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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1931-08-19 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5000 · 1:42

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 4–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Lefty Grove earned the win. Eric McNair went 4-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Red Faber SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	0	1	0	1	0
Doc Cramer	5	0	2	1	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Moore	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bing Miller	5	1	2	0	0	0
Eric McNair	5	2	4	1	0	0
Dib Williams	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	4	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0
Carl Reynolds	4	1	3	0	0
Lew Fonseca	4	1	2	1	0
Bob Fothergill	4	0	1	0	0
John Kerr	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	4	0	0	1	2
Frank Grube	4	0	1	0	0
Red Faber	2	0	0	0	2
Irv Jeffries	1	0	0	0	1
Luke Appling	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	7	0	5

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Faber	8.0	12	2	3
Jim Moore	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: S9
Doc Cramer: 7/F
Mickey Cochrane: 3/G.1-2
Jimmy Moore: 6/P

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 3/P
Billy Sullivan: 7/L
Carl Reynolds: T9
Lew Fonseca: 9/F

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 8/F
Bing Miller: S4
Eric McNair: S5/BG.1-2
Dib Williams: S1.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(E1/TH)(UR);B-3
Lefty Grove: FC3.3XH(32)
Max Bishop: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: 13

Bot 2

Bob Fothergill: 2/FL
John Kerr: 4/L
Bill Cissell: K

Top 3

Mickey Cochrane: K
Jimmy Moore: 53/BG
Jimmie Foxx: HP
Bing Miller: S9.1-2
Eric McNair: S9.2-H;1-2
Dib Williams: 63

Bot 3

Frank Grube: S7/L
Red Faber: K
Lu Blue: 46(1)/FO
Billy Sullivan: 13

Top 4

Lefty Grove: 3/G
Max Bishop: 9/F
Doc Cramer: 23

Bot 4

Carl Reynolds: 9/L
Lew Fonseca: S8
Bob Fothergill: 64(1)/FO
John Kerr: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Mickey Cochrane: 3/G
Jimmy Moore: 63
Jimmie Foxx: S9
Bing Miller: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Bill Cissell: K
Frank Grube: 4/P
Red Faber: K

Top 6

Eric McNair: S5
Dib Williams: 2/FL
Lefty Grove: 4/P
Max Bishop: 9/L

Bot 6

Lu Blue: 7/F
Billy Sullivan: 63
Carl Reynolds: S9
Lew Fonseca: 9/L

Top 7

Doc Cramer: S9
Mickey Cochrane: 9/L
Jimmy Moore: K
Jimmie Foxx: S6.1-2
Bing Miller: 7/F

Bot 7

Bob Fothergill: S8
John Kerr: 54(1)/FO
Bill Cissell: 54(1)/FO
Frank Grube: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Eric McNair: S6
Dib Williams: E1/SH.1-2
Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Doc Cramer: S1.3-H(UR);1-3;B-2(E3/TH)
Mickey Cochrane: IW
Jimmy Moore: 6(1)/FO

Bot 8

Irv Jeffries: K
Lu Blue: 6/L
Billy Sullivan: 63

Top 9

Jimmie Foxx: 6/L
Bing Miller: 4/P
Eric McNair: 5/FL

Bot 9

Carl Reynolds: S8
Lew Fonseca: D/89.1-H
Bob Fothergill: E4/G.2-3
Luke Appling: 2/G.1-2
Bill Cissell: 63.3-H(UR);2-3
Frank Grube: 63