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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1931-04-23 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 800 · 1:50

Cleveland Indians defeated Chicago White Sox 8–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 9th. Wes Ferrell earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	8	13
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5

W: Wes Ferrell L: Garland Braxton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Hildebrand · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Johnny Burnett	5	1	2	1	0
Lew Fonseca	4	3	3	1	1
Earl Averill	4	1	1	1	1
Johnny Hodapp	3	0	3	1	0
Joe Vosmik	5	1	0	1	0
Bibb Falk	4	1	2	2	1
Bill Hunnefield	4	0	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	5	1	1	0	0
Wes Ferrell	4	0	1	1	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	1	0	0	2
Mel Simons	4	1	2	0	0	1
Carl Reynolds	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ike Eichrodt	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bill Cissell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Kamm	3	0	0	0	1	1
Luke Appling	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Tate	3	0	0	0	1	1
Garland Braxton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Watwood	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McKain	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	5	3	8

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garland Braxton	7.0	10	3	0
Jim Moore	2.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Burnett: 6
Lew Fonseca: S/5
Earl Averill: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Lu Blue: D/P89
Mel Simons: K
Carl Reynolds: 53.2-3
Ike Eichrodt: 9

Top 2

Johnny Hodapp: HP
Joe Vosmik: 6
Bibb Falk: S8.1-3
Bill Hunnefield: FC1.3XH(12);1-2
Luke Sewell: 63

Bot 2

Bill Cissell: 4
Willie Kamm: E4/G
Luke Appling: K
Bennie Tate: 2

Top 3

Wes Ferrell: 9
Johnny Burnett: S
Lew Fonseca: SB2
Lew Fonseca: T7.2-H
Earl Averill: W
Johnny Hodapp: S7.3-H;1-2
Joe Vosmik: 13.2-3;1-2
Bibb Falk: 13

Bot 3

Garland Braxton: 8
Lu Blue: K/C
Mel Simons: 31

Top 4

Bill Hunnefield: 13
Luke Sewell: D
Wes Ferrell: 53
Johnny Burnett: S9.2-H
Lew Fonseca: SB2
Lew Fonseca: PB.2-3
Lew Fonseca: 7

Bot 4

Carl Reynolds: W
Ike Eichrodt: 46(1)3/GDP
Bill Cissell: E6/G
Willie Kamm: 9

Top 5

Earl Averill: 43
Johnny Hodapp: S7
Joe Vosmik: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Luke Appling: 63
Bennie Tate: 8
Garland Braxton: 43

Top 6

Bibb Falk: W
Bill Hunnefield: 14/SH.1-2
Luke Sewell: 9
Wes Ferrell: D7/7L.2-H
Johnny Burnett: 9/9D

Bot 6

Lu Blue: K
Mel Simons: S7
Carl Reynolds: T/89.1-H
Ike Eichrodt: K
Bill Cissell: 13

Top 7

Lew Fonseca: W
Earl Averill: 9
Johnny Hodapp: S8.1-3
Joe Vosmik: E6/G.3-H(RBI);1-3
Bibb Falk: 8/8S
Bill Hunnefield: 6

Bot 7

Willie Kamm: W
Luke Appling: 43.1-2
Bennie Tate: K
Johnny Watwood: 31

Top 8

Luke Sewell: 5/FL
Wes Ferrell: 63
Johnny Burnett: 53

Bot 8

Lu Blue: 9
Mel Simons: S/6
Carl Reynolds: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Ike Eichrodt: S7.2-H(UR)
Bill Cissell: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Lew Fonseca: S/BG5S
Earl Averill: D/89.1-H
Johnny Hodapp: 53/SH.2-3
Joe Vosmik: FC4.B-2
Bibb Falk: S9.3-H;2-H
Bill Hunnefield: 3/G.1-2
Luke Sewell: 9

Bot 9

Willie Kamm: K
Luke Appling: 3/L#
Bennie Tate: W
Hal McKain: K