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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1927-07-08 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2000 · 1:56

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 7–5. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 7th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Al Simmons went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Sad Sam Jones SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: (none) · 3B: Billy Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	2	3	0	1	0
Sammy Hale	4	1	3	0	1	0
Ty Cobb	4	1	1	2	0	0
Al Simmons	4	2	3	3	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Lamar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Boley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	4	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	5	0	0	0	0	2
Herschel Bennett	4	2	2	1	1	1
George Sisler	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bing Miller	5	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Rice	5	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Adams	4	0	1	1	0	1
Wally Schang	3	1	1	1	1	0
Wally Gerber	3	0	1	1	1	1
Sad Sam Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0
Steve O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Nevers	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	8	4	7

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	7.0	13	1	1
Ernie Nevers	2.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: S8
Sammy Hale: S7.1-2
Ty Cobb: 9/SF.2-3;1-2
Al Simmons: 63.3-H;2-3
Mickey Cochrane: 63

Bot 1

Ski Melillo: K/C
Herschel Bennett: 7
George Sisler: S9
Bing Miller: PB.1-2
Bing Miller: 3/FL

Top 2

Jimmy Dykes: S/6
Bill Lamar: 46(1)3/GDP
Joe Boley: 8

Bot 2

Harry Rice: 3/G
Spencer Adams: S/G4
Wally Schang: 63.1-2
Wally Gerber: 13

Top 3

Lefty Grove: 53
Max Bishop: S8
Sammy Hale: 8/L
Ty Cobb: 4/P

Bot 3

Sad Sam Jones: 9
Ski Melillo: 43
Herschel Bennett: S/4
George Sisler: 3/G

Top 4

Al Simmons: T9
Mickey Cochrane: 13.3-H
Jimmy Dykes: 53
Bill Lamar: 7

Bot 4

Bing Miller: 9
Harry Rice: 43
Spencer Adams: K

Top 5

Joe Boley: 7
Lefty Grove: 7
Max Bishop: W
Sammy Hale: D9/F9S.1-3
Ty Cobb: 8

Bot 5

Wally Schang: 63
Wally Gerber: W
Sad Sam Jones: W.1-2
Ski Melillo: K
Herschel Bennett: K

Top 6

Al Simmons: HR/F9D
Mickey Cochrane: S7
Jimmy Dykes: SB2
Jimmy Dykes: 14/SH.2-3
Bill Lamar: S8.3-H
Joe Boley: CS2(24)
Joe Boley: 63

Bot 6

George Sisler: 4E3
Bing Miller: E6/G.1-2
Harry Rice: FC4.2-3;1X2(4E6)
Spencer Adams: 3/G.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Wally Schang: S5/G.3-H(UR);2-3
Wally Gerber: K
Sad Sam Jones: CSH(262)

Top 7

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: S8
Sammy Hale: S7.1-2
Ty Cobb: D/89.2-H;1-H
Al Simmons: S8.2-H
Mickey Cochrane: 8
Jimmy Dykes: 43

Bot 7

Steve O'Neill: 9
Ski Melillo: 3/P
Herschel Bennett: W
George Sisler: T/89.1-H
Bing Miller: 3/L

Top 8

Bill Lamar: 5/P
Joe Boley: 9
Lefty Grove: 43

Bot 8

Harry Rice: K
Spencer Adams: 5/P
Wally Schang: W
Wally Gerber: T9.1-H
Ernie Nevers: K

Top 9

Max Bishop: 7
Sammy Hale: W
Ty Cobb: CS2(26)
Ty Cobb: 31

Bot 9

Ski Melillo: 8
Herschel Bennett: HR/F9D
George Sisler: 43
Bing Miller: S1/G
Harry Rice: 43

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