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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-09-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2124 · 2:31

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Johnny Gray earned the win. Willard Nixon went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Gray L: Willard Nixon SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	4	1	3	1	1	0
Ted Williams	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jackie Jensen	3	0	0	0	2	1
Harry Agganis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Mele	3	0	0	0	1	1
Grady Hatton	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sammy White	4	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Bolling	2	1	0	0	1	0
Willard Nixon	3	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Piersall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Maxwell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Spook Jacobs	4	0	1	0	1
Lou Limmer	4	2	2	0	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	1	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	2	2	1	1
Bill Renna	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wilson	3	0	1	1	2
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	0	0	2
Jim Robertson	3	0	1	0	2
Johnny Gray	3	0	0	0	3
Joe Taylor	2	0	1	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willard Nixon	5.1	7	0	7
Ellis Kinder	2.2	2	0	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gray	9.0	6	8	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Goodman: S
Ted Williams: 56(1)3/GDP
Jackie Jensen: W
Harry Agganis: 43

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: S4
Lou Limmer: S9.1-3
Jim Finigan: 9(B)2(3)/DP
Gus Zernial: S8.1-H(NR)(E8);B-2
Bill Renna: HP
Bill Wilson: S8.2-H(UR);1-2#
Joe DeMaestri: K

Top 2

Sam Mele: W
Grady Hatton: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Sammy White: E6
Milt Bolling: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Jim Robertson: K/C
Johnny Gray: K
Spook Jacobs: 53

Top 3

Willard Nixon: HR/9
Billy Goodman: S8
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Jackie Jensen: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Agganis: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Sam Mele: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Grady Hatton: 9/F

Bot 3

Lou Limmer: 3/G
Jim Finigan: S8
Gus Zernial: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Sammy White: 8/F
Milt Bolling: W
Willard Nixon: K
Billy Goodman: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Billy Goodman: S8.3-H
Ted Williams: 65(1)/FO

Bot 4

Joe Taylor: 53
Bill Wilson: K
Joe DeMaestri: 8/F

Top 5

Jackie Jensen: K
Harry Agganis: S
Sam Mele: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Grady Hatton: W
Sammy White: 63

Bot 5

Jim Robertson: K
Johnny Gray: K/C
Spook Jacobs: K/C

Top 6

Milt Bolling: 63
Willard Nixon: S4
Billy Goodman: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Lou Limmer: D/89
Jim Finigan: 63
Gus Zernial: S7.2-H;B-2(E7)
Joe Taylor: S7.2-H;BX2(754)
Bill Wilson: K

Top 7

Ted Williams: 41
Jackie Jensen: 63
Harry Agganis: 31

Bot 7

Joe DeMaestri: K
Jim Robertson: S1
Johnny Gray: K
Spook Jacobs: 3/P/FL

Top 8

Sam Mele: K/C
Grady Hatton: W
Sammy White: 4/P
Jim Piersall: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Lou Limmer: 3/G
Jim Finigan: 8/L
Gus Zernial: K/C

Top 9

Charlie Maxwell: 43
Billy Goodman: W
Ted Williams: 2/FL
Jackie Jensen: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Bill Renna struck on the right forearm
infield shifted for Ted Williams

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