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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-01 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 21000 · 1:50

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–3. Bill Dietrich earned the win and Vern Kennedy picked up the save. Bob Johnson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Dietrich L: Buck Ross SV: Vern Kennedy

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jackie Hayes	4	1	2	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	1	2	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	2	0
Zeke Bonura	4	0	1	0	0
Rip Radcliff	4	1	1	0	0
Luke Appling	4	1	2	1	0
Luke Sewell	4	0	0	0	1
Tony Piet	4	0	0	1	0
Bill Dietrich	2	1	0	0	2
Mule Haas	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Wally Moses	3	0	0	0	1
Lou Finney	2	0	0	0	0
Billy Werber	3	1	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	3	2	1	2	1
Jesse Hill	3	0	1	0	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	1	0
Ace Parker	3	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	4	0	1	0	0
Buck Ross	3	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	2	0	1	0	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Dietrich	6.0	3	4	0
Vern Kennedy	3.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	8	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jackie Hayes: 9/9D/L
Mike Kreevich: T8
Dixie Walker: 7/F.3-H
Zeke Bonura: D7/78
Rip Radcliff: 7

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 43
Lou Finney: 7
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: SB2
Bob Johnson: 9

Top 2

Luke Appling: 43
Luke Sewell: 6/L
Tony Piet: 2/FL

Bot 2

Jesse Hill: 7
Rusty Peters: 8
Ace Parker: 7

Top 3

Bill Dietrich: K+E2.B-1
Jackie Hayes: S8.1-3;BX2(854)
Mike Kreevich: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Dixie Walker: 63

Bot 3

Earle Brucker: 63
Buck Ross: 6/L
Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Zeke Bonura: 3/P
Rip Radcliff: S8
Luke Appling: S6.1-2
Luke Sewell: E4/TH.2-3;1-2
Tony Piet: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Bill Dietrich: K

Bot 4

Billy Werber: 7
Bob Johnson: W
Jesse Hill: D7/7D.1-3
Rusty Peters: 63.3-H;2-3#
Ace Parker: 8

Top 5

Jackie Hayes: S8
Mike Kreevich: S8.1-3
Dixie Walker: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: S8
Buck Ross: 64(1)3/GDP
Wally Moses: 43

Top 6

Rip Radcliff: 43
Luke Appling: 4/P
Luke Sewell: 53

Bot 6

Chubby Dean: 5/FL
Billy Werber: E5/TH.B-2
Bob Johnson: HR/8.2-H(UR)
Jesse Hill: W
Rusty Peters: SB2
Rusty Peters: 8/F.2-3
Ace Parker: 13

Top 7

Tony Piet: 63
Mule Haas: 63
Jackie Hayes: 43

Bot 7

Earle Brucker: 8
Buck Ross: 6/L
Wally Moses: 2/P

Top 8

Mike Kreevich: 53
Dixie Walker: 7
Zeke Bonura: 53

Bot 8

Chubby Dean: S8
Billy Werber: 8
Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Jesse Hill: 43

Top 9

Rip Radcliff: 8
Luke Appling: HR/7
Luke Sewell: K
Tony Piet: 53

Bot 9

Rusty Peters: E6/TH
Lynn Nelson: 5/P
Earle Brucker: 5/FL
Jack Rothrock: 43