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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 31, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 31, 1940 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Bagby |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Caster |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 4,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: (none) 3B: George Moriarty |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Right Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | Catcher |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Charlie Gelbert | Third Baseman |
| Jim Bagby | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Rubeling | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| Benny McCoy | Second Baseman |
| Al Brancato | Shortstop |
| George Caster | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 31, 1940
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Caster
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foxx vs. Caster
Foxx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Cramer moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Caster
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on McCoy. Cramer scores. Foxx moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cronin vs. Caster
Cronin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Doerr vs. Caster
Doerr is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Caster
Finney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foxx scores. Williams moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gelbert vs. Caster
Gelbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Finney moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bagby vs. Caster
Bagby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rubeling vs. Bagby
Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Bagby
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Bagby
Chapman hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Caster
Cramer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses who is chasing the ball. Cramer reaches third base with a triple. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foxx vs. Caster
Foxx hits a line drive into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cramer scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Caster
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Caster
Cronin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bagby
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gelbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Bagby
Siebert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Bagby
Wagner takes first base on ball four. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCoy vs. Bagby
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doerr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Siebert moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brancato vs. Bagby
Brancato takes first base on ball four. McCoy moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Caster vs. Bagby
Caster is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Caster
Doerr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Doerr reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Caster
Finney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses throws the ball in to Brancato who tags Finney trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Doerr moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gelbert vs. Caster
Gelbert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bagby vs. Caster
Bagby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doerr scores. Gelbert moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Gelbert scores. Bagby goes all the way around to score. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cramer vs. Dean
Chubby Dean now pitching.
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foxx vs. Dean
Foxx hits a popup towards third. Rubeling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rubeling vs. Bagby
Rubeling hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Bagby
Moses takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Bagby
Chapman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Chapman reaches second base with a double. Moses moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Bagby
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Bagby
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Bagby
Wagner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Bagby
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dean
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Dean
Cronin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Dean
Doerr hits a popup in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Bagby
Brancato hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Bagby
Dean hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rubeling vs. Bagby
Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Dean
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gelbert vs. Dean
Gelbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Finney moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bagby vs. Dean
Bagby bunts for an out with unknown description. Finney moves to third. Gelbert moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Dean
DiMaggio hits a popup for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cramer vs. Dean
Cramer hits a popup for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Bagby
Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Bagby
Chapman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Bagby
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebert vs. Bagby
Siebert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Bagby
Wagner strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Dean
Foxx strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dean
Williams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Dean
Cronin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Cronin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Dean
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brancato. Cronin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Dean
Finney hits a line drive for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Bagby
McCoy bunts in front of the plate. Foxx fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brancato vs. Bagby
Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards second. Doerr throws to second for one, and Cronin throws to first, and Finney drops the ball. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Bagby
Dean hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brancato moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rubeling vs. Bagby
Rubeling hits a fly ball into right field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brancato moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moses vs. Bagby
Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brancato scores. Dean moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Bagby
Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dean scores. Moses moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Bagby
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Dean
Gelbert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagby vs. Dean
Bagby hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Dean
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Bagby
Siebert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Bagby
Wagner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Bagby
McCoy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brancato vs. Bagby
Brancato hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Dean
Cramer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Dean
Foxx hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dean
Williams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Bagby
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Doerr. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rubeling vs. Bagby
Rubeling hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Bagby
Moses hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Bagby
Chapman hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Dean
Cronin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Dean
Doerr hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Dean
Finney hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Dean
Gelbert hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bagby
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Bagby
Siebert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Bagby
Wagner takes first base on ball four. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCoy vs. Dickman
Emerson Dickman now pitching.
McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miles vs. Dickman
Dee Miles pinch hits for Al Brancato.
Miles hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 10 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Dickman
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doerr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1940 -- Boston at Philadelphia (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
DiMaggio D, cf 5 2 3 1 Rubeling A, 3b 5 0 0 0
Cramer D, rf 5 2 2 1 Moses W, rf 4 1 2 1
Foxx J, c 5 1 1 2 Chapman S, cf 5 1 3 1
Williams T, lf 5 1 0 1 Johnson B, lf 5 2 2 4
Cronin J, ss 5 0 1 0 Siebert D, 1b 5 0 2 0
Doerr B, 2b 5 2 2 1 Wagner H, c 3 0 1 0
Finney L, 1b 5 0 3 1 McCoy B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Gelbert C, 3b 4 1 2 1 Brancato A, ss 3 1 0 0
Bagby J, p 3 1 1 1 Miles D, ph 1 0 0 0
Dickman E, p 0 0 0 0 Caster G, p 1 0 0 0
Dean C, p 4 1 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
42 10 15 9 40 6 13 6
Boston 423 000 001 -- 10
Philadelphia 003 002 001 -- 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby J (W)* 8.0 13 6 4 5 2
Dickman E (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Caster G (L) 2.1 11 9 6 1 3
Dean C 6.2 4 1 1 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- McCoy B, Johnson B, Brancato A, Finney L, Doerr B
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Philadelphia 12
2B -- Doerr B, Chapman S, Cronin J
3B -- Cramer D
HR -- Johnson B 2, Doerr B
SH -- Bagby J
T -- 2:10
A -- 4000
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