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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-07-27 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1500 · 1:40

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 4–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. George Caster earned the win and Eddie Smith picked up the save. Moose Solters went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Caster L: Mel Harder SV: Eddie Smith

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	5	2	2	0	0	0
John Kroner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Averill	3	0	2	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	3	0	0	0	1	0
Moose Solters	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bruce Campbell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Odell Hale	3	0	1	0	1	1
Frankie Pytlak	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Becker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	1	0	0	0	0
Lou Finney	4	2	3	0	0	0
Billy Werber	3	0	1	2	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jesse Hill	4	1	2	1	0	2
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	1	0	1
Earle Brucker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ace Parker	3	0	0	0	0	0
George Caster	1	0	0	0	1	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.0	7	2	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	8.0	7	3	3
Eddie Smith	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: S7
John Kroner: 6/P
Earl Averill: S8/89.1-3
Hal Trosky: IW.1-2
Moose Solters: 9/F.3-H
Bruce Campbell: K

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 8/L
Lou Finney: 8
Billy Werber: 4/P

Top 2

Odell Hale: 53
Frankie Pytlak: 8/L
Mel Harder: K

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 8
Jesse Hill: K
Rusty Peters: K

Top 3

Lyn Lary: S8
John Kroner: 53/SH.1-2
Earl Averill: D9.2-H
Hal Trosky: 8/F.2-3
Moose Solters: 13

Bot 3

Earle Brucker: 53
Ace Parker: 13
George Caster: W
Wally Moses: 43

Top 4

Bruce Campbell: W
Odell Hale: CS2(24)
Odell Hale: S8
Frankie Pytlak: 9
Mel Harder: 8/L

Bot 4

Lou Finney: S7
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: 9/F.2-3
Jesse Hill: S8.1-2;3-H
Rusty Peters: CS3(25).1-2
Rusty Peters: 63

Top 5

Lyn Lary: 7/F
John Kroner: 7/FL
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: 3/FL
Ace Parker: 8
George Caster: 31

Top 6

Hal Trosky: 43
Moose Solters: HR/7
Bruce Campbell: 8
Odell Hale: K

Bot 6

Wally Moses: 43
Lou Finney: S3
Billy Werber: 7/L
Bob Johnson: K

Top 7

Frankie Pytlak: 9
Mel Harder: 43
Lyn Lary: 63

Bot 7

Jesse Hill: D9
Rusty Peters: WP.2-3
Rusty Peters: 9/F.3-H
Earle Brucker: 9
Ace Parker: 53

Top 8

John Kroner: S7
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: 5/P
Moose Solters: 3/P
Bruce Campbell: 7

Bot 8

Chubby Dean: S1
Wally Moses: 4(1)/FO
Lou Finney: S9.1-3
Billy Werber: D8.1-H;3-H
Bob Johnson: 8/F.2-3
Jesse Hill: K

Top 9

Odell Hale: W
Frankie Pytlak: 53/SH.1-2
Joe Becker: 63.2-3
Lyn Lary: 8