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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 2, 1944
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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 September 2, 1944 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 2, 1944 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 2, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Russ Christopher |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pinky Woods |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 6,396 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Rue 1B: Jim Boyer 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Summers |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Irv Hall | Second Baseman |
| Hal Epps | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Estalella | Center Fielder |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Dick Siebert | Left Fielder |
| Bill McGhee | First Baseman |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Ed Busch | Shortstop |
| Russ Christopher | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| George Metkovich | Center Fielder |
| Tom McBride | Right Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Roy Partee | Catcher |
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| Pinky Woods | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 2, 1944
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Woods
Hall is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epps vs. Woods
Epps hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woods fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Woods
Estalella 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--
Hayes vs. Woods
Hayes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr 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: ---
Finney vs. Christopher
Finney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Christopher
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McBride vs. Christopher
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Finney scores. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Christopher
The umpire calls a balk on Christopher Metkovich moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Christopher
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Metkovich scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Christopher
Doerr hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Estalella, who is chasing the ball. Doerr reaches third base with a triple. Johnson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tabor vs. Christopher
Tabor is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Partee vs. Christopher
Partee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Doerr scores. Tabor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lake vs. Christopher
Lake hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Estalella. Lake reaches second base with a double. Tabor scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woods vs. Christopher
Woods takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finney vs. Christopher
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Siebert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Woods
Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGhee vs. Woods
McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney scoops it up and throws to first, with Woods covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Woods
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Christopher
Bob Garbark now catching.
Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. Siebert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Christopher
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Christopher
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Christopher
There goes McBride. The throw from Garbark and he is safe. McBride steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Christopher
Doerr strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Woods
Busch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Christopher vs. Woods
Christopher hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Woods
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Epps vs. Woods
Epps hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Metkovich who is chasing the ball. Epps reaches third base with a triple. Hall goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Estalella vs. Woods
Estalella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Christopher
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kell. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Partee vs. Christopher
Partee takes first base on ball four. Tabor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lake vs. Christopher
Lake hits a fly ball into right field. Epps settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Christopher
Woods strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finney vs. Christopher
Finney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Woods
Garbark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Garbark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebert vs. Woods
Siebert hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Garbark moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McGhee vs. Woods
McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Garbark scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Woods
Kell 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
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Christopher
Larry Rosenthal now playing left field.
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Christopher
McBride hits a fly ball into right field. Epps settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Christopher
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Christopher
Doerr strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Woods
Busch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Christopher vs. Woods
The umpire calls a balk on Woods Busch moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Christopher vs. Woods
Christopher hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hall vs. Woods
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Busch moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Epps vs. Woods
Epps hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Busch scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Estalella vs. Woods
There goes Epps. The throw from Partee and he is out, Doerr applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Christopher
Tabor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Estalella. Tabor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Partee vs. Christopher
Partee bunts towards the mound. Christopher fields it and throws to first for the out. Tabor moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lake vs. Christopher
Lake hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGhee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Woods vs. Christopher
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christopher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Woods
Estalella strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Woods
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Woods
Rosenthal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Rosenthal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGhee vs. Woods
McGhee hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Christopher
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Christopher
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christopher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Christopher
McBride is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Woods
Kell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busch vs. Woods
Busch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Woods
Christopher hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Woods
Hall hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Christopher
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Christopher
Doerr strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Christopher
Tabor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epps vs. Woods
Epps hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lake. Epps moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Estalella vs. Woods
Estalella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Epps scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Ryba
Mike Ryba now pitching.
Garbark bunts towards first. Finney scoops it up and throws to first, with Doerr covering, for the out. Estalella moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosenthal vs. Ryba
Rosenthal strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McGhee vs. Ryba
McGhee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Partee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Partee vs. Christopher
Partee hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Christopher
Lake bunts towards the mound. Christopher fields it and throws to first for the out. Partee moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ryba vs. Christopher
Ryba hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Christopher
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Christopher
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGhee scoops it up and throws to first, with Christopher covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Ryba
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Ryba
Busch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Ryba
Christopher hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Christopher
McBride hits a popup into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Christopher
Johnson strikes out. There goes McBride. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Christopher
Doerr hits a popup into center field for a base hit. McBride moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tabor vs. Christopher
Tabor is walked intentionally. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Partee vs. Christopher
Partee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McBride scores. Doerr moves to third. Tabor moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/2/1944 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Hall I, 2b 4 1 0 0 Finney L, 1b 3 1 1 0
Epps H, rf 4 1 3 2 Metkovich G, cf 5 1 1 0
Estalella B, cf 4 0 2 1 McBride T, rf 5 1 2 1
Hayes F, c 1 0 0 0 Johnson B, lf 4 1 0 1
Garbark B, c 2 1 1 0 Doerr B, 2b 5 1 2 1
Siebert D, lf 2 0 1 0 Tabor J, 3b 3 1 1 0
Rosenthal L, lf 2 0 1 0 Partee R, c 3 0 2 2
McGhee B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lake E, ss 3 0 1 1
Kell G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Woods P, p 2 0 0 0
Busch E, ss 2 1 0 0 Ryba M, p 1 0 0 0
Christopher R, p 4 1 1 1
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33 5 10 4 34 6 10 6
Philadelphia 001 110 110 -- 5
Boston 500 000 001 -- 6
1 out when winning run was scored.
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Christopher R (L) 8.1 10 6 6 6 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Woods P* 7.0 10 5 4 2 2
Ryba M (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Kell G, Lake E
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Boston 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 4, Boston 12
2B -- Lake E, Garbark B, Tabor J, Rosenthal L
3B -- Doerr B, Epps H
HR -- Christopher R
SB -- McBride T 2
CS -- Epps H
SH -- Partee R, Garbark B, Lake E
HBP -- by Christopher R (Tabor J)
Balk -- Christopher R, Woods P
T -- 2:18
A -- 6396
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