lou Limmer: 43
Jim Finigan: 63
Gus Zernial: 8

Notes & reviews

Ted Williams' 362nd home run to pass Joe Dimaggio and move into 5th place

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