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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1915-05-31 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 10000 · 1:45

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–2. Boston Red Sox put up 7 in the 7th. Carl Mays earned the win and Ray Collins picked up the save. Duffy Lewis went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Carl Mays L: Bob Shawkey SV: Ray Collins

Umpires — HP: Ollie Chill · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	4	1	0	0	1	0
Heinie Wagner	5	2	3	2	0	0
Tris Speaker	5	2	3	1	0	0
Duffy Lewis	5	1	3	2	0	1
Dick Hoblitzell	4	1	1	1	1	0
Everett Scott	5	1	3	1	0	0
Larry Gardner	3	1	0	0	0	0
Pinch Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Mays	2	0	1	0	0	0
Olaf Henriksen	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Collins	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Eddie Murphy	4	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Walsh	4	1	1	1	0
Jack Lapp	4	0	0	0	1
Rube Oldring	3	0	1	1	0
Wickey McAvoy	4	0	0	0	0
Lew Malone	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Barry	3	0	0	0	2
Larry Kopf	3	0	1	0	1
Bob Shawkey	2	0	0	0	0
Bud Davis	1	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Mays	6.0	4	0	3
Ray Collins	3.0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Shawkey	7.0	12	2	2
Bud Davis	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Hooper: 43
Heinie Wagner: S9
Tris Speaker: D7.1-3
Duffy Lewis: D8.3-H;2-H
Dick Hoblitzell: 8/F
Everett Scott: S4.2-3
Larry Gardner: CSH(242)

Bot 1

Eddie Murphy: S9
Jimmy Walsh: T8.1-H
Jack Lapp: 6/F.3-3
Rube Oldring: 7/SF.3-H
Wickey McAvoy: 6/F

Top 2

Larry Gardner: 53
Pinch Thomas: 63
Carl Mays: 43

Bot 2

Lew Malone: 9/L
Jack Barry: K
Larry Kopf: S4
Bob Shawkey: 5/F

Top 3

Harry Hooper: 5/F
Heinie Wagner: 4/F
Tris Speaker: 31

Bot 3

Eddie Murphy: 43
Jimmy Walsh: 9/F
Jack Lapp: 3/G

Top 4

Duffy Lewis: K
Dick Hoblitzell: W
Everett Scott: 2/FL
Larry Gardner: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Rube Oldring: D9
Wickey McAvoy: 63.2-3
Lew Malone: FC4.3XH(42)
Jack Barry: 13

Top 5

Larry Gardner: 8/F
Pinch Thomas: 7/FL
Carl Mays: S7
Harry Hooper: 8/F

Bot 5

Larry Kopf: K
Bob Shawkey: 8/F
Eddie Murphy: 63

Top 6

Heinie Wagner: S8
Tris Speaker: 46(1)3/GDP
Duffy Lewis: 53

Bot 6

Jimmy Walsh: 43
Jack Lapp: K
Rube Oldring: 7/L

Top 7

Dick Hoblitzell: E5/G.B-1
Everett Scott: S9.1-2
Larry Gardner: FC1/SH/TH3.2-3;1-2
Pinch Thomas: K
Olaf Henriksen: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Harry Hooper: W.2-3;1-2
Heinie Wagner: S7/78.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1XH(76E2)(NR)(UR);B-1
Tris Speaker: WP.1-2
Tris Speaker: S7.2-H(UR)
Duffy Lewis: S9.1-3
Dick Hoblitzell: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Everett Scott: S9.3-H(UR);1-2
Larry Gardner: 7/F

Bot 7

Wickey McAvoy: 8/F
Lew Malone: 63
Jack Barry: K

Top 8

Pinch Thomas: 6/L
Ray Collins: K
Harry Hooper: 3/F

Bot 8

Larry Kopf: 63
Bud Davis: S8
Eddie Murphy: 2/FL
Jimmy Walsh: 7/F

Top 9

Heinie Wagner: 43
Tris Speaker: S4
Duffy Lewis: S9.1-3
Dick Hoblitzell: 2/FL
Everett Scott: 8/F

Bot 9

Jack Lapp: 23
Rube Oldring: FLE2#
Rube Oldring: 9/F
Wickey McAvoy: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal
Major league debut of Lew Malone (some contemporary accounts list him as Lewis Ryan)

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