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Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 23, 1942
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves, played on May 23, 1942 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 23, 1942 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 23, 1942 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | |
Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Javery |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tommy Hughes |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 0 hours |
Umpires | HP: George Barr 1B: George Magerkurth 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommy Holmes | Center Fielder |
Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
Eddie Miller | Shortstop |
Nanny Fernandez | Third Baseman |
Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
Max West | Left Fielder |
Sibby Sisti | Second Baseman |
Johnny Cooney | First Baseman |
Al Javery | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
Danny Murtaugh | Third Baseman |
Nick Etten | First Baseman |
Danny Litwhiler | Right Fielder |
Al Glossop | Second Baseman |
Ernie Koy | Left Fielder |
Bobby Bragan | Shortstop |
Bennie Warren | Catcher |
Tommy Hughes | Pitcher |
Hans Lobert | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 23, 1942
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Hughes
Holmes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Etten. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Hughes
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Hughes
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Hughes
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Javery
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Javery
Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Javery
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Javery fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Hughes
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Hughes
Lombardi hits a popup in front of the plate. Warren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Hughes
West hits a popup towards third. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Javery
Litwhiler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Javery
Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Javery
Koy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bragan vs. Javery
Bragan strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Hughes
Sisti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Hughes
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javery vs. Hughes
Javery strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Hughes
Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Javery
Warren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Javery
Hughes bunts towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Javery
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hughes moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murtaugh vs. Javery
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez throws to second for one, and Sisti throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Hughes scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Javery
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Javery throws towards third. Fernandez fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Fernandez. Fernandez fumbles the ball. That's an error on Fernandez. Murtaugh goes all the way around to score. Etten moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Litwhiler vs. Javery
Litwhiler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Etten scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glossop vs. Javery
Glossop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koy vs. Javery
The ball gets by Lombardi for a passed ball. Litwhiler moves to third. Glossop moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Koy vs. Javery
Koy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Hughes
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Hughes
Miller strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Hughes
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Wallace
Lefty Wallace now pitching.
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Wallace
Warren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Wallace
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Hughes
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Hughes
West strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Hughes
Sisti strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Wallace
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooney juggles the ball. That's an error on Cooney. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Wallace
Murtaugh bunts towards the mound. Wallace fields it and throws to first for the out. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Etten vs. Wallace
Etten hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Wallace
There goes Etten. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Sisti applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Wallace
Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glossop vs. Wallace
Glossop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koy vs. Wallace
Koy hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Hughes
Cooney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Hughes
Frank Demaree pinch hits for Lefty Wallace.
Demaree takes first base on ball four. Cooney moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holmes vs. Hughes
Holmes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooney scores. Demaree moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waner vs. Hughes
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Demaree scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Hughes
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holmes moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. Hughes
There goes Miller. The throw from Warren and he is safe. Miller steals second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fernandez vs. Hughes
Fernandez strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lombardi vs. Hughes
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Murtaugh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Donovan
Bill Donovan now pitching.
Bragan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holmes. Bragan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Warren vs. Donovan
Warren hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hughes vs. Donovan
Hughes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bragan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waner vs. Donovan
Waner bunts towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out. Bragan scores. Hughes moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murtaugh vs. Donovan
Murtaugh strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Hughes
West hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats West for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Hughes
Sisti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Hughes
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sisti moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tobin vs. Hughes
Jim Tobin pinch hits for Bill Donovan.
Tobin takes first base on ball four. Sisti moves to third. Cooney moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Holmes vs. Hughes
Skippy Roberge pinch runs for Jim Tobin.
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Tost
Lou Tost now pitching.
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Tost
Litwhiler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glossop vs. Tost
There's a wild pitch. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glossop vs. Tost
Glossop hits a fly ball into left field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Koy vs. Tost
Koy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Hughes
Waner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Hughes
Miller hits a line drive into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Hughes
Fernandez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Hughes
Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
West vs. Hughes
West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. There goes Lombardi trying to get to third. Litwhiler throws the ball in to Bragan, who relays the ball to Murtaugh who tags Lombardi for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Tost
Bragan hits a fly ball into left field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Tost
Warren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Tost
Hughes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Hughes
Sisti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Hughes
Cooney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sisti moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ross vs. Johnson
Chet Ross pinch hits for Lou Tost. Si Johnson now pitching.
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Murtaugh juggles the ball. That's an error on Murtaugh. Sisti moves to third. Cooney moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Holmes vs. Johnson
Phil Masi pinch runs for Chet Ross.
Holmes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Waner vs. Johnson
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisti scores. Cooney moves to third. Masi moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooney scores. There goes Masi trying to get to third. Litwhiler throws the ball in to Murtaugh who tags Masi for the out. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. Johnson
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Salvo
Manny Salvo now pitching.
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Salvo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Salvo
Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Salvo
Etten hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Etten reaches second base with a double. Murtaugh moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Litwhiler vs. Salvo
Litwhiler is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Glossop vs. Sain
Johnny Sain now pitching.
The umpire calls a balk on Sain Murtaugh scores. Etten moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/23/1942 -- Boston at Philadelphia Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Holmes T, cf 5 0 1 1 Waner L, cf 4 1 1 1 Waner P, rf 4 1 1 2 Murtaugh D, 3b 4 2 2 0 Miller E, ss 5 0 2 1 Etten N, 1b 5 1 3 1 Fernandez N, 3b 5 0 0 0 Litwhiler D, rf 3 0 2 1 Lombardi E, c 4 0 1 0 Glossop A, 2b 4 0 2 0 West M, lf 4 0 1 1 Koy E, lf 4 0 1 0 Sisti S, 2b 3 1 2 0 Bragan B, ss 4 1 1 0 Cooney J, 1b 3 2 2 0 Warren B, c 4 0 1 0 Javery A, p 1 0 0 0 Hughes T, p 4 1 1 0 Wallace L, p 0 0 0 0 Johnson S, p 0 0 0 0 Demaree F, ph 0 1 0 0 Donovan B, p 0 0 0 0 Tobin J, ph 0 0 0 0 Roberge S, pr 0 0 0 0 Tost L, p 0 0 0 0 Ross C, ph 1 0 0 0 Masi P, pr 0 0 0 0 Salvo M, p 0 0 0 0 Sain J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 5 10 5 36 6 14 3 Boston 000 002 012 -- 5 Philadelphia 003 011 001 -- 6 1 out when winning run was scored. Boston IP H R ER BB SO Javery A 3.0 7 3 1 0 1 Wallace L 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 Donovan B 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Tost L 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Salvo M (L) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 Sain J 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Hughes T* 8.0 8 5 5 5 5 Johnson S (W) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Etten N, Sisti S, Fernandez N 2, Cooney J, Murtaugh D DP -- Boston 1, Philadelphia 1 LOB -- Boston 8, Philadelphia 9 2B -- Bragan B, Etten N SB -- Miller E CS -- Etten N SH -- Murtaugh D, Waner L WP -- Tost L Balk -- Sain J PB -- Lombardi E A -- 0
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