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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
April 28, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, played on April 28, 1945 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rex Cecil |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Black |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 7,846 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Passarella 1B: Ernie Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Ben Steiner | Second Baseman |
| George Metkovich | First Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Jackie Tobin | Third Baseman |
| Leon Culberson | Center Fielder |
| Bob Garbark | Catcher |
| Rex Cecil | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Charlie Metro | Left Fielder |
| Hal Peck | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Estalella | Center Fielder |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Irv Hall | Second Baseman |
| Ed Busch | Shortstop |
| Joe Burns | Third Baseman |
| Don Black | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
April 28, 1945
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Black
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steiner vs. Black
Steiner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Black
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Steiner moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Black
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Black fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metro vs. Cecil
Metro is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Cecil
Peck hits a line drive into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Cecil
Estalella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Cecil
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Black
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tobin vs. Black
Tobin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culberson vs. Black
Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Black
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hall fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Cecil
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Siebert for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Cecil
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cecil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Cecil
Busch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cecil vs. Black
Cecil hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Black
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steiner vs. Black
Steiner takes first base on ball four. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Black
Metkovich hits a popup towards short. Busch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Black
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cecil
Burns strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Black vs. Cecil
Black hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cecil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metro vs. Cecil
Metro is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Black
Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tobin vs. Black
Tobin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Culberson vs. Black
Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Fox scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Black
Garbark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cecil vs. Black
Cecil is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Cecil
Peck is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Cecil
Estalella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Culberson. Estalella reaches second base with a double. Culberson throws the ball in to Tobin who tags Estalella trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Cecil
Hayes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Cecil
Siebert hits a popup towards third. Tobin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Black
Newsome hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steiner vs. Black
Steiner hits a fly ball towards center. Estalella catches it and throws to Hall who relays to Siebert to double up Newsome. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Black
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Black covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Cecil
Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Cecil
Busch hits a line drive into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cecil
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Steiner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Black
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Black
Fox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Metro. Fox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tobin vs. Black
Tobin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Culberson vs. Black
Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Black fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fox scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Knerr
Lou Knerr now pitching.
There goes Culberson. The throw from Hayes and he is out, Busch applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Knerr
Garbark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cecil vs. Knerr
Cecil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGhee vs. Cecil
Bill McGhee pinch hits for Lou Knerr.
McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cecil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metro vs. Cecil
Metro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peck vs. Cecil
Peck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Estalella vs. Cecil
Estalella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tobin juggles the ball. That's an error on Tobin. Peck moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Cecil
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Berry
Joe Berry now pitching.
Newsome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steiner vs. Berry
Steiner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Berry
Metkovich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Peck. Metkovich reaches second base with a double. Newsome scores. Steiner moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Berry
Johnson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. Berry
Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Steiner scores. Metkovich scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tobin vs. Berry
Tobin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Culberson vs. Scheib
Carl Scheib now pitching.
Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Fox scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Scheib
Garbark hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Cecil
Siebert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Cecil
Hall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busch vs. Cecil
Busch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Cecil
Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cecil vs. Scheib
Cecil hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Scheib
Newsome hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steiner vs. Scheib
Steiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheib vs. Cecil
Scheib hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metro vs. Cecil
Metro hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Cecil
Peck hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Scheib
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Scheib
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Scheib
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tobin vs. Scheib
Tobin hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Cecil
Estalella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Cecil
Hayes takes first base on ball four. Estalella moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebert vs. Cecil
There's a wild pitch. Estalella moves to third. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Siebert vs. Cecil
Siebert hits a popup towards third. Tobin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hall vs. Cecil
Hall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Hall reaches second base with a double. Estalella scores. Hayes scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Busch vs. Cecil
Busch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tobin fields it and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Burns vs. Cecil
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Steiner misplays the ball. That's an error on Steiner. Hall scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheib vs. Cecil
The umpire calls a balk on Cecil Burns moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosenthal vs. Cecil
Larry Rosenthal pinch hits for Carl Scheib.
Rosenthal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metro vs. Cecil
Metro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Steiner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/28/1945 -- Boston at Philadelphia (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Newsome S, ss 4 1 2 0 Metro C, lf 4 0 0 0
Steiner B, 2b 4 1 2 0 Peck H, rf 4 0 0 0
Metkovich G, 1b 5 1 1 1 Estalella B, cf 2 1 1 0
Johnson B, lf 4 2 1 1 Hayes F, c 3 2 1 1
Fox P, rf 4 3 4 2 Siebert D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Tobin J, 3b 5 0 2 1 Hall I, 2b 4 1 2 2
Culberson L, cf 4 0 1 1 Busch E, ss 4 0 0 0
Garbark B, c 4 0 2 0 Burns J, 3b 4 0 0 0
Cecil R, p 4 0 0 0 Black D, p 1 0 0 0
Knerr L, p 0 0 0 0
McGhee B, ph 1 0 0 0
Berry J, p 0 0 0 0
Scheib C, p 1 0 0 0
Rosenthal L, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 15 6 32 4 4 3
Boston 000 102 500 -- 8
Philadelphia 000 100 003 -- 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Cecil R (W) 9.0 4 4 3 5 6
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Black D (L) 5.1 10 3 3 1 1
Knerr L 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Berry J* 0.0 4 5 5 2 0
Scheib C 3.0 0 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 6 batters in 7th
E -- Siebert D, Tobin J, Steiner B
DP -- Philadelphia 4
LOB -- Boston 7, Philadelphia 6
2B -- Estalella B, Fox P, Metkovich G, Hall I
HR -- Hayes F, Johnson B
CS -- Culberson L
WP -- Cecil R
Balk -- Cecil R
T -- 2:32
A -- 7846
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