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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1926-09-16 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:42

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 5–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Sam Gray earned the win. Jim Poole went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sam Gray L: Win Ballou SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pants Rowland · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Dykes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Walt French	5	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Metzler	4	1	0	0	1	1
Sammy Hale	5	0	2	1	0	0
Al Simmons	5	1	3	0	0	0
Jim Poole	4	2	3	2	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Sigafoos	4	1	1	1	0	2
Sam Gray	3	0	1	0	0	2
Bill Wambsganss	3	0	2	1	1	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Herschel Bennett	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Rice	3	0	0	0	1	2
George Sisler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty McManus	4	1	3	0	0	0
Pinky Hargrave	4	0	1	0	0	3
Gene Robertson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Wally Gerber	3	0	2	1	0	0
Win Ballou	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	9.0	8	3	6

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Win Ballou	8.0	12	2	6
Ernie Wingard	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Dykes: S7
Walt French: 46(1)3/GDP
Alex Metzler: 43

Bot 1

Herschel Bennett: D7
Harry Rice: W
George Sisler: 1(B)4(2)3(1)/LTP

Top 2

Sammy Hale: 7
Al Simmons: S
Jim Poole: 7
Mickey Cochrane: 3/G

Bot 2

Bing Miller: 63
Marty McManus: S9
Pinky Hargrave: K
Gene Robertson: SB2
Gene Robertson: W
Wally Gerber: S7.2-H;1-3
Win Ballou: 9/F

Top 3

Frank Sigafoos: K
Sam Gray: K
Bill Wambsganss: W
Walt French: K

Bot 3

Herschel Bennett: 43
Harry Rice: K
George Sisler: S8
Bing Miller: 7/F7D

Top 4

Alex Metzler: 8/L
Sammy Hale: 9
Al Simmons: S5
Jim Poole: S8.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 31

Bot 4

Marty McManus: 9/F
Pinky Hargrave: S9
Gene Robertson: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Frank Sigafoos: 43
Sam Gray: S8.BX2(86)
Bill Wambsganss: S7
Walt French: E6.1-2
Alex Metzler: 5/P

Bot 5

Wally Gerber: S8
Win Ballou: K
Herschel Bennett: 64(1)/FO
Harry Rice: 7/F

Top 6

Sammy Hale: 63
Al Simmons: D9
Jim Poole: HR/9.2-H
Mickey Cochrane: E5/G.B-1
Frank Sigafoos: K/C
Sam Gray: K/C

Bot 6

George Sisler: 8/L
Bing Miller: 8/F8D
Marty McManus: S7.BX2(76)

Top 7

Bill Wambsganss: K
Walt French: 6/P
Alex Metzler: W
Sammy Hale: SB2
Sammy Hale: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Al Simmons: 13

Bot 7

Pinky Hargrave: K/C
Gene Robertson: W
Wally Gerber: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 8

Jim Poole: D8
Mickey Cochrane: 14/SH.2-3
Frank Sigafoos: S8.3-H
Sam Gray: 14/SH.1-2
Bill Wambsganss: S8.2-H
Walt French: 3/G

Bot 8

Ken Williams: 31
Herschel Bennett: 5E3.B-1
Harry Rice: K
George Sisler: 3/G

Top 9

Alex Metzler: K
Sammy Hale: S7
Al Simmons: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Bing Miller: 13/BG
Marty McManus: S5
Pinky Hargrave: K
Gene Robertson: DI.1-3
Gene Robertson: 9/L

Notes & reviews

A's Dykes ejected by HP umpire Rowland for unknown reason

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