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Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
September 7, 1940
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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 September 7, 1940 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 7, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Posedel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Boom-Boom Beck |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Bick Campbell 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Glossop | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
| Bama Rowell | Second Baseman |
| Max West | First Baseman |
| Chet Ross | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Miller | Shortstop |
| Gene Moore | Right Fielder |
| Ray Berres | Catcher |
| Bill Posedel | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pinky May | Third Baseman |
| Heinie Mueller | Second Baseman |
| Danny Litwhiler | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Rizzo | Left Fielder |
| Joe Marty | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Bragan | Shortstop |
| Bennie Warren | Catcher |
| Art Mahan | First Baseman |
| Boom-Boom Beck | Pitcher |
| Doc Prothro | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
September 7, 1940
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Beck
Glossop hits a popup towards first. Mahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Beck
Cooney hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rowell vs. Beck
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Beck
West hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats West for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Posedel
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Posedel
Litwhiler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Beck
Ross hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Beck
Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rizzo. Miller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Beck
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berres vs. Beck
Berres hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Warren 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: ---
Rizzo vs. Posedel
Rizzo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Posedel
Bragan hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Posedel vs. Beck
Posedel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glossop vs. Beck
Glossop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Posedel moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooney vs. Beck
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Glossop moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rowell vs. Beck
Rowell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Glossop trying to get to home. Litwhiler throws the ball in to Warren who tags Glossop who's trying to score from second, for the out. Cooney moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
West vs. Beck
West hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler 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. Posedel
Warren hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mahan vs. Posedel
Mahan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beck vs. Posedel
Beck strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Beck
Ross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Beck
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Beck
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ross moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berres vs. Beck
Berres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Ross trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Posedel vs. Beck
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Posedel
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. May moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Litwhiler vs. Posedel
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields it and throws to third for the out. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Posedel
Rizzo hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a popup towards third. Glossop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Beck
Glossop hits a popup towards first. Mahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Beck
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Beck
Rowell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. Rowell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
West vs. Beck
West hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Litwhiler who is chasing the ball. West reaches third base with a triple. Rowell scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ross vs. Beck
Ross is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Posedel
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Posedel
Warren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Posedel
Mahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Warren moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Beck vs. Posedel
Beck hits a popup, foul, towards third. Glossop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Posedel
May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Warren moves to third. Mahan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Beck
Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Beck
Moore hits a popup, foul, towards third. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berres vs. Beck
Berres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Posedel vs. Beck
Posedel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. Berres moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Glossop vs. Beck
Glossop hits a popup towards short. Bragan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooney vs. Beck
Cooney hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Posedel
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Posedel
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ross. Marty reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bragan vs. Posedel
Bragan hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Beck
Rowell hits a popup, foul, towards third. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Beck
West takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Beck
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ross for the out. West moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Beck
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. West moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moore vs. Beck
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Posedel
Warren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Posedel
Mahan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Glossop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Posedel
Mel Mazzera pinch hits for Boom-Boom Beck.
Mazzera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Warren moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Posedel
May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ross. May reaches second base with a double. Warren scores. Mazzera goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a popup towards the mound. Posedel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Litwhiler vs. Posedel
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. May moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rizzo vs. Posedel
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Smoll
Lefty Smoll now pitching.
Berres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Posedel vs. Johnson
Syl Johnson now pitching.
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glossop vs. Johnson
Glossop hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Johnson
Cooney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Posedel moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rowell vs. Johnson
Rowell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bragan vs. Posedel
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glossop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warren vs. Posedel
Warren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Posedel
Mahan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Warren moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Posedel
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Johnson
West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Johnson
Ross hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Posedel
May strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Posedel
Litwhiler strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Johnson
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan misplays the ball. That's an error on Bragan. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berres vs. Johnson
Berres bunts towards first. Mahan scoops it up and throws to first, with Mueller covering, for the out. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Posedel vs. Johnson
Posedel hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glossop vs. Johnson
Glossop hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Johnson
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Posedel
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops it up and throws to first, with Posedel covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Posedel
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1940, game 1 -- Boston at Philadelphia (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Glossop A, 3b 6 0 2 1 May P, 3b 5 0 3 2
Cooney J, cf 6 0 1 0 Mueller H, 2b 5 0 1 0
Rowell B, 2b 5 1 2 0 Litwhiler D, rf 5 0 1 0
West M, 1b 4 0 1 1 Rizzo J, lf 5 0 0 0
Ross C, lf 4 0 0 0 Marty J, cf 5 0 2 0
Miller E, ss 5 1 2 0 Bragan B, ss 5 0 0 0
Moore G, rf 5 1 1 0 Warren B, c 4 1 3 0
Berres R, c 4 0 3 0 Mahan A, 1b 4 0 2 0
Posedel B, p 4 0 1 1 Beck B, p 2 0 0 0
Mazzera M, ph 1 1 1 0
Smoll L, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson S, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
43 3 13 3 42 2 13 2
Boston 000 011 000 1 -- 3
Philadelphia 000 000 200 0 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Posedel B (W) 10.0 13 2 2 0 5
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Beck B 7.0 10 2 2 3 1
Smoll L* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Johnson S (L) 3.0 2 1 0 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Mahan A, May P, Bragan B
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 14, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Miller E, Rowell B, Marty J, May P
3B -- West M
SH -- Berres R
T -- 2:07
A -- 0
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