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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1929-08-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2000 · 1:18

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

Line score

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

W: General Crowder L: George Earnshaw SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Dinneen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	3	0	1	1	1	1
Mule Haas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Simmons	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	0	0	0
Homer Summa	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Hale	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Boley	2	1	0	0	1	0
George Earnshaw	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt French	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Earnshaw	7.0	8	1	3
Jack Quinn	1.0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
General Crowder	9.0	4	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: K
Mule Haas: 8/L8
Mickey Cochrane: 13

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 2/FL
Beauty McGowan: D/78
Heinie Manush: 6/P
Fred Schulte: 9/L

Top 2

Al Simmons: 2/FL
Jimmie Foxx: D/78
Homer Summa: 6/P6MD
Sammy Hale: 43

Bot 2

Red Kress: S7
Frank O'Rourke: 86(1)/FO/F8S
Ski Melillo: 64(1)/FO
Clyde Manion: 2/FL

Top 3

Joe Boley: W
George Earnshaw: 13/SH.1-2
Max Bishop: S7.2-H
Mule Haas: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

General Crowder: D7/F7D
Lu Blue: 14/SH.2-3
Beauty McGowan: K
Heinie Manush: K

Top 4

Mickey Cochrane: 43
Al Simmons: 3/FL
Jimmie Foxx: 53

Bot 4

Fred Schulte: K/C
Red Kress: 23/G2
Frank O'Rourke: S9
Ski Melillo: 9/F

Top 5

Homer Summa: S9
Sammy Hale: 9/LDP.1X1(93)
Joe Boley: 3/FL

Bot 5

Clyde Manion: S8
General Crowder: 16(1)/FO/BG
Lu Blue: 9/F9DW
Beauty McGowan: 7/L

Top 6

George Earnshaw: 63
Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 64(1)/FO#
Mickey Cochrane: W.1-2
Al Simmons: 14(1)/FO

Bot 6

Heinie Manush: S/BG23
Fred Schulte: 9/F
Red Kress: HR/F7D.1-H
Frank O'Rourke: 43
Ski Melillo: S5/G5S
Clyde Manion: SB2
Clyde Manion: 43

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: 8/L
Homer Summa: 43
Sammy Hale: D9/F9S
Joe Boley: 43

Bot 7

General Crowder: 7/L
Lu Blue: 8/F
Beauty McGowan: W
Heinie Manush: 4(1)/FO

Top 8

Walt French: K
Max Bishop: 43
Mule Haas: 63

Bot 8

Fred Schulte: 9/L
Red Kress: 4/P
Frank O'Rourke: 8/F

Top 9

Mickey Cochrane: 8/F
Al Simmons: 3/P
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Notes & reviews

Kress held up fearing a catch
Over Simmons
Melillo scooped Crowder's deflection and dived into 2B
Into LF seats

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