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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1945-05-06 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 2:13

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 3–2. Russ Christopher earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	12

W: Russ Christopher L: Alex Carrasquel SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Busch	5	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Peck	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	4	0	2	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	2	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0	1
Irv Hall	2	0	0	0	1	0
George Kell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Metro	4	0	2	2	0	0
Russ Christopher	3	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	1	2	0	0	0
George Myatt	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Kuhel	5	0	2	1	0	1
George Binks	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gil Torres	4	0	3	0	0	0
Jose Zardon	4	0	2	1	0	1
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Haefner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hillis Layne	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	12	1	5

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Haefner	6.0	6	4	3
Alex Carrasquel	3.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Busch: 8
Hal Peck: 3
Bobby Estalella: T8
Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

George Case: 63
George Myatt: 31
Joe Kuhel: S5
George Binks: 43

Top 2

Irv Hall: W
George Kell: CS2(243)
George Kell: S1
Charlie Metro: D8.1-H
Russ Christopher: K
Ed Busch: K

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: 9
Gil Torres: D9
Jose Zardon: K
Rick Ferrell: W
Mickey Haefner: 5/L

Top 3

Hal Peck: T9
Bobby Estalella: S9.3-H
Frankie Hayes: 16(1)/FO
Dick Siebert: 53.1-2
Irv Hall: 43

Bot 3

George Case: 53
George Myatt: 7
Joe Kuhel: K23

Top 4

George Kell: D7
Charlie Metro: 9
Russ Christopher: 7
Ed Busch: 9

Bot 4

George Binks: S9
Harlond Clift: K+CS2(24)/DP
Gil Torres: S7
Jose Zardon: S9.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 7

Top 5

Hal Peck: 4
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: K
Irv Hall: 8

Bot 5

Mickey Haefner: 43
George Case: S7
George Myatt: SB2
George Myatt: K/C
Joe Kuhel: 5

Top 6

George Kell: 7
Charlie Metro: E4
Russ Christopher: 14/SH.1-2
Ed Busch: 13

Bot 6

George Binks: S9
Harlond Clift: 9
Gil Torres: S9.1-2
Jose Zardon: S9.2-H;1-3
Rick Ferrell: FC5.1X2(521)
Fred Vaughn: K/C

Top 7

Hal Peck: 43
Bobby Estalella: 9
Frankie Hayes: 13

Bot 7

George Case: S1
George Myatt: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Kuhel: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
George Binks: 13
Harlond Clift: 63

Top 8

Dick Siebert: D8
Irv Hall: 14/SH.2-3
George Kell: 43
Charlie Metro: S8.3-H
Russ Christopher: 7

Bot 8

Gil Torres: 7
Jose Zardon: 3/FL
Rick Ferrell: 43

Top 9

Ed Busch: 43
Hal Peck: 43
Bobby Estalella: 8

Bot 9

Hillis Layne: 3
George Case: 3/FL
George Myatt: S8
Joe Kuhel: SB2
Joe Kuhel: 43