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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1944-07-14 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 12231 · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 4–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Russ Christopher earned the win and Joe Berry picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Early Wynn SV: Joe Berry

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	3	2	1	0	1	0
Ford Garrison	3	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Estalella	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bill McGhee	4	0	1	1	0	0
George Kell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Busch	4	0	1	0	0	0
Russ Christopher	4	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	1	0	1	0
George Myatt	4	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Kuhel	3	1	1	0	0	0
Stan Spence	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gil Torres	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	4	0	1	0	0	1
John Sullivan	2	0	0	0	0	0
Early Wynn	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bill LeFebvre	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	8.2	6	4	3
Joe Berry	0.1	1	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 99
Ford Garrison: 99
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: WP.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 99

Bot 1

George Case: 99
George Myatt: K23#
Joe Kuhel: D
Stan Spence: S7.2-H;BX2(76)

Top 2

Bill McGhee: 99
George Kell: S
Larry Rosenthal: K
Ed Busch: S8.1X3(85)

Bot 2

Gil Torres: 99
Roberto Ortiz: D
Mike Guerra: K
John Sullivan: 99

Top 3

Russ Christopher: K
Irv Hall: 99
Ford Garrison: 99

Bot 3

Early Wynn: K23#
George Case: W
George Myatt: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
George Myatt: 99
Joe Kuhel: HP
Stan Spence: 99

Top 4

Bobby Estalella: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99
Bill McGhee: 99

Bot 4

Gil Torres: 99
Roberto Ortiz: 99
Mike Guerra: 99

Top 5

George Kell: S
Larry Rosenthal: 99/SH.1-2
Ed Busch: 99
Russ Christopher: K

Bot 5

John Sullivan: 99
Early Wynn: S
George Case: 99(1)/FO
George Myatt: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
George Myatt: SBH(UR)
George Myatt: 99

Top 6

Irv Hall: D
Ford Garrison: S.2-H
Bobby Estalella: D.1-3
Frankie Hayes: 63/G.3-H
Bill McGhee: 99
George Kell: 99

Bot 6

Joe Kuhel: 99
Stan Spence: S
Gil Torres: 99
Roberto Ortiz: 99

Top 7

Larry Rosenthal: 99
Ed Busch: 99
Russ Christopher: 99

Bot 7

Mike Guerra: S
John Sullivan: 99/SH.1-2
Early Wynn: 99
George Case: 99

Top 8

Irv Hall: W
Ford Garrison: 99/SH.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 99/F
Frankie Hayes: S9.2-H
Bill McGhee: D7.1-H
George Kell: 99

Bot 8

George Myatt: W
Joe Kuhel: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Joe Kuhel: 99
Stan Spence: 99
Gil Torres: 99

Top 9

Larry Rosenthal: 99
Ed Busch: 99
Russ Christopher: 99

Bot 9

Roberto Ortiz: 99
Mike Guerra: 99
Bill LeFebvre: W
Early Wynn: W.1-2
George Case: S5.2-H(E5/TH)(UR);1-3;B-2
George Myatt: 4/L