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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-06-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:41

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 5–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Harry Kelley earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

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

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Milt Galatzer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Earl Averill	4	1	1	2	0	1
Billy Sullivan	4	0	2	0	0	1
Hal Trosky	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Vosmik	2	0	0	0	1	1
Odell Hale	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Knickerbocker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gleeson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	2	1	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	1	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0
George Puccinelli	4	2	2	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	2	3	4	0
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0
Harry Kelley	3	1	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.0	11	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Kelley	9.0	5	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Milt Galatzer: 43
Roy Hughes: 53
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 63
Rabbit Warstler: 63
Wally Moses: 7

Top 2

Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Hal Trosky: 8/89D
Joe Vosmik: K/C

Bot 2

George Puccinelli: S9
Pinky Higgins: 9
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Rusty Peters: 3/G
Frankie Hayes: 63

Top 3

Odell Hale: 8/L
Bill Knickerbocker: 43
Mel Harder: 2/FL

Bot 3

Harry Kelley: D9/9L
Lou Finney: PB.2-3
Lou Finney: S6.3-H
Rabbit Warstler: 23/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: 63/6M.2-3
George Puccinelli: 9

Top 4

Milt Galatzer: 8
Roy Hughes: S7
Earl Averill: 9/L
Billy Sullivan: K

Bot 4

Pinky Higgins: K
Bob Johnson: D7/7L
Rusty Peters: 7
Frankie Hayes: 5/P

Top 5

Hal Trosky: 7/78D/L
Joe Vosmik: 43
Odell Hale: 2/P

Bot 5

Harry Kelley: S7/7S
Lou Finney: 8
Rabbit Warstler: 54(1)/FO
Wally Moses: S4.1-2
George Puccinelli: 2/FL

Top 6

Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Mel Harder: 7
Milt Galatzer: 7

Bot 6

Pinky Higgins: 53
Bob Johnson: 7
Rusty Peters: 53

Top 7

Roy Hughes: 7/L
Earl Averill: K
Billy Sullivan: D8
Hal Trosky: K

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: 53
Harry Kelley: 43
Lou Finney: S/BG/5
Rabbit Warstler: S9.1-3
Wally Moses: 3/G

Top 8

Joe Vosmik: W
Odell Hale: 64(1)3/GDP
Bill Knickerbocker: 63

Bot 8

George Puccinelli: D7/7L
Pinky Higgins: 34/SH.2-3
Bob Johnson: HR8/IPHR.3-H
Rusty Peters: 8
Frankie Hayes: 53

Top 9

Jim Gleeson: 3/G
Milt Galatzer: S4/4M
Roy Hughes: K/C
Earl Averill: HR/9.1-H
Billy Sullivan: S3
Hal Trosky: 6/P/8S

Notes & reviews

Averill went to fence trying for catch--ball off wall back towards infield for easy HR.

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