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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1928-08-09 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 25000 · 1:32

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 8–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 6th. Howard Ehmke earned the win. Al Simmons went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3		8	12

W: Howard Ehmke L: Garland Braxton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dan Barry · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dick Nallin · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Red Barnes	4	1	0	0	0
Sam Rice	4	0	1	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Judge	2	1	0	0	2
Ossie Bluege	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	1	0	0	1
Bucky Harris	4	0	0	1	0
Muddy Ruel	4	0	1	1	0
Garland Braxton	2	0	0	0	0
Sam West	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Burke	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	5	1	3	3	0	1
Mule Haas	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	3	1	0	0	1	0
Al Simmons	3	1	1	4	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bing Miller	3	1	2	0	0	0
Ossie Orwoll	4	1	1	0	0	2
Joe Boley	4	2	2	1	0	0
Howard Ehmke	2	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garland Braxton	7.0	8	2	3
Bobby Burke	1.0	4	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	9.0	3	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Barnes: 6/8
Sam Rice: 8
Goose Goslin: 3/FL

Bot 1

Max Bishop: 3/G
Mule Haas: D
Mickey Cochrane: 3/G.2-3
Al Simmons: 7/L

Top 2

Joe Judge: 5/P
Ossie Bluege: 53
Joe Cronin: W
Bucky Harris: 5/L

Bot 2

Jimmie Foxx: 13
Bing Miller: 13
Ossie Orwoll: K

Top 3

Muddy Ruel: 53
Garland Braxton: 43
Red Barnes: 63

Bot 3

Joe Boley: 63
Howard Ehmke: 53
Max Bishop: K

Top 4

Sam Rice: 31
Goose Goslin: 43
Joe Judge: 63

Bot 4

Mule Haas: 6/P
Mickey Cochrane: 2/FL
Al Simmons: 9

Top 5

Ossie Bluege: 7
Joe Cronin: 2/FL
Bucky Harris: 1/P

Bot 5

Jimmie Foxx: D
Bing Miller: 13/SH.2-3
Ossie Orwoll: 7
Joe Boley: 13

Top 6

Muddy Ruel: 63
Garland Braxton: 7/L
Red Barnes: E3/TH1
Sam Rice: PB.1-2
Sam Rice: S.2-H(UR)
Goose Goslin: 9

Bot 6

Howard Ehmke: S
Max Bishop: S1/BG.1-2
Mule Haas: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: W
Al Simmons: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jimmie Foxx: 2
Bing Miller: T
Ossie Orwoll: K/C

Top 7

Joe Judge: W
Ossie Bluege: S.1-2
Joe Cronin: 7/7D
Bucky Harris: 6/P
Muddy Ruel: 53

Bot 7

Joe Boley: D
Howard Ehmke: FC3/SH.2-3;B-1
Max Bishop: S.3-H;1-2
Mule Haas: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 43
Al Simmons: IW
Jimmie Foxx: 8

Top 8

Sam West: 8
Red Barnes: E4
Sam Rice: 4/FL
Goose Goslin: 3/G

Bot 8

Bing Miller: S
Ossie Orwoll: S.1-3
Joe Boley: S.3-H;1-2
Howard Ehmke: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Max Bishop: D.3-H;2-H
Mule Haas: FC1/DP.2X3(154);BX2(41)

Top 9

Joe Judge: W
Ossie Bluege: 2/FL
Joe Cronin: E5/TH.1-3
Bucky Harris: 53.3-H(UR);1-2
Muddy Ruel: D.2-H(UR)
Bobby Burke: 31