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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1944-09-09 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 5011 · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 3–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Gil Torres went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bobo Newsom L: Roger Wolff SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Epps	4	1	2	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Estalella	5	0	2	1	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	0	0	2	0
Ed Busch	5	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	0	0	0	1
George Kell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bobo Newsom	4	0	2	1	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Myatt	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	1	0	0	0
Stan Spence	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Vaughn	3	0	0	0	1	2
Roberto Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gil Torres	4	0	3	1	0	1
Mike Guerra	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Wolff	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill LeFebvre	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	7	2	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	8.0	7	3	2
Jug Thesenga	1.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: S8
Hal Epps: 9
Larry Rosenthal: 64(1)/FO
Bobby Estalella: S1.1-2
Dick Siebert: 36(1)/FO

Bot 1

George Case: 4/P
George Myatt: 43
Joe Kuhel: 4/L

Top 2

Ed Busch: 4/P
Frankie Hayes: K+E2.B-1
George Kell: 4/P
Bobo Newsom: S9.1-2
Irv Hall: K

Bot 2

Stan Spence: 8
Fred Vaughn: W
Roberto Ortiz: 64(1)/FO
Gil Torres: S8.1-3
Mike Guerra: 9

Top 3

Hal Epps: S8
Larry Rosenthal: 53/SH.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 63
Dick Siebert: W
Ed Busch: 3/G

Bot 3

Roger Wolff: 53
George Case: 53
George Myatt: W
Joe Kuhel: CS2(26)

Top 4

Frankie Hayes: 8
George Kell: 8
Bobo Newsom: 6/P

Bot 4

Joe Kuhel: 2/P
Stan Spence: 5/P
Fred Vaughn: 8

Top 5

Irv Hall: 63
Hal Epps: 13
Larry Rosenthal: S8
Bobby Estalella: 53

Bot 5

Roberto Ortiz: 7
Gil Torres: K
Mike Guerra: 53

Top 6

Dick Siebert: 8
Ed Busch: S4
Frankie Hayes: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
George Kell: W
Bobo Newsom: PB.2-3;1-2
Bobo Newsom: S5/BG.3-H(UR);2-3
Irv Hall: E4.3-H(UR);1-2
Hal Epps: W.2-3;1-2
Larry Rosenthal: 8

Bot 6

Roger Wolff: 8
George Case: 3/FL
George Myatt: S8
Joe Kuhel: 3/G

Top 7

Bobby Estalella: 53
Dick Siebert: 7
Ed Busch: 8

Bot 7

Stan Spence: 9
Fred Vaughn: K
Roberto Ortiz: 8

Top 8

Frankie Hayes: 63
George Kell: 53
Bobo Newsom: 4/P

Bot 8

Gil Torres: S8
Mike Guerra: 6/P
Bill LeFebvre: 6/P
George Case: S9.1-3
George Myatt: 7

Top 9

Irv Hall: 53
Hal Epps: S7
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Bobby Estalella: D.2-H;1-3
Dick Siebert: W
Ed Busch: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Joe Kuhel: S8
Stan Spence: 3/P
Fred Vaughn: K
Roberto Ortiz: S8.1-2
Gil Torres: S8.2-H;1-3
Mike Guerra: 3/L