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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1931-04-24 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 2000 · 1:51

Cleveland Indians defeated Chicago White Sox 8–1. Cleveland Indians put up 6 in the 2nd. Willis Hudlin earned the win. Earl Averill went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	10
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7

W: Willis Hudlin L: Tommy Thomas SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Burnett	2	1	1	3	0	0
Lew Fonseca	5	2	2	1	0	0
Earl Averill	5	1	2	3	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	1	2	0	0	1
Joe Vosmik	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bibb Falk	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Hunnefield	4	0	0	0	0	2
Luke Sewell	3	1	1	0	1	1
Willis Hudlin	4	1	0	0	0	1
George Detore	3	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willis Hudlin	9.0	7	1	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Thomas	1.1	5	1	2
Hal McKain	7.2	5	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Burnett: 2/FL
Lew Fonseca: D9
Earl Averill: S9.2-H;BX2(96)
Johnny Hodapp: S7/L
Joe Vosmik: K

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 43
Mel Simons: D/89
Carl Reynolds: 43
Ike Eichrodt: 9

Top 2

Bibb Falk: W
Bill Hunnefield: K
Luke Sewell: S8/L.1-2
Willis Hudlin: FC1.2-3;1-2(E1/TH)
Johnny Burnett: T9/9L.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H
Lew Fonseca: S/1.3-H
Earl Averill: HR/9D.1-H
Johnny Hodapp: K/C
Joe Vosmik: 63/6M

Bot 2

Bill Cissell: S7
Luke Appling: 46(1)/FO
Willie Kamm: E5/TH.1-3
Butch Henline: 9
Hal McKain: 43

Top 3

Bibb Falk: 9/9D
Bill Hunnefield: K/C
Luke Sewell: W
Willis Hudlin: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Lu Blue: 2/FL
Mel Simons: K
Carl Reynolds: 53

Top 4

George Detore: 13
Lew Fonseca: 8
Earl Averill: 5

Bot 4

Ike Eichrodt: S7/7L
Bill Cissell: 23/2.1-2
Luke Appling: 63.2-3
Willie Kamm: K

Top 5

Johnny Hodapp: D7/7L
Joe Vosmik: 9/L
Bibb Falk: S9.2-H
Bill Hunnefield: 13.1-2
Luke Sewell: 9

Bot 5

Butch Henline: 4
Hal McKain: W
Johnny Watwood: 6(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 6

Willis Hudlin: K
George Detore: 53
Lew Fonseca: 43

Bot 6

Mel Simons: 13
Carl Reynolds: S7
Ike Eichrodt: 4(1)/FO
Bill Cissell: 13

Top 7

Earl Averill: 2/FL
Johnny Hodapp: 7
Joe Vosmik: 9/9D

Bot 7

Luke Appling: 43
Willie Kamm: 7/7D
Butch Henline: 43

Top 8

Bibb Falk: 7/L
Bill Hunnefield: 8/L
Luke Sewell: K

Bot 8

Hal McKain: 7
Johnny Watwood: 7
Mel Simons: S1
Carl Reynolds: 8

Top 9

Willis Hudlin: 6/56D
George Detore: S7
Lew Fonseca: PB.1-2
Lew Fonseca: 13.2-2#
Earl Averill: 9/89XD

Bot 9

Ike Eichrodt: S/G5
Bill Cissell: 43.1-2
Luke Appling: 53
Willie Kamm: S8.2-H
Butch Henline: 13