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Yankees 9 @ Red Sox 8
Fenway Park
August 3, 1931

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 3, 1931 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateAugust 3, 1931 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 14
Runs: 9
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 8 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherEd Wells  
Losing PitcherBob Kline  
SaveLefty Gomez  
Game Winning RBIBabe Ruth 

Game Info

DateAugust 3, 1931 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherEd Wells  
Home Starting PitcherBob Kline  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance 
Time of Game0 hours 
UmpiresHP: Bill Dinneen
1B: George Hildebrand
2B: (none)
3B: Harry Geisel

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Earle Combs  Center Fielder 
Joe Sewell  Third Baseman 
Babe Ruth  Left Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Ben Chapman  Right Fielder 
Lyn Lary  Shortstop 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Tony Lazzeri  Second Baseman 
Ed Wells  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jack Rothrock  Left Fielder 
Hal Rhyne  Shortstop 
Otis Miller  Third Baseman 
Earl Webb  Right Fielder 
Bill Sweeney  First Baseman 
Tom Oliver  Center Fielder 
Charlie Berry  Catcher 
Rabbit Warstler  Second Baseman 
Bob Kline  Pitcher 
Shano Collins  Manager 

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Yankees 9 @ Red Sox 8
Fenway Park
August 3, 1931

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/3/1931 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Combs E, cf           2  3  1  1   Rothrock J, lf        5  3  5  2   
Sewell J, 3b          6  0  2  0   Rhyne H, ss           4  0  0  0   
Ruth B, lf            5  1  1  1   Miller O, 3b          4  1  0  0   
Gehrig L, 1b          4  2  2  1   Webb E, rf            5  1  2  4   
Chapman B, rf         4  0  1  3   Sweeney B, 1b         5  0  1  1   
Lary L, ss            5  0  1  1   Oliver T, cf          5  1  3  0   
Dickey B, c           5  2  3  0   Berry C, c            5  0  2  0   
Lazzeri T, 2b         4  1  1  2   Warstler R, 2b        3  0  1  1   
Wells E, p            4  0  0  0   Van Camp A, ph        1  1  1  0   
Johnson H, p          1  0  0  0   Reeves B, 2b          1  0  0  0   
Gomez L, p            0  0  0  0   Kline B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Durham E, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Pickering U, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Morris E, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   McLaughlin J, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Winsett T, ph         1  1  1  0   
                                   Gaston M, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  9 12  9                        42  8 16  8

New York         120 102 030 --  9
Boston           001 100 240 --  8

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wells E (W)           6.2 12  4  4  1  3
Johnson H             1.0  3  4  4  1  1
Gomez L (S)           1.1  1  0  0  0  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline B (L)           1.1  5  3  3  3  0
Durham E              4.2  2  3  0  4  1
Morris E              1.1  5  3  3  2  1
McLaughlin J          0.2  0  0  0  1  0
Gaston M              1.0  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Durham E, Warstler R, Combs E
DP -- New York 1, Boston 1
LOB -- New York 14, Boston 9
2B -- Rothrock J 2, Chapman B, Berry C, Dickey B, Webb E 2
3B -- Gehrig L
HR -- Lazzeri T, Rothrock J
A -- 0

    

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