Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 4, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1931 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rhyne ss 4 0 0 0
Rothrock 2b 5 2 2 1
Sweeney 1b 5 0 1 0
Webb rf 4 1 2 0
Oliver cf 4 1 3 0
Van Camp lf 4 2 2 1
Pickering 3b 5 1 3 3
Berry c 2 0 1 0
Gaston p 4 0 1 1
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 4 1 3 0
Haas cf 5 1 0 1
Cochrane c 5 1 3 0
Simmons lf 5 1 2 2
Foxx 1b 3 0 0 0
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Cramer rf 4 0 0 1
  Mahaffey p 0 0 0 0
Dykes 3b 4 0 0 0
Boley ss 3 0 0 0
McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Shores p 1 0 0 0
  Rommel p 2 1 1 0
  Todt 1b 1 0 1 1
Totals 37 5 10 5
Boston 110 040 001–7151
Philadelphia 101 010 020–5101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gaston  W(1-1) 7.0 9 5 5 2 2
  Moore  SV(1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McDonald   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Shores  L(0-1) 3.2 9 4 4 1 0
  Rommel   3.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Mahaffey   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
5
0
  E–Rhyne (1), Cramer (1).  DP–Boston 1. Pickering-Rothrock-Sweeney, Philadelphia 3. Bishop-Foxx, Boley-Foxx, Bishop-Boley-Todt.  2B–Boston Rothrock (4), Philadelphia Bishop (4); Simmons (1).  3B–Philadelphia Bishop (1).  HR–Boston Rothrock (1,5th inning off Shores 0 on); Pickering (1,5th inning off Shores 2 on).  SH–Oliver (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Pickering (2).  U–Bill McGowan, Roy Van Graflan, Tommy Connolly.
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