Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 18, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1937 at Shibe 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Philadelphia Athletics 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mills lf 4 0 0 1
Cramer cf 5 1 1 0
Cronin ss 3 0 0 1
Foxx 1b 3 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 3 0 2 0
McNair 2b 4 0 0 0
Chapman rf 4 1 3 0
Desautels c 3 0 0 0
  Marcum ph 0 0 0 0
  Doerr pr 0 0 0 0
Newsom p 2 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 0 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Walberg p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 5 1 1 0
Finney 1b 4 0 2 1
Rothrock cf 4 2 2 0
Johnson lf 2 1 2 0
Brucker c 3 0 1 1
Peters 2b 4 0 1 2
Newsome ss 2 0 0 0
Huston 3b 3 0 0 0
Caster p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Boston 000 000 011272
Philadelphia 002 100 10x490
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom  L(11-8) 6.0 7 3 3 4 4
  McKain   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Walberg   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
6
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  W(9-14) 9.0 7 2 2 6 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
4

  E–Cramer (9), McNair (15).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Huston-Peters-Finney.  2B–Boston Chapman (18).  3B–Boston Cramer (9), Philadelphia Finney (9).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Huston (1).  Team–9.  SB–Chapman (29).  CS–McNair (6).  U–George Moriarty, Charles Johnston, Brick Owens.  T–2:15.  A–3,000.
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