Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1939 at Fenway 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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Philadelphia Athletics 2, Boston Red Sox 9
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Gantenbein 2b 4 0 1 0
Moses rf 4 1 1 0
Miles cf 4 0 0 0
Hayes c 4 1 1 2
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Nagel 3b 3 0 0 0
Etten 1b 2 0 0 0
Newsome ss 3 0 1 0
Parmelee p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Finney ph 1 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 2 1 3
Vosmik lf 5 1 1 1
Foxx 1b 2 1 1 1
Cronin ss 4 1 2 1
Tabor 3b 4 1 0 1
Williams rf 5 1 1 1
Doerr 2b 2 0 1 0
Desautels c 4 1 0 0
Bagby p 3 1 1 0
Totals 34 9 8 8
Philadelphia 000 200 000–252
Boston 101 003 22x–980
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Parmelee  L(0-1) 6.0 4 5 4 5 1
  Smith   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Potter   1.0 1 2 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
9
6
7
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  W(1-0) 9.0 5 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
5
  E–Johnson (1), Nagel (1).  DP–Boston 1. Cronin-Doerr-Foxx.  2B–Boston Cramer (1); Foxx (1); Cronin (1).  HR–Philadelphia Hayes (1,4th inning off Bagby 1 on).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Bagby (1).  Team–9.  U–Bill Summers, Steve Basil, Red Ormsby.  T–1:51.  A–15,000.
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