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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1951-09-30 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 3846 · 1:53

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 4–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Bob Hooper earned the win. Allie Clark went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	10
WS1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	9

W: Bob Hooper L: Joe Haynes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Duffy · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	4	1	1	1	1	0
Ferris Fain	1	0	0	0	0	0
Allie Clark	5	1	3	3	0	0
Gus Zernial	5	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	1	3	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bob Hooper	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Limmer	3	1	0	0	1	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dan Porter	4	1	1	0	1	1
Gil Coan	4	1	0	0	1	1
Irv Noren	3	0	1	2	1	0
Pete Runnels	4	0	1	1	0	1
Roy Hawes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Verble	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Grasso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Haynes	3	1	2	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Hooper	9.0	9	3	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Haynes	9.0	10	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: 7
Ferris Fain: 4
Allie Clark: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: D7
Dan Porter: W
Gil Coan: K
Irv Noren: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Runnels: K
Roy Hawes: K

Top 2

Gus Zernial: 6
Billy Hitchcock: 63
Dave Philley: 43

Bot 2

Gene Verble: 53
Mickey Grasso: 23
Joe Haynes: S9
Eddie Yost: 3

Top 3

Pete Suder: S7
Joe Astroth: SB2
Joe Astroth: K
Bob Hooper: 3/FL
Lou Klein: D8.2-H
Lou Limmer: W
Allie Clark: 3

Bot 3

Dan Porter: K/C
Gil Coan: 31
Irv Noren: 5/FL

Top 4

Gus Zernial: 7
Billy Hitchcock: S4
Dave Philley: 43.1-2
Pete Suder: 63

Bot 4

Pete Runnels: 5/FL
Roy Hawes: 13
Gene Verble: S8
Mickey Grasso: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Joe Astroth: 8
Bob Hooper: 6
Lou Klein: W
Lou Limmer: E4.1-2
Allie Clark: T8.1-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Gus Zernial: 9/L

Bot 5

Joe Haynes: S8
Eddie Yost: 6
Dan Porter: S8.1-2
Gil Coan: W.2-3;1-2
Irv Noren: S9.B-2(TH);1-3;2-H;3-H
Pete Runnels: S7.2-3;3-H;BX2(754)
Roy Hawes: 9

Top 6

Billy Hitchcock: 63
Dave Philley: K
Pete Suder: D7
Joe Astroth: W
Bob Hooper: 1

Bot 6

Gene Verble: E3
Mickey Grasso: 53/SH.1-2
Joe Haynes: 13.2-3
Eddie Yost: S5.3-3
Dan Porter: 43

Top 7

Lou Klein: 63
Lou Limmer: K
Allie Clark: HR/7
Gus Zernial: S8
Billy Hitchcock: 8

Bot 7

Gil Coan: 9
Irv Noren: 6
Pete Runnels: 43

Top 8

Dave Philley: 63
Pete Suder: D8
Joe Astroth: S8.2-3;BX2(824)
Bob Hooper: 163

Bot 8

Roy Hawes: 8
Gene Verble: 63
Mickey Grasso: 6

Top 9

Lou Klein: 6/L
Lou Limmer: 13
Allie Clark: D7
Gus Zernial: 13

Bot 9

Mickey Vernon: S8
Eddie Yost: SB2
Eddie Yost: 8
Dan Porter: 8
Gil Coan: 7