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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1931-09-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · 1:32

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 3–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Lefty Grove earned the win. Billy Sullivan went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
PHA	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	10

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

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	1	0	0	2
Billy Sullivan	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lew Fonseca	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Norman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Kerr	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Grube	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Faber	2	0	0	0	0	2
Smead Jolley	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric McNair	3	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Finney	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Moore	4	1	2	1	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	2	2	0	0
Phil Todt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dib Williams	4	0	2	0	0	0
Johnnie Heving	3	0	2	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	4	1	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Faber	7.0	9	2	3
Grant Bowler	1.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	5	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: K
Billy Sullivan: HR/9
Lew Fonseca: S8
Bob Fothergill: 6(B)4(1)/DP/P

Bot 1

Eric McNair: 63
Lou Finney: 63
Jimmy Moore: 8/F

Top 2

Bill Norman: S9
Luke Appling: 8/L
John Kerr: CS2(26)
John Kerr: 3/FL

Bot 2

Al Simmons: 3/FL
Phil Todt: K
Jimmy Dykes: W
Dib Williams: S8.1-2
Johnnie Heving: 6(1)/FO

Top 3

Frank Grube: 5/FL
Red Faber: K
Lu Blue: 7/F

Bot 3

Lefty Grove: S8
Eric McNair: 13/SH.1-2
Lou Finney: 6/P
Jimmy Moore: D7.2-H
Al Simmons: D9.2-H
Phil Todt: 8/F

Top 4

Billy Sullivan: 13
Lew Fonseca: 9/F
Bob Fothergill: W
Bill Norman: 7/F

Bot 4

Jimmy Dykes: 5/P
Dib Williams: D7
Johnnie Heving: S1.2-3
Lefty Grove: 5/FL
Eric McNair: K

Top 5

Luke Appling: 4/P
John Kerr: S6
Frank Grube: 64(1)/FO
Red Faber: K

Bot 5

Lou Finney: S5/BG
Jimmy Moore: 13.1-2
Al Simmons: S9.2-H
Phil Todt: 36(1)/FO
Jimmy Dykes: K

Top 6

Lu Blue: S7
Billy Sullivan: K
Lew Fonseca: 9/F
Bob Fothergill: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Dib Williams: E6/G
Johnnie Heving: 14/SH.1-2
Lefty Grove: 4/P
Eric McNair: 8/F

Top 7

Bill Norman: 6/P
Luke Appling: 9/F
John Kerr: 9/F

Bot 7

Lou Finney: 63
Jimmy Moore: S7
Al Simmons: 2/P
Phil Todt: W.1-2
Jimmy Dykes: PO1(23)

Top 8

Frank Grube: HP
Smead Jolley: K
Lu Blue: K
Billy Sullivan: 13

Bot 8

Jimmy Dykes: 43
Dib Williams: 2/FL
Johnnie Heving: S9
Lefty Grove: 8/F

Top 9

Lew Fonseca: 53
Bob Fothergill: 5/P
Bill Norman: 9/L