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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1931-09-02 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 2:12

Chicago White Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 3–2. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 6th. Red Faber earned the win. Johnny Watwood went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Faber L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Roy Van Graflan · 1B: Bill Guthrie · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Burnett	5	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Porter	5	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Morgan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Hodapp	3	0	0	0	1	0
Glenn Myatt	3	1	2	0	0	0
Willie Kamm	4	0	1	2	0	0
Mel Harder	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bibb Falk	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	3	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Sullivan	4	1	1	1	0	0
Carl Reynolds	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lew Fonseca	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Watwood	4	0	3	2	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Kerr	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Tate	3	1	2	0	1	1
Red Faber	3	1	1	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.0	8	3	6

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Faber	9.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Burnett: K
Dick Porter: 43
Earl Averill: 7

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 3/G
Billy Sullivan: 43
Carl Reynolds: S9
Lew Fonseca: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Ed Morgan: E6/TH
Joe Vosmik: 64(1)3/GDP
Johnny Hodapp: 2/FL

Bot 2

Johnny Watwood: S7
Luke Appling: 16(1)3/GDP
John Kerr: HP
Bennie Tate: D7.1XH(72)

Top 3

Glenn Myatt: D/89
Willie Kamm: S7.2-H
Mel Harder: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Burnett: 43.2-3
Dick Porter: 63

Bot 3

Red Faber: K/C
Lu Blue: K
Billy Sullivan: 7

Top 4

Earl Averill: E6/TH.B-2
Ed Morgan: 43.2-3
Joe Vosmik: 9/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 4

Carl Reynolds: 63
Lew Fonseca: 53
Johnny Watwood: 8

Top 5

Johnny Hodapp: 53
Glenn Myatt: S7.B-2(E7)
Willie Kamm: 43.2-3
Mel Harder: K

Bot 5

Luke Appling: 9
John Kerr: 9
Bennie Tate: K

Top 6

Johnny Burnett: S8
Dick Porter: 4(1)3(B)/GDP
Earl Averill: S9
Ed Morgan: 4

Bot 6

Red Faber: S9
Lu Blue: W.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Carl Reynolds: 8
Lew Fonseca: W.1-2
Johnny Watwood: D7/7L.3-H;2-H;1-3
Luke Appling: K/C

Top 7

Joe Vosmik: D9
Johnny Hodapp: W
Glenn Myatt: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Willie Kamm: 9/F.3-H
Mel Harder: K

Bot 7

John Kerr: K
Bennie Tate: S7
Red Faber: 13/SH.1-2
Lu Blue: E3/G.2-3
Billy Sullivan: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Carl Reynolds: HP.1-2
Lew Fonseca: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Johnny Burnett: 43
Dick Porter: 7
Earl Averill: W
Ed Morgan: S9.1-3
Joe Vosmik: W.1-2
Johnny Hodapp: 63

Bot 8

Johnny Watwood: S3/G
Luke Appling: 64(1)/FO
John Kerr: 63.1-2
Bennie Tate: IW
Red Faber: K

Top 9

Glenn Myatt: 13
Willie Kamm: 8
Bibb Falk: S8
Johnny Burnett: E6/G.1-2
Dick Porter: 63