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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-05-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2000 · 2:23

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–5. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 2nd. Jack Knott earned the win and Bobo Newsom picked up the save. Billy Werber went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	8
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	16

W: Jack Knott L: Eddie Smith SV: Bobo Newsom

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	4	2	1	0	2	0
Roy Hughes	4	2	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	2	2	3	1	0
Beau Bell	5	2	1	0	0	0
Sam West	4	0	2	2	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	0	1	1	0
George McQuinn	5	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Heath	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jack Knott	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bobo Newsom	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wayne Ambler	5	2	3	0	0	0
Billy Werber	5	2	2	2	0	0
Gene Hasson	5	0	1	1	0	0
Earle Brucker	5	0	2	1	0	0
Paul Easterling	4	1	2	0	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	4	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	2	1	1	0
Dario Lodigiani	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Knott	6.1	12	2	1
Bobo Newsom	2.2	4	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	3.0	6	5	2
Bud Thomas	6.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buster Mills: D
Roy Hughes: 43.2-3
Harlond Clift: 9/F.3-H
Beau Bell: E5
Sam West: S.1-2
Red Kress: W.2-3;1-2
George McQuinn: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Wayne Ambler: 5
Billy Werber: 53
Gene Hasson: 43

Top 2

Tommy Heath: 43
Jack Knott: K
Buster Mills: W
Roy Hughes: S.1-2
Harlond Clift: SB3;SB2
Harlond Clift: T.3-H;2-H
Beau Bell: E8/F.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Sam West: D.2-H(UR)
Red Kress: 8

Bot 2

Earle Brucker: S
Paul Easterling: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 4(B)6(2)3(1)/LTP

Top 3

George McQuinn: E3
Tommy Heath: 54(1)/FO
Jack Knott: K
Buster Mills: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Dario Lodigiani: 8
Eddie Smith: 43
Wayne Ambler: S
Billy Werber: 2

Top 4

Roy Hughes: W
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Beau Bell: S.1-2;2-3
Sam West: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Red Kress: 9/F.3-H
George McQuinn: 5
Tommy Heath: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Knott: E4.1-2;2-3;3-H(UR)
Buster Mills: 7

Bot 4

Gene Hasson: 43
Earle Brucker: 7
Paul Easterling: S
Bob Johnson: S.1-2
Wally Moses: S.1-2;2-H
Dario Lodigiani: K

Top 5

Roy Hughes: 8
Harlond Clift: S
Beau Bell: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bud Thomas: 5
Wayne Ambler: S
Billy Werber: 8
Gene Hasson: 5

Top 6

Sam West: 3
Red Kress: 53
George McQuinn: 63

Bot 6

Earle Brucker: S
Paul Easterling: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Johnson: S
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 53

Top 7

Tommy Heath: D
Jack Knott: FC/SH.2-3
Buster Mills: W.1-2
Roy Hughes: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Harlond Clift: 9
Beau Bell: 5

Bot 7

Bud Thomas: 63
Wayne Ambler: S
Billy Werber: S.1-2
Gene Hasson: D.1-3;2-H
Earle Brucker: 3/G.2-3;3-H
Paul Easterling: K

Top 8

Sam West: 6
Red Kress: 4
George McQuinn: K

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: S
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bud Thomas: 43

Top 9

Tommy Heath: K
Bobo Newsom: 43
Buster Mills: 9

Bot 9

Wayne Ambler: E3
Billy Werber: HR.1-H(UR)
Gene Hasson: 4
Earle Brucker: 8
Paul Easterling: S
Bob Johnson: S.1-2
Wally Moses: 7