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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-04-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 9100 · 2:29

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 7–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 4th. Eddie Smith earned the win. Zeke Bonura went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	11
PHA	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	7	9

W: Eddie Smith L: Joe Krakauskas SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	0	1	0	0	1
Buddy Lewis	4	0	1	0	1	1
Goose Goslin	5	0	0	0	0	1
Zeke Bonura	5	1	2	2	0	0
John Stone	4	0	1	0	1	0
Cecil Travis	5	1	2	0	0	0
Buddy Myer	2	1	1	1	2	1
Rick Ferrell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Monte Weaver	2	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Kohlman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ossie Bluege	1	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	5	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Werber	4	1	2	2	1	0
Mule Haas	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Hasson	3	1	1	0	2	1
Dario Lodigiani	3	1	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	3	1	1	2	1	0
Wayne Ambler	3	2	2	0	1	0
Buck Ross	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	2	0	1	1	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Weaver	3.2	8	1	1
Joe Kohlman	4.1	1	4	2
Joe Krakauskas	0.0	0	1	0
Bill Phebus	0.1	0	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	4.0	6	2	0
Eddie Smith	5.0	5	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: E4/G
Buddy Lewis: 2/FL
Goose Goslin: 46(1)/FO
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 2/FL
Billy Werber: 5/L
Mule Haas: 3/G

Top 2

John Stone: 7/F
Cecil Travis: D7
Buddy Myer: S7.2-H;B-2(E7)
Rick Ferrell: 7/F
Monte Weaver: 2/P

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 7/F
Gene Hasson: 4/P
Dario Lodigiani: 53

Top 3

Mel Almada: 7/F
Buddy Lewis: W
Goose Goslin: 9/LDP.1X1(93)

Bot 3

Frankie Hayes: 4/P
Wayne Ambler: S4
Buck Ross: K
Lou Finney: S9.1-3
Billy Werber: S8/L.3-H;1-3
Mule Haas: 9/F

Top 4

Zeke Bonura: HR/L7D
John Stone: S8
Cecil Travis: 4(1)/FO
Buddy Myer: CS2(26)
Buddy Myer: W
Rick Ferrell: S7/L.1-2
Monte Weaver: T8/F8D.2-H;1-H;B-H(E8)(NR)(UR)
Mel Almada: 6/L

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 9/F
Gene Hasson: D/89D
Dario Lodigiani: HP
Frankie Hayes: D7/7D.2-H;1-H
Wayne Ambler: D/78.2-3
Chubby Dean: FC5.3XH(525);2-2
Lou Finney: S8.2-H;1-3
Billy Werber: S5.3-H;1-2
Mule Haas: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Buddy Lewis: K
Goose Goslin: K
Zeke Bonura: 13

Bot 5

Gene Hasson: W
Dario Lodigiani: 1/P/DP.1X1(13)
Frankie Hayes: 7/F

Top 6

John Stone: 7/L
Cecil Travis: S8.BX2(84)
Buddy Myer: W
Rick Ferrell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Wayne Ambler: 5/FL
Eddie Smith: 63
Lou Finney: 43

Top 7

Joe Kohlman: 9/F
Mel Almada: S9
Buddy Lewis: 5/FL
Goose Goslin: 13

Bot 7

Billy Werber: 63
Mule Haas: W
Bob Johnson: 6/P
Gene Hasson: K

Top 8

Zeke Bonura: 43
John Stone: E4/G
Cecil Travis: FC3.1-2(E3/TH2)
Buddy Myer: K
Rick Ferrell: 6/P

Bot 8

Dario Lodigiani: K
Frankie Hayes: W
Wayne Ambler: W.1-2
Eddie Smith: D7.2-H;1-3
Lou Finney: 3/LDP.3XH(35)

Top 9

Ossie Bluege: S7
Mel Almada: K
Buddy Lewis: S8.1-3
Goose Goslin: 3/P
Zeke Bonura: S8/8S.3-H;1-3
John Stone: W.1-2
Cecil Travis: 7/F

Bot 9

Billy Werber: W
Mule Haas: 54/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: IW
Gene Hasson: W.2-3;1-2
Dario Lodigiani: SBH

Notes & reviews

Lewis: good catch
Johnson fumbled
Finney fell while ready to catch an ordinary fly
Zeke Bonura's throw to 3B was in the dirt and Wayne Ambler started towards HP; Buddy Lewis retrieved the ball and tagged Ambler; ruled DP
Johnson: good catch
Werber raced home during Phebus' windup

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