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Washington Senators @ St. Louis Browns

1931-08-18 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 4000 · 1:58

St. Louis Browns defeated Washington Senators 4–2. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 3rd. Dick Coffman earned the win. Red Kress went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	9
SLA	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		4	10

W: Dick Coffman L: Bump Hadley SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Myer	5	0	2	1	0	0
Sam Rice	5	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	2	0	2	0	2	0
Sam West	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ossie Bluege	3	0	1	1	1	0
Joe Kuhel	3	1	1	0	1	0
Roy Spencer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bump Hadley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Bolton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Judge	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Schulte	4	2	3	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	1	2	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	3	0	1	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	2	3	0	0
Lin Storti	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jack Burns	4	0	1	0	0	0
Benny Bengough	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Levey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	2	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bump Hadley	4.0	5	1	1
Carl Fischer	0.2	3	0	0
Lloyd Brown	3.1	2	1	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Coffman	9.0	9	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Myer: 31
Sam Rice: 5/FL
Heinie Manush: 8/F

Bot 1

Fred Schulte: 3/G
Ski Melillo: S7
Goose Goslin: 8/F
Red Kress: CS2(24)

Top 2

Joe Cronin: W
Sam West: 4/P
Ossie Bluege: 63.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 3/G

Bot 2

Red Kress: 8/F
Lin Storti: 2/FL
Jack Burns: 63

Top 3

Roy Spencer: 2/FL
Bump Hadley: 9/F
Buddy Myer: 5/P

Bot 3

Benny Bengough: S9/3
Jim Levey: 9/F
Dick Coffman: 14/SH.1-2
Fred Schulte: S8.2-H
Ski Melillo: S7.1-2
Goose Goslin: W.2-3;1-2
Red Kress: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Lin Storti: K

Top 4

Sam Rice: S9
Heinie Manush: 2/FL
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2
Sam West: 31.2-3;1-2
Ossie Bluege: 53

Bot 4

Jack Burns: 43
Benny Bengough: 7/F
Jim Levey: 5/L

Top 5

Joe Kuhel: S5/BG
Roy Spencer: 9/F
Cliff Bolton: S7.1-2
Buddy Myer: S8.2-H;1-2
Sam Rice: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 5

Dick Coffman: 7/F
Fred Schulte: S8
Ski Melillo: 3/FL
Goose Goslin: S8.1-3
Red Kress: S8.3-H;1-2
Lin Storti: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Burns: 3/FL

Top 6

Heinie Manush: S9
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Sam West: K
Ossie Bluege: S7.2-H;1X3(75);B-2(TH)
Joe Kuhel: 8/F

Bot 6

Benny Bengough: 43
Jim Levey: 53
Dick Coffman: 53

Top 7

Roy Spencer: 63
Lloyd Brown: 63
Buddy Myer: D/89
Sam Rice: 43

Bot 7

Fred Schulte: D/89
Ski Melillo: FC1.2X2(1E6)
Goose Goslin: 4/P
Red Kress: 2/FL
Lin Storti: K

Top 8

Heinie Manush: 4/P
Joe Cronin: D7
Sam West: 31.2-3
Ossie Bluege: W
Joe Kuhel: W.1-2
Roy Spencer: 8/F

Bot 8

Jack Burns: S3/BG
Benny Bengough: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Levey: 7/F

Top 9

Joe Judge: 3/G
Buddy Myer: 43
Sam Rice: 3/G