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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1936-06-24 · Day game · League Park IV · 1:56

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–3. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 6th. Mel Harder earned the win. Hal Trosky went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
CLE	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0		5	11

W: Mel Harder L: Harry Kelley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Johnston · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	5	0	0	0	0	1
Rabbit Warstler	3	1	1	0	2	0
Wally Moses	3	1	1	0	1	0
George Puccinelli	3	1	2	2	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Kelley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Roy Hughes	3	0	1	0	0
Odell Hale	4	0	3	1	0
Earl Averill	3	1	1	1	1
Hal Trosky	4	2	2	1	0
Billy Sullivan	4	1	2	1	0
Bruce Campbell	3	0	2	1	1
Joe Vosmik	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Knickerbocker	3	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	2	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Kelley	8.0	11	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	8	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: K
Rabbit Warstler: W
Wally Moses: 7
George Puccinelli: S4.1-2
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 1

Roy Hughes: 6/P
Odell Hale: T8/8D
Earl Averill: W
Hal Trosky: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 4/P
Skeeter Newsome: S5
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO
Harry Kelley: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Billy Sullivan: S9
Bruce Campbell: WP.1-2
Bruce Campbell: S8.2-H
Joe Vosmik: 6(1)3/GDP
Bill Knickerbocker: 53

Top 3

Lou Finney: 8/L
Rabbit Warstler: W
Wally Moses: D7.1-3
George Puccinelli: S8.3-H;2-H
Pinky Higgins: K
Bob Johnson: D8.1-H
Skeeter Newsome: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 3

Mel Harder: 63
Roy Hughes: S7
Odell Hale: S8.1-3
Earl Averill: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Frankie Hayes: K
Harry Kelley: S7
Lou Finney: 46(1)/FO
Rabbit Warstler: 7/7D

Bot 4

Hal Trosky: D9/9D
Billy Sullivan: D9/9LD.2-H
Bruce Campbell: W
Joe Vosmik: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bill Knickerbocker: 53

Top 5

Wally Moses: W
George Puccinelli: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Bob Johnson: 6/P
Skeeter Newsome: FLE5
Skeeter Newsome: 4(1)/FO

Bot 5

Mel Harder: 53
Roy Hughes: 63
Odell Hale: 6/P

Top 6

Frankie Hayes: 43
Harry Kelley: 63
Lou Finney: 3/G

Bot 6

Earl Averill: HR/9/L
Hal Trosky: HR/9
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Bruce Campbell: 13
Joe Vosmik: 63

Top 7

Rabbit Warstler: S8
Wally Moses: 8
George Puccinelli: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bill Knickerbocker: 9/9S
Mel Harder: HP
Roy Hughes: 13/SH.1-2
Odell Hale: S7.2-H
Earl Averill: 8

Top 8

Pinky Higgins: 63
Bob Johnson: S7
Skeeter Newsome: 13/SH.1-2
Chubby Dean: 7

Bot 8

Hal Trosky: 43
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Bruce Campbell: S1
Joe Vosmik: 7

Top 9

Bill Nicholson: K
Lou Finney: 43
Rabbit Warstler: 63