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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1934-09-16 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:41

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 2–1. Sugar Cain earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Sugar Cain L: George Blaeholder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dib Williams	5	0	3	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	0	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eric McNair	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lou Finney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	3
Sugar Cain	4	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harlond Clift	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ollie Bejma	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Burns	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Pepper	3	0	2	0	1	0
Debs Garms	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	2	0	0	0	2	0
Alan Strange	3	0	1	0	1	1
George Blaeholder	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sugar Cain	9.0	5	5	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	9.0	8	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: S3
Dib Williams: 7/F.1-2
Bob Johnson: W
Jimmie Foxx: 3/P/FL
Pinky Higgins: S8.2-H;1-2
Eric McNair: 7/F

Bot 1

Harlond Clift: 5/P/FL
Ollie Bejma: 7/F
Jack Burns: 43

Top 2

Lou Finney: 43
Frankie Hayes: K
Sugar Cain: 63

Bot 2

Ray Pepper: 63
Debs Garms: 23
Ski Melillo: 9/F

Top 3

Doc Cramer: 8/L
Dib Williams: S8
Bob Johnson: 53.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 2/P/FL

Bot 3

Rollie Hemsley: W
Alan Strange: S7.1-3
George Blaeholder: 34/SH.1-2
Harlond Clift: W
Ollie Bejma: K
Jack Burns: 8/F

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: 53
Eric McNair: 63
Lou Finney: 63

Bot 4

Ray Pepper: S9
Debs Garms: 46(1)3/GDP
Ski Melillo: 8/F

Top 5

Frankie Hayes: K
Sugar Cain: 7/F
Doc Cramer: E2/TH1
Dib Williams: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: 3/P/FL

Bot 5

Rollie Hemsley: 13
Alan Strange: K
George Blaeholder: 9/F

Top 6

Jimmie Foxx: 8/F
Pinky Higgins: 13
Eric McNair: D8
Lou Finney: W
Frankie Hayes: 7/L

Bot 6

Harlond Clift: 53
Ollie Bejma: 7/F
Jack Burns: S9
Ray Pepper: S7.1-2
Debs Garms: D8.2-H;1-3
Ski Melillo: 8/F

Top 7

Sugar Cain: K
Doc Cramer: 43
Dib Williams: S8
Bob Johnson: 8/L

Bot 7

Rollie Hemsley: W
Alan Strange: 54(1)3/GDP
George Blaeholder: E9/F
Harlond Clift: 4/P

Top 8

Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-3
Eric McNair: S8.3-H;1-2
Lou Finney: 8/F
Frankie Hayes: PO2(E1).2-3;1-2#
Frankie Hayes: K
Sugar Cain: 6/P

Bot 8

Ollie Bejma: 9/F
Jack Burns: 9/F
Ray Pepper: W
Debs Garms: 43

Top 9

Doc Cramer: 8/F
Dib Williams: 8/F
Bob Johnson: 8/F

Bot 9

Ski Melillo: 9/F
Rollie Hemsley: 53
Alan Strange: W
Bruce Campbell: K