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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-08-27 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7000 · 2:06

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–5. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 4th. Russ Van Atta earned the win and Fred Johnson picked up the save. Mel Almada 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	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	6	14
PHA	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	8

W: Russ Van Atta L: George Caster SV: Fred Johnson

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Pipgras · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	1	2	2	0	0
George McQuinn	5	0	1	0	0	2
Buster Mills	3	1	2	0	1	0
Harlond Clift	5	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Bell	5	2	3	1	0	1
Red Kress	5	1	3	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	4	0	1	2	0	0
Don Heffner	1	0	1	0	0	0
Russ Van Atta	3	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Hughes	2	0	0	1	0	0
Mel Mazzera	1	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Sperry	5	0	2	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Billy Werber	1	2	0	0	3	0
Hal Wagner	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Ambler	4	1	3	3	0	0
George Caster	2	0	2	2	2	0
Lou Finney	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Van Atta	8.0	8	6	2
Fred Johnson	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	14	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 63
George McQuinn: K
Buster Mills: S
Harlond Clift: 9

Bot 1

Wally Moses: K
Stan Sperry: S
Sam Chapman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Beau Bell: K
Red Kress: 9
Billy Sullivan: S
Don Heffner: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 3
Bob Johnson: W
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Hal Wagner: HP.2-3;1-2
Wayne Ambler: D.1-3;2-H;3-H
George Caster: D.2-H;3-H
Wally Moses: 3
Stan Sperry: 9

Top 3

Don Heffner: HP
Russ Van Atta: 8
Mel Almada: 8
George McQuinn: 9

Bot 3

Sam Chapman: 2
Dick Siebert: K
Bob Johnson: 43

Top 4

Buster Mills: S
Harlond Clift: 9
Beau Bell: D.1-H
Red Kress: S.2-3
Billy Sullivan: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Don Heffner: S.1-2
Russ Van Atta: K

Bot 4

Billy Werber: W
Hal Wagner: 13/SH.1-2
Wayne Ambler: T.2-H
George Caster: W
Wally Moses: FC3.3XH(32);1-2
Stan Sperry: 2

Top 5

Mel Almada: D
George McQuinn: 8
Buster Mills: HP
Harlond Clift: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Beau Bell: 43

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: 8
Dick Siebert: 6
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 6

Red Kress: D.B-3(E4)
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Roy Hughes: 63.3-H(UR)
Russ Van Atta: 3

Bot 6

Billy Werber: W
Hal Wagner: 2
Wayne Ambler: 2
George Caster: S.1-2
Wally Moses: 36(1)/FO

Top 7

Mel Almada: 13
George McQuinn: K
Buster Mills: W
Harlond Clift: 2

Bot 7

Stan Sperry: S
Sam Chapman: 9
Dick Siebert: 46(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: S.1-2
Billy Werber: 4(1)/FO

Top 8

Beau Bell: S
Red Kress: S.1-3
Billy Sullivan: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Roy Hughes: SB2#
Roy Hughes: 4(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 8

Hal Wagner: 63
Wayne Ambler: S
George Caster: W.1-2
Wally Moses: 4(B)3(1)/DP

Top 9

Mel Mazzera: S
Mel Almada: HR/9.1-H
George McQuinn: S
Buster Mills: 14(1)/FO
Harlond Clift: 5
Beau Bell: S.1-2
Red Kress: K

Bot 9

Stan Sperry: 3
Lou Finney: 3
Dick Siebert: 43