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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1942-08-18 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 6000 · 1:45

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 2–1. Alex Carrasquel earned the win. Buddy Blair went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alex Carrasquel L: Phil Marchildon SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Blair	4	0	3	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric McNair	4	0	0	0	0	1
Crash Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Swift	2	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Marchildon	2	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	3	1	0	1
Stan Spence	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bruce Campbell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jake Early	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Sullivan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ellis Clary	3	1	2	1	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	2	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Marchildon	8.0	7	3	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Carrasquel	9.0	7	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Kreevich: 13
Elmer Valo: D/78
Buddy Blair: S8.2-H
Dick Siebert: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

George Case: S7
Stan Spence: OA.1X2(16)
Stan Spence: K
Roy Cullenbine: W
Bruce Campbell: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 13
Eric McNair: K
Crash Davis: S7
Bob Swift: 8

Bot 2

Mickey Vernon: K
Jake Early: 9
John Sullivan: 8

Top 3

Phil Marchildon: K/C
Mike Kreevich: 53
Elmer Valo: 3/G

Bot 3

Ellis Clary: 13/BG
Alex Carrasquel: K
George Case: K

Top 4

Buddy Blair: S9
Dick Siebert: 4/P
Bob Johnson: 6/P
Eric McNair: 8

Bot 4

Stan Spence: 5/FL
Roy Cullenbine: 2/FL
Bruce Campbell: 2/FL

Top 5

Crash Davis: 3/FL
Bob Swift: K
Phil Marchildon: 63

Bot 5

Mickey Vernon: 7
Jake Early: 8/L
John Sullivan: 163

Top 6

Mike Kreevich: 13
Elmer Valo: 43
Buddy Blair: S9
Dick Siebert: 3/G

Bot 6

Ellis Clary: S1/BG
Alex Carrasquel: 14/SH.1-2
George Case: S7.2-H;B-3(E7/THH)
Stan Spence: 7
Roy Cullenbine: 9

Top 7

Bob Johnson: 8/L
Eric McNair: 13
Crash Davis: 53

Bot 7

Bruce Campbell: S8
Mickey Vernon: W.1-2
Jake Early: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
John Sullivan: IW
Ellis Clary: S7.3-H;2XH(72);1-2
Alex Carrasquel: 4/L

Top 8

Bob Swift: W
Phil Marchildon: E2/TH/SH.1-3;B-2
Mike Kreevich: K
Elmer Valo: 3/G/DP.3XH(32)

Bot 8

George Case: S5/BG
Stan Spence: S9.1-2;BX2(95363)
Roy Cullenbine: 4/FL
Bruce Campbell: 6/P

Top 9

Buddy Blair: K23
Dick Siebert: D7
Bob Johnson: S8.2-3
Eric McNair: 6/L
Crash Davis: K

Notes & reviews

Case tried to advance when pitcher fumbled catcher's return throw
Case stopped at 2nd but Spence kept running to 2nd on Texas Leaguer to RF

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