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Cleveland Guardians @ St. Louis Browns

1937-09-04 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:55

Cleveland Indians defeated St. Louis Browns 5–1. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 2nd. Mel Harder earned the win. Earl Averill went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	11
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12

W: Mel Harder L: Jack Knott SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Charles Johnston · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Davis	4	0	1	0	1	0
Sam West	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	5	0	2	0	0	2
Harlond Clift	4	1	3	0	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Red Barkley	4	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Carey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Knott	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ethan Allen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Huffman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	12	1	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Knott	9.0	11	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

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

Bot 1

Harry Davis: 9
Sam West: S/89
Joe Vosmik: S8.1-2
Harlond Clift: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Beau Bell: 9

Top 2

Bruce Campbell: 31
Odell Hale: 8
Frankie Pytlak: D7/F
Mel Harder: W
Lyn Lary: D7.2-H;1-3
John Kroner: S8.3-H;2-H
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: S3.2-3;1-2
Moose Solters: 3/FL

Bot 2

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Red Barkley: 9
Tom Carey: 3/G

Top 3

Bruce Campbell: 8
Odell Hale: 8
Frankie Pytlak: 9#

Bot 3

Jack Knott: 163
Harry Davis: 43
Ethan Allen: 53

Top 4

Mel Harder: 2/FL
Lyn Lary: 8
John Kroner: S8
Earl Averill: S8.1X3(85)

Bot 4

Joe Vosmik: S4
Harlond Clift: S7/G.1-2
Beau Bell: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rollie Hemsley: 3/FL

Top 5

Hal Trosky: W
Moose Solters: 64(1)3/GDP
Bruce Campbell: 4/P

Bot 5

Red Barkley: 6/P
Tom Carey: S8
Jack Knott: S4.1-2
Harry Davis: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Ethan Allen: 63

Top 6

Odell Hale: 63
Frankie Pytlak: 8
Mel Harder: K

Bot 6

Joe Vosmik: K
Harlond Clift: S5
Beau Bell: K
Rollie Hemsley: S8.1-2
Red Barkley: 43

Top 7

Lyn Lary: 7
John Kroner: D7
Earl Averill: W
Hal Trosky: 13.2-3;1-2
Moose Solters: 2/FL

Bot 7

Tom Carey: 8/L
Jack Knott: 6/P
Harry Davis: S3/BG
Ethan Allen: S5/BG.1-2
Joe Vosmik: K

Top 8

Bruce Campbell: K
Odell Hale: S1/BG
Frankie Pytlak: 6(B)43(1)/DP/BP

Bot 8

Harlond Clift: S7
Beau Bell: S9.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
Red Barkley: 8/F.3-H
Tom Carey: 63

Top 9

Mel Harder: S7
Lyn Lary: 14/SH.1-2
John Kroner: 4/P
Earl Averill: HR.2-H
Hal Trosky: 6/P

Bot 9

Ben Huffman: 63
Harry Davis: W
Ethan Allen: 7
Joe Vosmik: 8