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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
July 4, 1951
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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 July 4, 1951 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 4, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 4, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mickey McDermott |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sam Zoldak |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McGowan 1B: Joe Paparella 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Pesky | Shortstop |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Billy Goodman | First Baseman |
| Clyde Vollmer | Right Fielder |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Mickey McDermott | Pitcher |
| Steve O'Neill | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
| Allie Clark | Right Fielder |
| Dave Philley | Center Fielder |
| Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
| Ferris Fain | First Baseman |
| Hank Majeski | Third Baseman |
| Pete Suder | Second Baseman |
| Ray Murray | Catcher |
| Sam Zoldak | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
July 4, 1951
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Zoldak
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Zoldak
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zoldak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Zoldak
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McDermott
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. McDermott
Clark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. McDermott
Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zernial vs. McDermott
Zernial hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fain vs. McDermott
Fain strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Zoldak
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Zoldak
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Zoldak
Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vollmer vs. Zoldak
Vollmer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. McDermott
Majeski hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. McDermott
Suder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. McDermott
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Zoldak
Rosar hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Philley. Rosar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDermott vs. Zoldak
Murray fires to second and picks off Rosar for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Zoldak
McDermott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Zoldak
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Zoldak
Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Zoldak
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zoldak vs. McDermott
Zoldak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. McDermott
Joost hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. McDermott
Clark hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. McDermott
Philley hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Zoldak
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Zoldak
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Zoldak
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vollmer vs. Zoldak
Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. McDermott
Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fain vs. McDermott
Fain 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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Majeski vs. McDermott
Majeski hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. McDermott
Suder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fain moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murray vs. McDermott
Murray hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Zoldak
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Zoldak
McDermott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Philley. McDermott reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Zoldak
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McDermott scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Zoldak
Pesky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Zoldak
Williams takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boudreau vs. Coleman
Joe Coleman now pitching.
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Doerr vs. Coleman
Doerr takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio scores. Williams moves to third. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodman vs. Coleman
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. McDermott
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McDermott
Joost strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. McDermott
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Coleman
Vollmer hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Coleman
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Coleman
McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. McDermott
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. McDermott
Zernial hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. McDermott
Fain hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Coleman
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pesky vs. Coleman
The ball gets by Murray for a passed ball. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pesky vs. Coleman
Pesky bunts towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Coleman
Williams hits a popup towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boudreau vs. Coleman
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. DiMaggio scores. Pesky moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Doerr vs. Coleman
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pesky scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Coleman
Goodman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. McDermott
Majeski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. McDermott
Suder hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. McDermott
Murray strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Coleman
Vollmer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Coleman
Rosar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vollmer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDermott vs. Coleman
McDermott bunts towards third. Majeski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vollmer moves to third. Rosar moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Coleman
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Philley. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Vollmer scores. Rosar scores. McDermott goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pesky vs. Coleman
Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Martin
Morrie Martin now pitching.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain fields it and throws to second for the out. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Martin
Boudreau hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Martin
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, deflecting off of Martin's glove, towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McDermott
Fred Hatfield now playing third base.
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McDermott
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. McDermott
Clark takes first base on ball four. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Philley vs. McDermott
Philley hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zernial vs. McDermott
Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Martin
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Martin covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Martin
Vollmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Martin
Rosar hits a popup towards third. Majeski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Martin
McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. McDermott
Fain hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. McDermott
Majeski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. McDermott
Suder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. McDermott
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/4/1951, game 1 -- Boston at Philadelphia (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
DiMaggio D, cf 5 3 3 4 Joost E, ss 2 0 0 0
Pesky J, ss 5 1 3 0 Clark A, rf 3 0 0 0
Williams T, lf 4 0 0 1 Philley D, cf 4 0 1 0
Boudreau L, 3b 3 0 1 1 Zernial G, lf 4 0 1 0
Hatfield F, 3b 0 0 0 0 Fain F, 1b 4 0 0 0
Doerr B, 2b 4 0 0 2 Majeski H, 3b 3 0 0 0
Goodman B, 1b 5 0 1 0 Suder P, 2b 4 0 1 0
Vollmer C, rf 4 2 1 1 Murray R, c 4 0 0 0
Rosar B, c 5 1 2 0 Zoldak S, p 1 0 1 0
McDermott M, p 5 2 3 0 Coleman J, p 1 0 0 0
Martin M, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 9 14 9 31 0 4 0
Boston 000 020 241 -- 9
Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott M (W) 9.0 4 0 0 4 5
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Zoldak S (L) 4.2 7 2 2 2 0
Coleman J* 2.1 6 6 6 3 0
Martin M 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
* Pitched to 5 batters in 8th
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Boston 9, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Boudreau L, Rosar B, McDermott M, DiMaggio D
HR -- Vollmer C
PB -- Murray R
T -- 2:47
A -- 0
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