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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1931-09-05 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 10000 · 1:40

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 6–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 2nd. Sheriff Blake earned the win and Frank Watt picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	12
PHI	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0		6	9

W: Sheriff Blake L: Socks Seibold SV: Frank Watt

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Quigley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	5	1	1	0	0	1
Rabbit Maranville	4	1	1	0	1	1
Wally Berger	4	0	1	1	1	0
Earl Sheely	4	0	3	0	1	0
Wes Schulmerich	5	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Urbanski	5	1	1	0	0	0
Freddie Maguire	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	0	1	2	0	0
Socks Seibold	3	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Moore	2	0	1	0	0	0
Red Worthington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Neun	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Brickell	5	1	2	1	0	0
Dick Bartell	3	1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Hurst	3	0	1	1	1	0
Doug Taitt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Les Mallon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bernie Friberg	4	1	2	1	0	0
Sheriff Blake	3	2	1	1	0	0
Frank Watt	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Socks Seibold	7.0	9	1	2
Hal Haid	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sheriff Blake	7.1	11	3	2
Frank Watt	1.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: K
Rabbit Maranville: K
Wally Berger: S
Earl Sheely: SB2
Earl Sheely: W
Wes Schulmerich: 43

Bot 1

Fred Brickell: E6/TH
Dick Bartell: 99/SH.1-2
Chuck Klein: S8.2-H(UR)
Don Hurst: CS2(26)
Don Hurst: W
Doug Taitt: E6.1-2
Spud Davis: 9

Top 2

Billy Urbanski: 99
Freddie Maguire: 99
Al Spohrer: 99

Bot 2

Les Mallon: D
Bernie Friberg: D.2-H
Sheriff Blake: D.2-H
Fred Brickell: S9.2-H;B-2(E9)
Dick Bartell: HP
Chuck Klein: 7
Don Hurst: PO2(16)
Don Hurst: D9.1-H
Doug Taitt: 3/G

Top 3

Socks Seibold: 99
Lance Richbourg: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Bot 3

Spud Davis: S#
Les Mallon: K
Bernie Friberg: S.1-2#
Sheriff Blake: 99
Fred Brickell: 99

Top 4

Wally Berger: 99
Earl Sheely: S9
Wes Schulmerich: 99(1)/FO
Billy Urbanski: S6.1-2
Freddie Maguire: S6.2-3;1-2
Al Spohrer: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2#
Socks Seibold: 6/L

Bot 4

Dick Bartell: 99
Chuck Klein: 99
Don Hurst: 99

Top 5

Lance Richbourg: D7
Rabbit Maranville: 3/G.2-3
Wally Berger: 43.3-H
Earl Sheely: S5
Wes Schulmerich: S.1-2#
Billy Urbanski: 3/F9S

Bot 5

Doug Taitt: 99
Spud Davis: K+E2.B-1#
Les Mallon: BK.1-2#
Les Mallon: 99
Bernie Friberg: 99

Top 6

Freddie Maguire: 99
Al Spohrer: 99
Socks Seibold: 99

Bot 6

Sheriff Blake: E6
Fred Brickell: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Dick Bartell: 7.3-H(UR)
Chuck Klein: 99
Don Hurst: 99

Top 7

Lance Richbourg: 99
Rabbit Maranville: S
Wally Berger: W.1-2
Earl Sheely: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Wes Schulmerich: S.3-H;1-2#
Billy Urbanski: 99

Bot 7

Doug Taitt: 99
Spud Davis: 99
Les Mallon: 99

Top 8

Randy Moore: S8
Red Worthington: 8
Johnny Neun: W.1-2
Lance Richbourg: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Rabbit Maranville: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Berger: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bernie Friberg: 99
Frank Watt: 99
Fred Brickell: E4
Dick Bartell: 99

Top 9

Earl Sheely: D
Wes Schulmerich: 99
Billy Urbanski: 99
Randy Moore: 99