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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1939-07-02 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 15000 · 2:00

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 13–2. Washington Senators put up 6 in the 1st. Joe Krakauskas earned the win. Johnny Welaj went 4-for-6 with 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	11
WS1	6	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		13	18

W: Joe Krakauskas L: Chubby Dean SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dario Lodigiani	5	0	4	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	0	0	0	0	2	0
Earle Brucker	3	0	2	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Ambler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Joyce	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	2	1	1	1	0	1
Bill Nagel	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Welaj	6	1	4	6	0	0
Bob Prichard	6	1	1	0	0	1
Buddy Lewis	4	0	1	1	1	0
Taffy Wright	5	2	1	1	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	2	4	2	0	0
Bobby Estalella	4	2	1	1	1	0
Tony Giuliani	4	3	3	1	1	0
Joe Krakauskas	2	1	1	1	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chubby Dean	0.2	6	2	0
Bob Joyce	7.1	12	3	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Krakauskas	9.0	11	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dario Lodigiani: S8
Skeeter Newsome: 64(1)3/GDP
Dick Siebert: 1

Bot 1

Johnny Welaj: D7
Bob Prichard: S1/BG.2-3
Buddy Lewis: S8.3-H;1-3
Taffy Wright: 6(1)/FO.3-H
Charlie Gelbert: 63.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: D7.2-H
Bobby Estalella: W
Tony Giuliani: S8.2-H;1-2
Joe Krakauskas: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Welaj: D8/L.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bob Prichard: 43

Top 2

Bob Johnson: W
Earle Brucker: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: S1.2-3;1-2
Eric Tipton: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Wayne Ambler: 2/FL

Bot 2

Buddy Lewis: W
Taffy Wright: FC.1X2(746)
Charlie Gelbert: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: S8.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 7

Top 3

Bob Joyce: 8
Dario Lodigiani: S
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Dick Siebert: 16(1)/FO

Bot 3

Tony Giuliani: S8
Joe Krakauskas: 54/SH.1-2
Johnny Welaj: 7
Bob Prichard: K

Top 4

Bob Johnson: W
Earle Brucker: S9.1-2
Sam Chapman: 8
Eric Tipton: 9
Wayne Ambler: 53

Bot 4

Buddy Lewis: 43
Taffy Wright: 3/FL
Charlie Gelbert: S7
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8

Top 5

Bob Joyce: 13
Dario Lodigiani: 7
Skeeter Newsome: 5

Bot 5

Bobby Estalella: 53
Tony Giuliani: S8
Joe Krakauskas: D7.1-3
Johnny Welaj: S7.3-H;2-H
Bob Prichard: 2
Buddy Lewis: 5

Top 6

Dick Siebert: S7
Dee Miles: K
Earle Brucker: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Taffy Wright: 7
Charlie Gelbert: 7
Jimmy Bloodworth: S8
Bobby Estalella: S8.1-3(E4);B-2
Tony Giuliani: W
Joe Krakauskas: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Welaj: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bob Prichard: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Sam Chapman: 8
Eric Tipton: D9
Wayne Ambler: 8
Bob Joyce: 53

Bot 7

Buddy Lewis: 8
Taffy Wright: S9
Charlie Gelbert: S9.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: S7.2-H;1-3
Bobby Estalella: 63.3-H;1-2
Tony Giuliani: 7

Top 8

Dario Lodigiani: S7
Skeeter Newsome: K
Dick Siebert: 54(1)/FO
Dee Miles: T8.1-H
Earle Brucker: S7.3-H
Sam Chapman: 4

Bot 8

Joe Krakauskas: 63
Johnny Welaj: 53
Bob Prichard: 3/L

Top 9

Eric Tipton: 7
Wayne Ambler: S7
Bill Nagel: K
Dario Lodigiani: S8.1-2
Frankie Hayes: K