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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-08-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 13–2. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 4th. Johnny Allen earned the win. Earl Averill went 2-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	3	5	0	2	2	0	0	13	14
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7

W: Johnny Allen L: Gordon Rhodes SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hughes	4	3	3	1	1	1
Odell Hale	5	3	3	3	1	0
Earl Averill	4	2	2	4	1	0
Hal Trosky	6	1	1	2	0	0
Roy Weatherly	4	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Vosmik	5	0	2	1	0	0
Greek George	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Knickerbocker	3	2	1	0	2	0
Johnny Allen	4	2	1	0	1	0
Boze Berger	1	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Galatzer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	2	0	1	1	2	1
Frankie Hayes	3	1	1	0	0	1
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	0	2
Al Niemiec	3	0	1	0	0	1
Gordon Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Stu Flythe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Red Bullock	1	0	0	1	0	0
Charlie Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	9.0	7	2	11

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gordon Rhodes	3.0	11	0	1
Stu Flythe	3.0	2	6	1
Red Bullock	3.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Hughes: K/C
Odell Hale: S9
Earl Averill: D8.1-H
Hal Trosky: 8
Roy Weatherly: 43

Bot 1

Lou Finney: K/C
Wally Moses: S8.BX2(86)
Chubby Dean: 3/G

Top 2

Joe Vosmik: S6
Greek George: 4/P
Bill Knickerbocker: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: K
Pinky Higgins: W
Frankie Hayes: 8
Skeeter Newsome: K

Top 3

Johnny Allen: 143
Roy Hughes: D7
Odell Hale: 43.2-3
Earl Averill: D8.3-H
Hal Trosky: S7.2-H
Roy Weatherly: S9.1-3
Joe Vosmik: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Greek George: 2/FL

Bot 3

Al Niemiec: 4/P
Gordon Rhodes: K
Lou Finney: 8

Top 4

Bill Knickerbocker: D7
Johnny Allen: S5/BG.2-3
Roy Hughes: S9.3-H;1-3
Odell Hale: T8.3-H;1-H
Earl Averill: E7/F.3-H(RBI);B-3
Hal Trosky: 43.3-H(UR)
Roy Weatherly: 43
Joe Vosmik: 13

Bot 4

Wally Moses: 9
Chubby Dean: S8
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Pinky Higgins: D9.2-H;1-3
Frankie Hayes: K
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Top 5

Greek George: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: 4/P
Johnny Allen: 3/P

Bot 5

Al Niemiec: K
Stu Flythe: K
Lou Finney: 8/L

Top 6

Roy Hughes: W
Odell Hale: S9.1-3
Earl Averill: WP.3-H;1-2
Earl Averill: W
Hal Trosky: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Roy Weatherly: W.1-2
Joe Vosmik: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Greek George: K

Bot 6

Wally Moses: 3/G
Chubby Dean: K
Bob Johnson: S8
Pinky Higgins: K

Top 7

Bill Knickerbocker: W
Johnny Allen: W.1-2
Roy Hughes: S8/8S.2-3;1-2
Odell Hale: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Earl Averill: 8/8D.3-H;2-3;1-2
Hal Trosky: 4/P
Roy Weatherly: 2/FL

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: S8
Skeeter Newsome: 8
Al Niemiec: D7/5.1-3
Red Bullock: 43.3-H;2-3
Lou Finney: 63

Top 8

Joe Vosmik: S7
Greek George: 6(1)3/GDP
Bill Knickerbocker: W
Johnny Allen: 13

Bot 8

Wally Moses: K
Chubby Dean: 8
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 9

Boze Berger: K/C
Odell Hale: 3/FL
Milt Galatzer: E6/TH.B-3
Hal Trosky: 31

Bot 9

Pinky Higgins: W
Charlie Moss: 64(1)3/GDP
Skeeter Newsome: K

Notes & reviews

Allen's ball ricocheted to Niemiec off Rhodes' head

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