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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1931-09-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:38

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 3–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Lefty Grove earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Sam Gray SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Schulte	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jack Burns	4	1	1	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	4	0	1	1	0	0
Red Kress	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Bettencourt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Levey	3	0	1	0	0	1
Sam Gray	3	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Eric McNair	4	0	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	1	0	0
Phil Todt	3	1	3	0	0
Jimmy Moore	3	1	1	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	0	0	1
Dib Williams	3	1	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	1	1	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	8.0	6	0	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fred Schulte: W
Jack Burns: S9.1-3
Goose Goslin: S9.3-H;1-2
Red Kress: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4/TH1)(NR)(UR)
Larry Bettencourt: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Eric McNair: E6/G
Doc Cramer: 4/P
Mickey Cochrane: 9/F
Al Simmons: 8/L

Top 2

Larry Bettencourt: 7/L
Rick Ferrell: 53
Jim Levey: S6/G
Sam Gray: S9.1-2
Fred Schulte: S4/G.2-3;1-2
Jack Burns: 6/L

Bot 2

Phil Todt: D/89
Jimmy Moore: FC5/DP.2X3(545);BX2(54)#
Jimmy Dykes: 43

Top 3

Goose Goslin: 9/F
Red Kress: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: 63

Bot 3

Dib Williams: 7/F
Lefty Grove: K/C
Eric McNair: E5/G
Doc Cramer: 6/L/7S

Top 4

Larry Bettencourt: 8/F
Rick Ferrell: 8/F
Jim Levey: K

Bot 4

Mickey Cochrane: 63/6M
Al Simmons: 9/F
Phil Todt: S8
Jimmy Moore: 7/F

Top 5

Sam Gray: 53
Fred Schulte: 3/FL
Jack Burns: 8/F

Bot 5

Jimmy Dykes: K/C
Dib Williams: E6/TH.B-2
Lefty Grove: D9.2-H(UR)
Eric McNair: 53
Doc Cramer: 4/P

Top 6

Goose Goslin: 63
Red Kress: S/78
Ski Melillo: CS2(26)
Ski Melillo: W
Larry Bettencourt: 9/F

Bot 6

Mickey Cochrane: 8/F
Al Simmons: 7/F
Phil Todt: S9
Jimmy Moore: T8.1-H;B-H(E8/TH3)(NR)(UR)
Jimmy Dykes: 8/F

Top 7

Rick Ferrell: E5/TH.B-2
Jim Levey: 7/F
Sam Gray: 63.2-3
Fred Schulte: 4/L

Bot 7

Dib Williams: 4/P
Lefty Grove: K
Eric McNair: 4/P

Top 8

Jack Burns: 43
Goose Goslin: 8/F
Red Kress: 9/L

Bot 8

Doc Cramer: 5/P
Mickey Cochrane: 3/L
Al Simmons: S7.BX2(76)

Top 9

Ski Melillo: 4/L
Larry Bettencourt: 53
Rick Ferrell: 8/F