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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1931-05-09 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1000 · overcast, drizzle, soaked · 2:06

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 6–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 5 in the 8th. Rube Walberg earned the win and Lefty Grove picked up the save. Jimmie Foxx went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	6	6
SLA	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	12

W: Rube Walberg L: Sam Gray SV: Lefty Grove

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Hildebrand · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	3	1	1	0	2	0
Mule Haas	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	2	2	2	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	1	3	1	0
Bing Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Boley	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rube Walberg	2	0	0	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Levey	5	0	0	0	0	2
Ski Melillo	5	1	1	0	0	1
Goose Goslin	5	2	2	0	0	0
Red Kress	5	1	3	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	3	0	3	2	1	0
Larry Bettencourt	3	0	0	1	2	2
Ed Grimes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Sam Gray	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	1	0	0	0	0	1
Earl McNeely	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Walberg	7.0	11	3	2
Lefty Grove	2.0	1	0	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	8.0	5	4	3
Chad Kimsey	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: S9/L9DW
Mule Haas: 3/LDP/L3L.1X1(3)
Mickey Cochrane: 8/L8S

Bot 1

Jim Levey: 7/F
Ski Melillo: S8
Goose Goslin: 9/F
Red Kress: S9/G34.1-3
Fred Schulte: W.1-2
Larry Bettencourt: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ed Grimes: 43

Top 2

Al Simmons: K
Jimmie Foxx: 8/F8XD
Bing Miller: 8/L

Bot 2

Rick Ferrell: S6/G
Sam Gray: 1/BP
Jim Levey: 9/L
Ski Melillo: WP.1-2
Ski Melillo: 9/F

Top 3

Jimmy Dykes: 4/P
Joe Boley: 8/F
Rube Walberg: K/C

Bot 3

Goose Goslin: 4/P
Red Kress: D9/F9S
Fred Schulte: T8/L89.2-H
Larry Bettencourt: K/C
Ed Grimes: 9/F

Top 4

Max Bishop: 3/G
Mule Haas: 5/P
Mickey Cochrane: 43

Bot 4

Rick Ferrell: D8/78
Sam Gray: 2/BP/FL
Jim Levey: 7/F
Ski Melillo: 4/P

Top 5

Al Simmons: E6/TH1
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Bing Miller: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Dykes: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Joe Boley: W
Rube Walberg: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Goose Goslin: T8/F89XDW
Red Kress: 7/F
Fred Schulte: S57/G.3-H
Larry Bettencourt: W.1-2
Ed Grimes: 9/F.2-3
Rick Ferrell: 3/FL

Top 6

Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 8/F
Mickey Cochrane: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 6

Sam Gray: 3/FL
Jim Levey: K23
Ski Melillo: 53

Top 7

Al Simmons: S7
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)/FO
Bing Miller: 8/F
Jimmy Dykes: K/C

Bot 7

Goose Goslin: S9
Red Kress: 8/L8XD
Fred Schulte: S7.1-2
Larry Bettencourt: 2/FL
Ed Grimes: S8.2-H;1-3
Rick Ferrell: 43

Top 8

Joe Boley: 7/L
Doc Cramer: E6/G
Max Bishop: W.1-2
Mule Haas: S8/89.2-3;1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 6/P
Al Simmons: S7/G56.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Jimmie Foxx: HR/F89XD.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Bing Miller: 63

Bot 8

Frank O'Rourke: K
Jim Levey: K
Ski Melillo: K/C

Top 9

Jimmy Dykes: S7
Joe Boley: 13.1-2
Lefty Grove: 13.2-3
Max Bishop: 4/P

Bot 9

Goose Goslin: 6/P
Red Kress: S8
Earl McNeely: 7/L
Larry Bettencourt: K

Notes & reviews

Start of game delayed 2 hours by rain
Browns coach Austin ejected by HP umpire Geisel for arguing that Kress had been hit by pitch
Schulte left with injured leg

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