Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 5, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1931 at Fenway Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 0
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 5 1 1 0
Cramer cf 5 1 2 0
Cochrane c 4 1 3 0
Moore lf 5 2 2 0
Foxx 3b 5 2 2 1
Miller rf 3 1 1 2
Todt 1b 4 0 1 2
Williams ss 5 0 1 1
Earnshaw p 4 0 1 1
Totals 40 8 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rhyne ss 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Van Camp lf 4 0 0 0
Miller 3b 3 0 0 0
Webb rf 3 0 0 0
McManus 2b 3 0 1 0
Oliver cf 3 0 0 0
Berry c 3 0 0 0
MacFayden p 1 0 0 0
  Rothrock ph 1 0 0 0
  Lisenbee p 0 0 0 0
  Warstler ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 1 0
Philadelphia 100 003 211–8142
Boston 000 000 000–012
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Earnshaw  W(18-7) 9.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
MacFayden  L(13-12) 6.0 8 4 4 2 3
  Lisenbee   2.0 4 3 1 1 1
  McLaughlin   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
3
5
  E–Todt (1), Williams (19), Webb (13), Lisenbee (5).  DP–Boston 2. MacFayden-McManus-Sweeney, McManus-Rhyne-Sweeney.  2B–Philadelphia Cochrane 2 (29); Todt (11).  3B–Philadelphia Foxx (9).  HBP–Cochrane (3); Miller (9).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  U–Brick Owens, Bick Campbell, Bill McGowan.
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