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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1928-08-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:30

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 3–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Lefty Grove earned the win. Mule Haas went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: General Crowder SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	3	1	1	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	1	1	0	0
Earl McNeely	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ski Melillo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Clyde Manion	3	0	0	0	0	1
General Crowder	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
General Crowder	8.0	7	1	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: 9/F
Frank O'Rourke: 31
Heinie Manush: 63

Bot 1

Max Bishop: 7/F
Mule Haas: 8/F
Mickey Cochrane: 43

Top 2

Fred Schulte: 43
Red Kress: S9
Earl McNeely: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Al Simmons: 9/F
Jimmie Foxx: K
Bing Miller: 63

Top 3

Ski Melillo: S8
Clyde Manion: 9/L
General Crowder: 6/LDP.1X1(63)

Bot 3

Ossie Orwoll: K
Joe Boley: S8
Lefty Grove: 23/SH.1-2
Max Bishop: S9.2-H
Mule Haas: D8.1-H
Mickey Cochrane: 7/L

Top 4

Lu Blue: 53
Frank O'Rourke: S5
Heinie Manush: 8/F
Fred Schulte: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Al Simmons: 6/P
Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: 54(1)/FO
Ossie Orwoll: SB2
Ossie Orwoll: K

Top 5

Red Kress: 63
Earl McNeely: 53
Ski Melillo: S7
Clyde Manion: 3/BP

Bot 5

Joe Boley: 8/F
Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 4/P

Top 6

General Crowder: 7/L
Lu Blue: 13
Frank O'Rourke: 43

Bot 6

Mule Haas: S9
Mickey Cochrane: 43.1-2
Al Simmons: 43.2-3
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Top 7

Heinie Manush: S8
Fred Schulte: D8.1-3
Red Kress: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Earl McNeely: FC6.3-H(E6/THH)(NR)(UR)
Ski Melillo: SB2
Ski Melillo: 2/P/FL
Clyde Manion: K

Bot 7

Bing Miller: 7/F
Ossie Orwoll: K
Joe Boley: 4/P

Top 8

General Crowder: 7/F
Lu Blue: 7/F
Frank O'Rourke: 53

Bot 8

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 3/G
Mule Haas: S9
Mickey Cochrane: 2/P/FL

Top 9

Heinie Manush: E5/G
Fred Schulte: W.1-2
Red Kress: 53.2-3;1-2
Earl McNeely: K
Ski Melillo: 2/P/FL

Bot 9

Al Simmons: D8
Jimmie Foxx: D8.2-H