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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1936
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 12, 1936 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 12, 1936 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 12, 1936 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Kelley |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Meola |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 8,000 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Charles Johnston 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Dinneen |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Finney | Right Fielder |
Wally Moses | Center Fielder |
Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
Al Niemiec | Second Baseman |
Harry Kelley | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
John Kroner | Shortstop |
Dusty Cooke | Left Fielder |
Mel Almada | Right Fielder |
Ski Melillo | Second Baseman |
Moe Berg | Catcher |
Mike Meola | Pitcher |
Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1936
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Meola
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Cooke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Meola
Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Meola
Dean hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Kelley
Werber hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Kelley
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Kelley
Foxx is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Meola
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Meola
Higgins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cooke. Higgins reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Meola
Hayes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsome vs. Meola
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Niemiec vs. Meola
There goes Newsome. The throw from Berg and he is safe. Newsome steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Niemiec vs. Meola
Niemiec takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelley vs. Meola
Kelley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Kelley
Kroner hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Kelley
Cooke strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Kelley
Almada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dean scoops it up and throws to first, with Kelley covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Meola
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Melillo. Finney moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Meola
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dean vs. Meola
Dean hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finney scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Meola
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dean moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higgins vs. Meola
Higgins is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Meola
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Kelley
Melillo hits a popup towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berg vs. Kelley
Berg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meola vs. Kelley
Meola strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Meola
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner misplays the ball. That's an error on Kroner. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Niemiec vs. Meola
Niemiec bunts towards the mound. Meola fields it and throws to first for the out. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelley vs. Meola
Kelley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Newsome moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Meola
Finney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newsome scores. Kelley moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Meola
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelley moves to third. Finney moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dean vs. Meola
Dean hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelley scores. Finney scores. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Wilson
Jack Wilson now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cramer. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Moses scores. Dean moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Higgins vs. Wilson
Higgins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hayes vs. Wilson
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Newsome vs. Wilson
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Kelley
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Kelley
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Kelley
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Newsome. Foxx moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kroner vs. Kelley
Kroner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niemiec vs. Wilson
Niemiec hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kroner. Niemiec moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelley vs. Wilson
Kelley bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. Niemiec moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Finney vs. Wilson
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moses vs. Wilson
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner fields it and throws to home to get Niemiec. Finney moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Wilson
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Kelley
Cooke hits a line drive towards first. Dean reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Kelley
Almada hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Kelley
Melillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Melillo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berg vs. Kelley
Berg hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wilson
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Wilson
Higgins takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Wilson
Hayes hits a line drive towards third. Werber catches it and throws to second to double up Johnson. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Wilson
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Kelley
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Kelley
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Kelley
Cramer bunts in front of the plate. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niemiec vs. Wilson
Niemiec hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kroner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelley vs. Wilson
Kelley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Wilson
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Kelley
Foxx hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moses. Foxx reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kroner vs. Kelley
Kroner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooke vs. Kelley
Cooke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Foxx moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Almada vs. Kelley
Almada hits a line drive into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Wilson
Moses bunts towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Wilson
Dean bunts towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Wilson
Johnson strikes out. There goes Dean. The throw from Berg to second, and Dean is out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Kelley
Melillo hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berg vs. Kelley
Berg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Kelley
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Werber vs. Kelley
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Wilson
Higgins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Wilson
Hayes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Wilson
Newsome hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Kelley
Cramer hits a line drive into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Kelley
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Kelley
Kroner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/12/1936, game 2 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Finney L, rf 4 2 1 1 Werber B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Moses W, cf 5 1 2 0 Cramer D, cf 4 0 0 0 Dean C, 1b 5 0 2 3 Foxx J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Johnson B, lf 4 0 1 1 Kroner J, ss 4 0 0 0 Higgins P, 3b 2 1 1 0 Cooke D, lf 3 0 0 0 Hayes F, c 5 0 0 0 Almada M, rf 3 0 0 0 Newsome S, ss 5 1 1 1 Melillo S, 2b 3 0 1 0 Niemiec A, 2b 2 0 0 0 Berg M, c 3 0 0 0 Kelley H, p 3 1 2 0 Meola M, p 1 0 0 0 Wilson J, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 6 10 6 30 0 3 0 Philadelphia 011 400 000 -- 6 Boston 000 000 000 -- 0 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Kelley H (W) 9.0 3 0 0 1 3 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Meola M (L) 3.1 7 6 4 2 1 Wilson J 5.2 3 0 0 4 2 E -- Melillo S, Kroner J 2, Newsome S DP -- Boston 3 LOB -- Philadelphia 10, Boston 4 2B -- Higgins P, Johnson B, Melillo S, Foxx J SB -- Newsome S CS -- Dean C SH -- Niemiec A, Kelley H T -- 1:45 A -- 8000
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