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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-09-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:47

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 2–0. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. George Caster earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		2	5

W: George Caster L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	4	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	3	2	1	0
Fred Sington	3	0	1	1
Joe Kuhel	4	0	0	0
Buddy Myer	4	3	0	0
George Case	4	0	0	1
Rick Ferrell	3	1	0	0
Ken Chase	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	2	0	0	0	2	1
Lou Finney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Werber	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jesse Hill	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	2	0	1	2	2	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Ambler	3	0	2	0	0	0
George Caster	2	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	8.0	5	7	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	6	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 7
Buddy Lewis: 31
Cecil Travis: W
Fred Sington: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 63

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 43
Lou Finney: 63
Billy Werber: 43

Top 2

Buddy Myer: D7
George Case: FC1/BG.2X3(15)
Rick Ferrell: 4/P
Ken Chase: 43

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S9
Jesse Hill: CS2(26)
Jesse Hill: 5/P
Earle Brucker: W
Skeeter Newsome: K

Top 3

Mel Almada: 3/G
Buddy Lewis: 8
Cecil Travis: D7
Fred Sington: K

Bot 3

Wayne Ambler: S8
George Caster: 46(1)3/GDP
Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: 53

Top 4

Joe Kuhel: 8
Buddy Myer: S8
George Case: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 4

Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: SB2#
Bob Johnson: 8
Jesse Hill: 9
Earle Brucker: W
Skeeter Newsome: 9

Top 5

Rick Ferrell: S7
Ken Chase: 14/SH.1-2
Mel Almada: 43.2-3
Buddy Lewis: 3/G

Bot 5

Wayne Ambler: S7
George Caster: 24/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: K
Lou Finney: 63

Top 6

Cecil Travis: 63
Fred Sington: 53
Joe Kuhel: 2/FL

Bot 6

Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: 8
Jesse Hill: S9.1-3
Earle Brucker: SB2
Earle Brucker: S7.3-H;2-H
Skeeter Newsome: 43.1-2
Wayne Ambler: 9

Top 7

Buddy Myer: S6
George Case: 3/P
Rick Ferrell: 2/FL
Ken Chase: 3/FL

Bot 7

George Caster: K
Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: W.1-2
Billy Werber: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Mel Almada: 43
Buddy Lewis: 6/P
Cecil Travis: S9
Fred Sington: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: 53
Jesse Hill: 9
Earle Brucker: 7

Top 9

Joe Kuhel: 6/P
Buddy Myer: 7
George Case: 7