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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 31, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 31, 1938 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 31, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 31, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Marcum |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Beggs |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,917 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Red Nonnenkamp | Right Fielder |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Eric McNair | Second Baseman |
| Gene Desautels | Catcher |
| Johnny Marcum | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Myril Hoag | Left Fielder |
| Bill Knickerbocker | Second Baseman |
| Joe Beggs | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 31, 1938
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Beggs
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nonnenkamp vs. Beggs
Nonnenkamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Beggs
Vosmik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Beggs
Foxx takes first base on ball four. Vosmik moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cronin vs. Beggs
Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Desautels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Marcum
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair misplays the ball. That's an error on McNair. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Beggs
Higgins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNair vs. Beggs
McNair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. Higgins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Desautels vs. Beggs
Desautels hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Marcum vs. Beggs
Marcum takes first base on ball four. Higgins moves to third. McNair moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cramer vs. Beggs
Cramer hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti catches it and steps on second to double up McNair. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag hits a popup towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Marcum
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin misplays the ball. That's an error on Cronin. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beggs vs. Marcum
Beggs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nonnenkamp. Beggs reaches second base with a double. There goes Knickerbocker trying to get to home. Nonnenkamp throws the ball in to Desautels, who tags Knickerbocker, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beggs scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Desautels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nonnenkamp vs. Beggs
Nonnenkamp hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Beggs
Vosmik hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Beggs
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Marcum
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Beggs
Cronin hits a fly ball into left field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Beggs
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Beggs
McNair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Marcum
Knickerbocker hits a line drive into right field. Nonnenkamp picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nonnenkamp. Knickerbocker moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Beggs vs. Marcum
Beggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Higgins. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Beggs
Desautels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marcum vs. Beggs
Marcum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Desautels moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Beggs
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig fields it and throws to second for the out. Desautels moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nonnenkamp vs. Beggs
Nonnenkamp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Desautels scores. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vosmik vs. Beggs
Vosmik takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to third. Nonnenkamp moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Foxx vs. Beggs
Foxx hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Cronin hits a fly ball into left field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Murphy
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Marcum
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rolfe moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rolfe scores. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag hits a fly ball into right field. Nonnenkamp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Murphy
McNair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Murphy
Desautels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marcum vs. Murphy
Marcum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Marcum
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Marcum
Murphy bunts towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with McNair covering, for the out. Knickerbocker moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Knickerbocker scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Ostermueller
Fritz Ostermueller now pitching.
Rolfe hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Ostermueller
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Ostermueller
Gehrig hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Ostermueller
Dickey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Murphy
Cramer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nonnenkamp vs. Murphy
Nonnenkamp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Murphy
Vosmik hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Murphy
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Ostermueller
Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Ostermueller
Hoag hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Hoag reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Knickerbocker vs. Ostermueller
Knickerbocker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Knickerbocker reaches second base with a double. Hoag scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Ostermueller
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Ostermueller
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Murphy
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Murphy
Higgins strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Murphy
McNair hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Ostermueller
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Ostermueller
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Rolfe moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gehrig vs. Ostermueller
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rolfe scores. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickey vs. Ostermueller
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair fields it and throws to second for the out. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Ostermueller
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoag vs. Ostermueller
Hoag hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Knickerbocker vs. Dickman
Emerson Dickman now pitching.
Knickerbocker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer who is chasing the ball. Knickerbocker reaches third base with a triple. Henrich scores. Hoag goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Dickman
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Murphy
Desautels hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaffke vs. Murphy
Fabian Gaffke pinch hits for Emerson Dickman.
Gaffke takes first base on ball four. Desautels moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Murphy
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Desautels moves to third. Gaffke moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nonnenkamp vs. Murphy
Nonnenkamp hits a line drive towards first. Gehrig reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Vosmik vs. Murphy
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/31/1938 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Cramer D, cf 5 1 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 5 1 2 2
Nonnenkamp R, rf 4 1 1 1 Rolfe R, 3b 4 3 2 2
Vosmik J, lf 4 1 2 0 DiMaggio J, cf 3 1 1 0
Foxx J, 1b 3 1 1 4 Gehrig L, 1b 4 0 1 1
Cronin J, ss 4 0 0 0 Dickey B, c 4 1 1 2
Higgins P, 3b 3 0 0 0 Henrich T, rf 5 2 2 2
McNair E, 2b 4 0 0 0 Hoag M, lf 5 2 2 0
Desautels G, c 3 1 1 0 Knickerbocker B, 2b 5 1 4 3
Marcum J, p 2 0 0 0 Beggs J, p 2 1 1 0
Ostermueller F, p 0 0 0 0 Murphy J, p 2 0 0 0
Dickman E, p 0 0 0 0
Gaffke F, ph 0 0 0 0
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32 5 5 5 39 12 16 12
Boston 000 050 000 -- 5
New York 021 013 14x -- 12
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Marcum J (L) 5.1 9 6 6 3 2
Ostermueller F 2.1 6 6 6 2 1
Dickman E 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Beggs J 4.1 4 5 5 5 0
Murphy J (W) 4.2 1 0 0 2 1
E -- McNair E, Crosetti F, Cronin J, Nonnenkamp R, Higgins P
DP -- Boston 2, New York 2
LOB -- Boston 7, New York 9
2B -- Beggs J, Hoag M, Knickerbocker B, DiMaggio J
3B -- Knickerbocker B
HR -- Henrich T, Dickey B, Foxx J, Rolfe R
SH -- Murphy J
T -- 2:12
A -- 6917
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