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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 2, 1954
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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 July 2, 1954 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 2, 1954 |
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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 | July 2, 1954 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Trice |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Brewer |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 12,913 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Hank Soar 3B: Ed Runge |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Spook Jacobs | Second Baseman |
Eddie Joost | Third Baseman |
Lou Limmer | First Baseman |
Bill Renna | Right Fielder |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Bill Wilson | Center Fielder |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Billy Shantz | Catcher |
Bob Trice | Pitcher |
Eddie Joost | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Milt Bolling | Shortstop |
Billy Goodman | First Baseman |
Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
Karl Olson | Center Fielder |
Sammy White | Catcher |
Ted Lepcio | Second Baseman |
Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
Tom Brewer | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 2, 1954
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobs vs. Brewer
Jacobs hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Brewer
Joost strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Limmer vs. Brewer
Limmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renna vs. Brewer
Renna hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball 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: ---
Bolling vs. Trice
Bolling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Trice
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trice
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Trice
Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Brewer
Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Brewer
Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Brewer
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Brewer
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton 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: ---
Olson vs. Trice
Olson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Trice
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Trice
Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trice vs. Brewer
Trice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jacobs vs. Brewer
Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Trice moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Joost vs. Brewer
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Trice moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Limmer vs. Brewer
Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first, with Brewer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Trice
Hatton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Trice
Brewer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Trice
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Brewer
Renna hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Brewer
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Brewer
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Trice
Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Trice
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Trice
Jensen hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Wilson. Jensen reaches second base with a double. Goodman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olson vs. Trice
Olson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Trice
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Brewer
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Brewer
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trice vs. Brewer
Trice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jacobs vs. Brewer
Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trice moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Joost vs. Brewer
Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trice scores. Jacobs goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Limmer vs. Brewer
Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renna vs. Brewer
Renna hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Trice
Lepcio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Trice
Hatton takes first base on ball four. Lepcio moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brewer vs. Trice
Brewer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to third for the out. Hatton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bolling vs. Trice
Bolling takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to third. Brewer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodman vs. Trice
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hatton scores. Brewer scores. Bolling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Trice
Shantz fires to first and picks off Goodman. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Trice
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bolling scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Trice
Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Brewer
Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Brewer
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Brewer
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Trice
Olson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Trice
White hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Trice
Lepcio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Brewer
Shantz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Olson. Shantz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trice vs. Brewer
Trice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jacobs vs. Brewer
Jacobs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Joost vs. Brewer
Joost hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Limmer vs. Brewer
Limmer hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Trice
Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Trice
Brewer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Trice
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Trice
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Brewer
Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Brewer
Zernial hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Brewer
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trice
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Trice
Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olson vs. Trice
Olson hits a line drive off the glove of DeMaestri, and into shallow left field. Olson reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Trice
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lepcio vs. Trice
Lepcio hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hatton vs. Trice
Hatton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Renna who is chasing the ball. Hatton reaches third base with a triple. Williams scores. Olson scores. White goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brewer vs. Trice
Brewer hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Brewer reaches third base with a triple. Hatton scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bolling vs. Trice
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Brewer
DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bollweg vs. Brewer
Don Bollweg pinch hits for Billy Shantz.
Bollweg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen who is chasing the ball. Bollweg reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Valo vs. Brewer
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Bob Trice.
Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bollweg tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobs vs. Brewer
Jacobs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Brewer
Joost takes first base on ball four. Jacobs moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Limmer vs. Kinder
Ellis Kinder now pitching.
Limmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/2/1954 -- Philadelphia at Boston (N) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Jacobs S, 2b 3 1 1 0 Bolling M, ss 4 1 0 0 Joost E, 3b 4 0 1 2 Goodman B, 1b 4 1 2 2 Limmer L, 1b 5 0 1 0 Williams T, lf 3 1 2 1 Renna B, rf 4 0 0 0 Jensen J, rf 4 0 1 1 Zernial G, lf 4 0 0 0 Olson K, cf 4 1 1 0 Wilson B, cf 4 1 1 1 White S, c 3 1 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 0 0 0 Lepcio T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Shantz B, c 3 0 1 0 Hatton G, 3b 3 2 1 3 Bollweg D, ph 1 1 1 0 Brewer T, p 4 1 2 1 Trice B, p 2 1 1 0 Kinder E, p 0 0 0 0 Valo E, ph 0 0 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 7 4 33 8 10 8 Philadelphia 010 020 001 -- 4 Boston 000 130 04x -- 8 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Trice B (L) 8.0 10 8 8 4 2 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Brewer T (W) 8.2 7 4 4 4 4 Kinder E (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Bolling M DP -- Boston 1 LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Boston 5 2B -- Jensen J, Shantz B, Olson K 3B -- Hatton G, Brewer T, Bollweg D HR -- Wilson B SF -- Valo E T -- 2:18 A -- 12913
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