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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1931-05-12 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 3500 · 1:48

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 5–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Lefty Grove earned the win. Al Simmons went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Pat Caraway SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Roy Van Graflan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	0	0	0	1	0
Mule Haas	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Simmons	5	1	2	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	1	3	2	0	0
Bing Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	1	1	0	0	3	1
Joe Boley	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lefty Grove	4	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Cissell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Carl Reynolds	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Fothergill	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ike Eichrodt	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Appling	4	0	0	0	0	2
Willie Kamm	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Grube	2	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Caraway	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	4	2	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Caraway	9.0	9	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: 5/FL
Mule Haas: S7
Mickey Cochrane: W.1-2
Al Simmons: 9/F
Jimmie Foxx: S7.2-H;1-3
Bing Miller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 7/F
Bill Cissell: 8/F
Carl Reynolds: S7
Bob Fothergill: 3/G

Top 2

Jimmy Dykes: W
Joe Boley: 7/F
Lefty Grove: E2/TH.1-2
Max Bishop: W.2-3;1-2
Mule Haas: 9/FDP.3-H(UR);2-3;1X2(926)

Bot 2

Ike Eichrodt: 63
Luke Appling: K
Willie Kamm: 63

Top 3

Mickey Cochrane: S8/G
Al Simmons: S9.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: S8.3-H;1-3
Bing Miller: FC3.3XH(325);1-3;B-2
Jimmy Dykes: W
Joe Boley: 43.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 3

Frank Grube: 2/FL
Pat Caraway: 53
Lu Blue: 9/F

Top 4

Max Bishop: 4/P
Mule Haas: 5/P
Mickey Cochrane: 8/F

Bot 4

Bill Cissell: E6/TH#
Carl Reynolds: T7.1-H(UR)
Bob Fothergill: S5.3-H
Ike Eichrodt: K
Luke Appling: 13.1-2
Willie Kamm: 3/P

Top 5

Al Simmons: 63
Jimmie Foxx: 53
Bing Miller: D7
Jimmy Dykes: W
Joe Boley: 9/L

Bot 5

Frank Grube: W
Pat Caraway: 5/P
Lu Blue: 64(1)/FO
Bill Cissell: S4.1-2
Carl Reynolds: 9/F

Top 6

Lefty Grove: 3/G
Max Bishop: 6/P
Mule Haas: S9
Mickey Cochrane: 9/F

Bot 6

Bob Fothergill: 4/F
Ike Eichrodt: 43
Luke Appling: 43

Top 7

Al Simmons: 9/F
Jimmie Foxx: S7
Bing Miller: 54(1)/FO
Jimmy Dykes: SB2
Jimmy Dykes: K

Bot 7

Willie Kamm: 8/F
Frank Grube: 7/L
Pat Caraway: 43

Top 8

Joe Boley: 63
Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 9/F

Bot 8

Lu Blue: K
Bill Cissell: W
Carl Reynolds: 64(1)/FO
Bob Fothergill: 8/L

Top 9

Mule Haas: 1/G
Mickey Cochrane: 63
Al Simmons: HR/7
Jimmie Foxx: 53

Bot 9

Ike Eichrodt: 53
Luke Appling: K
Willie Kamm: 8/F