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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1931-09-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1500 · 1:44

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 14–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 8th. Eddie Rommel earned the win. Earl Averill went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	9
PHA	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	4		14	18

W: Eddie Rommel L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Odell Hale	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Connatser	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Porter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Averill	4	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	3	0	1	1	1	0
Luke Sewell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ed Montague	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oral Hildebrand	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bibb Falk	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric McNair	5	3	1	1	0	0
Lou Finney	4	3	3	2	0	0
Jimmy Moore	4	2	3	1	1	0
Al Simmons	5	1	2	1	0	1
Phil Todt	5	1	1	2	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	5	1	1	1	0	0
Dib Williams	5	2	5	1	0	0
Joe Palmisano	5	1	1	1	0	0
Eddie Rommel	5	0	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	2.2	10	0	1
Oral Hildebrand	5.1	8	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Rommel	9.0	9	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Odell Hale: T9
Bruce Connatser: 6
Dick Porter: 7/7S/DP.3XH(72)

Bot 1

Eric McNair: S6
Lou Finney: S7.1-H(E6/TH);B-3
Jimmy Moore: D7.3-H
Al Simmons: 63.2-3
Phil Todt: S8.3-H
Jimmy Dykes: 46(1)/FO
Dib Williams: S9.1-2#
Joe Palmisano: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Earl Averill: HR/9D
Joe Vosmik: 7/L
Johnny Hodapp: 6
Luke Sewell: D7
Ed Montague: 43

Bot 2

Eddie Rommel: 43
Eric McNair: HP
Lou Finney: S9.1-2
Jimmy Moore: S/56.2-3;1-2
Al Simmons: K
Phil Todt: E6/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Jimmy Dykes: 53

Top 3

Mel Harder: 7
Odell Hale: 7
Bruce Connatser: S8
Dick Porter: 2/FL

Bot 3

Dib Williams: S7
Joe Palmisano: S/G2.1-2
Eddie Rommel: 2/BP/FL
Eric McNair: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Finney: T8.3-H;1-H
Jimmy Moore: 7

Top 4

Earl Averill: 43
Joe Vosmik: T9/9L
Johnny Hodapp: 53.3-H
Luke Sewell: 63

Bot 4

Al Simmons: 9
Phil Todt: 8
Jimmy Dykes: 9/9S

Top 5

Ed Montague: 5
Oral Hildebrand: K
Odell Hale: 9

Bot 5

Dib Williams: S9
Joe Palmisano: 8
Eddie Rommel: 6(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 6

Bruce Connatser: E4/G
Dick Porter: S8.1-2
Earl Averill: S.2-3;1-2
Joe Vosmik: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)(UR);2-3
Johnny Hodapp: W
Luke Sewell: 2/FL

Bot 6

Eric McNair: 53
Lou Finney: HP
Jimmy Moore: W.1-2
Al Simmons: S9/9D.2-H;1-3
Phil Todt: 63.3-H;1-2
Jimmy Dykes: 7

Top 7

Ed Montague: 53
Oral Hildebrand: 7/L
Odell Hale: 8

Bot 7

Dib Williams: S/BG5S
Joe Palmisano: 4(1)/G/FO
Eddie Rommel: FC5.1-3(E5/TH)
Eric McNair: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Lou Finney: 5

Top 8

Bruce Connatser: 13
Dick Porter: 7
Earl Averill: 8/89XD

Bot 8

Jimmy Moore: S
Al Simmons: S8.1-2
Phil Todt: 15(2)/G/FO.1-2
Jimmy Dykes: S7.2-H;1-2#
Dib Williams: S7.2-H;1-3
Joe Palmisano: 43.3-H;1-2
Eddie Rommel: S8.2-H
Eric McNair: 3

Top 9

Joe Vosmik: 7
Johnny Hodapp: S/5
Luke Sewell: S8.1-2#
Ed Montague: 6
Bibb Falk: 2/FL