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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1927-08-24 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 800 · 1:34

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Rube Walberg earned the win. Rube Walberg went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rube Walberg L: Ernie Wingard SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	1	1	0	0	0
Sammy Hale	3	0	0	0	0	0
Walt French	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	1	1	1	0	1
Mickey Cochrane	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Zack Wheat	3	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Boley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Walberg	4	1	1	1	0	2

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	2	0	0	1
Harry Rice	2	0	0	1	0	0
George Sisler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Williams	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bing Miller	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Schang	3	0	0	1	0	1
Wally Gerber	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Wingard	2	0	0	0	0	1
Herschel Bennett	1	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Walberg	9.0	5	2	5

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ernie Wingard	8.0	8	1	2
General Crowder	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: 13
Sammy Hale: 9/L
Walt French: 13

Bot 1

Frank O'Rourke: 9
Harry Rice: 8
George Sisler: S/G5S
Ken Williams: PO1(13)

Top 2

Ty Cobb: K
Mickey Cochrane: S9/9DW.BX2(94)
Jimmy Dykes: 63

Bot 2

Ken Williams: K
Bing Miller: 53
Ski Melillo: 53

Top 3

Zack Wheat: S8
Joe Boley: 54(1)3/GDP
Rube Walberg: 7

Bot 3

Wally Schang: 53
Wally Gerber: 7/L
Ernie Wingard: K

Top 4

Max Bishop: 4/L
Sammy Hale: 63
Walt French: 63

Bot 4

Frank O'Rourke: K/C
Harry Rice: 43
George Sisler: K

Top 5

Ty Cobb: E1/G
Mickey Cochrane: FC1/BG.1-3(E1/TH2);B-2
Jimmy Dykes: 43.3-H(UR)
Zack Wheat: 9/SF.2-3
Joe Boley: 6/P

Bot 5

Ken Williams: W
Bing Miller: T/89.1-H
Ski Melillo: 63
Wally Schang: 8/SF.3-H
Wally Gerber: 6/P

Top 6

Rube Walberg: HR/F9D
Max Bishop: S9
Sammy Hale: 13/SH.1-2
Walt French: 9
Ty Cobb: S9.2-H;B-3(E9/THH)
Mickey Cochrane: W
Jimmy Dykes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Ernie Wingard: 9
Frank O'Rourke: D7
Harry Rice: 9/SF/9D.2-3
George Sisler: 8

Top 7

Zack Wheat: S9
Joe Boley: 3/G.1-2
Rube Walberg: K
Max Bishop: E3/G.2XH(4E2)(NR)(UR);B-2
Sammy Hale: WP.2-3
Sammy Hale: 53

Bot 7

Ken Williams: 9
Bing Miller: HP
Ski Melillo: 9
Wally Schang: K/C

Top 8

Walt French: D7
Ty Cobb: 8/SF/L.2-3
Mickey Cochrane: FC1.3XH(12)
Jimmy Dykes: S5/5.1X3(56)

Bot 8

Wally Gerber: S7
Herschel Bennett: 4(1)/FO
Frank O'Rourke: D9.1-3
Harry Rice: 8/SF/L.3-H
George Sisler: 8

Top 9

Zack Wheat: 6/P
Joe Boley: 63
Rube Walberg: K

Bot 9

Ken Williams: 9
Bing Miller: 5/P
Ski Melillo: W
Wally Schang: 5/FL