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Cleveland Guardians @ St. Louis Browns

1923-10-04 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1000 · 1:46

Cleveland Indians defeated St. Louis Browns 9–1. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 5th. James Edwards earned the win. Tris Speaker went 5-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	9	12
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13

W: James Edwards L: Rasty Wright SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	1	0	0	1	0
Homer Summa	4	2	1	0	1	1
Tris Speaker	5	4	5	2	0	0
Joe Sewell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wambsganss	4	0	2	3	1	0
Rube Lutzke	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ray Knode	4	1	1	2	0	0
Steve O'Neill	3	0	1	0	1	0
James Edwards	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Gerber	3	0	1	1	2	0
Homer Ezzell	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Tobin	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ken Williams	5	0	1	0	0	2
Marty McManus	5	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Collins	4	1	3	0	1	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dutch Schliebner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rasty Wright	2	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Severeid	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Whaley	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Edwards	9.0	13	3	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rasty Wright	6.0	8	4	2
George Grant	2.0	3	0	0
Charlie Root	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: 7/F
Homer Summa: S9
Tris Speaker: HR/F9D.1-H
Joe Sewell: 8/F
Bill Wambsganss: W
Rube Lutzke: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Wally Gerber: S8
Homer Ezzell: 54(1)/FO
Jack Tobin: SB2#
Jack Tobin: 4/P
Ken Williams: K

Top 2

Rube Lutzke: 7/F
Ray Knode: 6/P56D
Steve O'Neill: W
James Edwards: K/C

Bot 2

Marty McManus: 7/F
Pat Collins: S7
Baby Doll Jacobson: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Charlie Jamieson: W
Homer Summa: K
Tris Speaker: S8.1-2
Joe Sewell: 7/F
Bill Wambsganss: S7/5.2-H;1-2
Rube Lutzke: S7.2-H;1-2
Ray Knode: 8/F

Bot 3

Dutch Schliebner: 8/L
Rasty Wright: S/78S
Wally Gerber: W.1-2
Homer Ezzell: 7/F
Jack Tobin: S7/5.2-3;1-2
Ken Williams: K

Top 4

Steve O'Neill: 9/F
James Edwards: 43
Charlie Jamieson: 8/F

Bot 4

Marty McManus: 7/L
Pat Collins: S7
Baby Doll Jacobson: 7/F7D
Dutch Schliebner: S5/G.1-2
Rasty Wright: K

Top 5

Homer Summa: W
Tris Speaker: S5/BG.1-3(E5/TH1);B-2#
Joe Sewell: 9/F
Bill Wambsganss: S7.3-H;2-H
Rube Lutzke: 54(1)/FO
Ray Knode: HR/F9D.1-H
Steve O'Neill: 9/L

Bot 5

Wally Gerber: 53
Homer Ezzell: S8
Jack Tobin: 46(1)/FO
Ken Williams: S9.1-2
Marty McManus: 13/G1

Top 6

James Edwards: 2/FL
Charlie Jamieson: 13
Homer Summa: 2/FL

Bot 6

Pat Collins: S7/G6
Baby Doll Jacobson: 7/FL
Dutch Schliebner: 7/F
Hank Severeid: S9.1-3
Wally Gerber: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Tris Speaker: D7
Joe Sewell: 7/L
Bill Wambsganss: 3/G.2-3
Rube Lutzke: S6/G.3-H
Ray Knode: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Homer Ezzell: 13
Jack Tobin: 1/BP
Ken Williams: 43

Top 8

Ray Knode: E6
Steve O'Neill: S9.1-3
James Edwards: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Charlie Jamieson: FC6.3XH(62);2-3
Homer Summa: 4/P

Bot 8

Marty McManus: 63
Pat Collins: E6/G
Baby Doll Jacobson: S5/G.1-2
Dutch Schliebner: 9/L
Bill Whaley: HP.2-3;1-2
Wally Gerber: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Homer Ezzell: K

Top 9

Tris Speaker: S9
Joe Sewell: 6(1)3/GDP
Bill Wambsganss: 7/F

Bot 9

Jack Tobin: S/89S
Ken Williams: 8/F
Marty McManus: S5/BG25.1-2
Pat Collins: W.2-3;1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 5/FL
Dutch Schliebner: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Into RF bleachers
Box scores reported Williams with SB, not Ezzell
Off Ezzell's glove
Box scores reported no Ezzell error
Hit the roof of the RF pavilion; Knode's 1st ML HR
The ball slammed off Edwards' leg and rolled to Knode
Through Sewell
Newspapers claimed Speaker's 57th double broke ML record established by Ed Delahanty in 1899.
Spectacular stop
Hit & run
Speaker's 5th straight hit

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