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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1929-04-18 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 5000 · wet · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 8–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 6 in the 5th. Rube Walberg earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	8	11
WS1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Rube Walberg L: Bump Hadley SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	2	1	1	1	3	0
Homer Summa	4	0	1	2	1	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	2	1	0
Mule Haas	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sammy Hale	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	0	0	2	1
Bing Miller	5	1	3	1	0	1
Jimmy Dykes	3	2	1	1	1	0
Rube Walberg	4	1	2	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam West	4	1	1	0	0	1
Buddy Myer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	4	0	2	0	0	0
Red Barnes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ossie Bluege	3	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Judge	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jackie Hayes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Muddy Ruel	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bump Hadley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gooch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Spencer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Walberg	9.0	7	2	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bump Hadley	4.1	5	4	3
Lloyd Brown	2.2	2	2	0
Archie Campbell	0.0	1	2	0
Bobby Burke	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: W
Homer Summa: CS2(23)
Homer Summa: 43
Mickey Cochrane: 63

Bot 1

Sam West: S4/G4S
Buddy Myer: 9/F9S
Goose Goslin: S9.1-2
Red Barnes: K#
Ossie Bluege: S7.2-H;1-2
Joe Judge: W.2-3;1-2
Jackie Hayes: K

Top 2

Mule Haas: K
Sammy Hale: K
Jimmie Foxx: 6/P

Bot 2

Muddy Ruel: 7/F
Bump Hadley: 8/L
Sam West: 6/P

Top 3

Bing Miller: K
Jimmy Dykes: 2/P/FL
Rube Walberg: S7/56D
Max Bishop: W.1-2
Homer Summa: W.2-3;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 8/F

Bot 3

Buddy Myer: S9
Goose Goslin: CS2(24)
Goose Goslin: 2/P/FL
Red Barnes: 3/P/FL

Top 4

Mule Haas: 5/BP
Sammy Hale: 53
Jimmie Foxx: 53

Bot 4

Ossie Bluege: W
Joe Judge: 2/P/FL
Jackie Hayes: S9.1-3
Muddy Ruel: 53/SH.3-H;1-2
Bump Hadley: FC5.2X3(5)

Top 5

Bing Miller: D7/F7DW
Jimmy Dykes: S8.2-H
Rube Walberg: S/L78.1-3
Max Bishop: W.1-2
Homer Summa: 3/G3S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: S8/L.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Mule Haas: 43.2-3
Sammy Hale: D8/L89.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: D3/P3D.2-H;1-3
Jimmy Dykes: 13

Bot 5

Sam West: K
Buddy Myer: 8/F
Goose Goslin: S8
Red Barnes: 8/F

Top 6

Rube Walberg: 5/P/FL
Max Bishop: 43
Homer Summa: 53

Bot 6

Ossie Bluege: 5/L
Joe Judge: 43
Jackie Hayes: 63

Top 7

Mickey Cochrane: W
Mule Haas: 23/SH.1-2
Sammy Hale: POCS3(165)
Sammy Hale: 43

Bot 7

Muddy Ruel: 2/BP
Charlie Gooch: 53
Sam West: 9/F

Top 8

Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: S7/L.1-3
Jimmy Dykes: PB.1-2#
Jimmy Dykes: W
Rube Walberg: 6/LDP.2X2(64)
Max Bishop: S9.3-H;1-3
Homer Summa: S8.3-H;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 6/P

Bot 8

Buddy Myer: 5/BP
Goose Goslin: 3/G
Red Barnes: 43

Top 9

Mule Haas: 7/F
Sammy Hale: D9
Jimmie Foxx: K
Bing Miller: 8/F

Bot 9

Ossie Bluege: D7
Joe Judge: 5/BP
Jackie Hayes: 63
Roy Spencer: 2/P/FL

Notes & reviews

Chilling wind
Throughout 1st inning, Cochrane saved at least four wild pitches, including one bare-handed stop.
Haas: smart running catch
Cochrane: brilliant diving catch
Judge lost it
Gooch's ML debut

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