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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1929-08-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 20000 · 1:35

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–3. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 6th. General Crowder earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: General Crowder L: Bill Shores SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	5	1	3	1	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	3	1	1	2	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	2	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	2	1	1	1	1	0
Red Kress	4	1	1	2	0	0
Beauty McGowan	4	2	2	1	0	2
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Schang	3	1	1	0	1	0
General Crowder	4	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jim Cronin	4	1	2	0	0
Mule Haas	4	1	1	1	1
Mickey Cochrane	3	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	3	0	1	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	2	2	0
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0	1
Sammy Hale	3	0	1	0	1
Joe Boley	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Shores	2	0	1	0	1
Carroll Yerkes	1	0	0	0	1
Cy Perkins	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
General Crowder	9.0	8	0	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Shores	5.1	9	2	1
Carroll Yerkes	3.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: 9/F
Frank O'Rourke: 53
Heinie Manush: S8
Fred Schulte: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Jim Cronin: 13
Mule Haas: 9/F
Mickey Cochrane: 13

Top 2

Fred Schulte: W
Red Kress: HR/F7D.1-H
Beauty McGowan: K/C
Ski Melillo: 8/F
Wally Schang: 43

Bot 2

Al Simmons: K
Jimmie Foxx: S8
Bing Miller: 8/F
Sammy Hale: S9.1-3
Joe Boley: 4/P4MD

Top 3

General Crowder: 3/G
Lu Blue: D8/F89XDW
Frank O'Rourke: S7.2-H
Heinie Manush: D9/G3L.1-3
Fred Schulte: 8/F/SF.3-H;2-3
Red Kress: 7/F

Bot 3

Bill Shores: S8
Jim Cronin: 54(1)3/GDP
Mule Haas: K

Top 4

Beauty McGowan: HR/F9D
Ski Melillo: 2/P/FL
Wally Schang: 3/G
General Crowder: 43

Bot 4

Mickey Cochrane: 7/F78
Al Simmons: D/78
Jimmie Foxx: 2/P/FL
Bing Miller: K/C

Top 5

Lu Blue: S7
Frank O'Rourke: FC2/SH/TH2.1-2
Heinie Manush: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Fred Schulte: FC4.3XH(42);2-3;B-2
Red Kress: 63

Bot 5

Sammy Hale: K
Joe Boley: 53
Bill Shores: K/C

Top 6

Beauty McGowan: S8/89
Ski Melillo: 13/SH.1-2
Wally Schang: W
General Crowder: S7.2-H;1-3
Lu Blue: S9.3-H;1-3
Frank O'Rourke: 7/F/SF.3-H(UR);1-2(E7/THH)
Heinie Manush: 13

Bot 6

Jim Cronin: D8/78
Mule Haas: S9.2-H
Mickey Cochrane: 343.1-2
Al Simmons: 8/F8D/SF.2-3
Jimmie Foxx: HR/F8XD.3-H
Bing Miller: 8/F

Top 7

Fred Schulte: S9
Red Kress: 46(1)3/GDP
Beauty McGowan: K

Bot 7

Sammy Hale: 8/F
Joe Boley: 8/F
Carroll Yerkes: K

Top 8

Ski Melillo: 8/L
Wally Schang: D7
General Crowder: FC5/DP.2X3(5);BX1(53)

Bot 8

Jim Cronin: S/BG25
Mule Haas: 46(1)3/GDP
Cy Perkins: 43

Top 9

Lu Blue: 7/F
Frank O'Rourke: 63
Heinie Manush: 9/F

Bot 9

Al Simmons: 63
Jimmie Foxx: 63
Bing Miller: 8/F

Notes & reviews

Into LF stands
Cronin: good play
Off scoreboard
Far over RF fence
Cronin: nice stop
O'Rourke was run down
Simmons: smart catch
Terrific drive off Blue's glove; Melillo made a great play
Into CF seats

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