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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1916-10-03 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:50

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 5–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Rube Parnham earned the win and Axel Lindstrom picked up the save. Roy Grover went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	5	12
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	8

W: Rube Parnham L: Carl Mays SV: Axel Lindstrom

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Silk O'Loughlin · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	1	3	0	0	0
Roy Grover	5	0	3	2	0	0
Buck Thrasher	4	0	0	0	1	0
Amos Strunk	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Schang	3	0	1	1	0	1
Stuffy McInnis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Thomas Healy	3	1	0	0	0	0
Lee King	3	2	1	1	1	0
Rube Parnham	2	0	1	1	0	0
Axel Lindstrom	2	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Olaf Henriksen	2	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Wagner	1	0	0	0	1	0
Chick Shorten	3	1	0	0	1	1
Del Gainer	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tillie Walker	2	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Walsh	2	1	1	0	0	1
Mike McNally	2	0	1	1	0	0
Pinch Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Mays	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Hooper	1	0	0	0	1	1
Hal Janvrin	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Hoblitzell	2	0	1	0	0	0
Duffy Lewis	2	0	0	1	0	0
Larry Gardner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Scott	2	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Agnew	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Foster	0	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Parnham	5.0	6	1	4
Axel Lindstrom	4.0	2	2	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Mays	5.0	5	1	1
Rube Foster	4.0	7	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: D7
Roy Grover: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Buck Thrasher: 7
Amos Strunk: 43

Bot 1

Olaf Henriksen: 63
Heinie Wagner: 6/P
Chick Shorten: K

Top 2

Wally Schang: K
Stuffy McInnis: 63
Thomas Healy: 63

Bot 2

Del Gainer: S8
Tillie Walker: D7.1-3
Jimmy Walsh: K
Mike McNally: FC1/BG.3XH(12);2-3;B-1
Pinch Thomas: PO1(13)

Top 3

Lee King: W
Rube Parnham: 13.1-2
Whitey Witt: 63.2-3
Roy Grover: S8.3-H
Buck Thrasher: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Pinch Thomas: 8
Carl Mays: 63
Olaf Henriksen: S8
Heinie Wagner: W.1-2
Chick Shorten: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Buck Thrasher: 53
Amos Strunk: 6/P
Wally Schang: 7

Bot 4

Del Gainer: K
Tillie Walker: S7
Jimmy Walsh: S9.1-3
Mike McNally: PO3(25).1-2
Mike McNally: S6.2-H
Pinch Thomas: 6/P

Top 5

Stuffy McInnis: 63
Thomas Healy: HP
Lee King: T7.1-H
Rube Parnham: S8.3-H
Whitey Witt: S1/BG.1-2
Roy Grover: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Buck Thrasher: 5(2)/FO

Bot 5

Carl Mays: 7
Harry Hooper: K
Hal Janvrin: 63

Top 6

Amos Strunk: T
Wally Schang: 7/SF.3-H
Stuffy McInnis: S/BG
Thomas Healy: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Chick Shorten: W
Dick Hoblitzell: S9.1-3
Duffy Lewis: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Larry Gardner: 4/P

Top 7

Lee King: 7
Axel Lindstrom: S7
Whitey Witt: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Everett Scott: S7
Sam Agnew: HP.1-2
Rube Foster: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Hooper: W
Hal Janvrin: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Chick Shorten: CSH(262)

Top 8

Roy Grover: T8
Buck Thrasher: 8
Amos Strunk: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Wally Schang: D8.1-3
Stuffy McInnis: W
Thomas Healy: 7

Bot 8

Chick Shorten: 8
Dick Hoblitzell: 4/P
Duffy Lewis: 63

Top 9

Lee King: 63
Axel Lindstrom: 53
Whitey Witt: T/78
Roy Grover: T/89.3-H
Buck Thrasher: W
Amos Strunk: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Larry Gardner: 8
Everett Scott: 63
Sam Agnew: 8

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