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Washington Senators @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-05-08 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 1500 · 1:57

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 6–2. Cleveland Indians put up 6 in the 7th. Willis Hudlin earned the win. Skeeter Webb went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		6	10

W: Willis Hudlin L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	0	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Welaj	3	1	2	1	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	2	1	0	0
Buddy Myer	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ossie Bluege	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Early	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ken Chase	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam West	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	4	1	0	0	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	1	0	1	1	1
Hal Trosky	4	1	1	1	0	0
Moose Solters	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Shilling	3	1	1	0	1	0
Skeeter Webb	3	0	3	2	0	0
Willis Hudlin	2	0	0	0	1	2
Oscar Grimes	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	7.0	9	4	3
Walt Masterson	1.0	1	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willis Hudlin	9.0	6	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 8
Buddy Lewis: 43
Johnny Welaj: S5
Taffy Wright: SB2
Taffy Wright: T/78.2-H
Buddy Myer: W
Ossie Bluege: 13

Bot 1

Ben Chapman: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 13
Hal Trosky: 8

Top 2

Jimmy Wasdell: 9
Jake Early: 7
Ken Chase: 1/G

Bot 2

Moose Solters: W
Jeff Heath: 4/P
Ken Keltner: S/7.1-2
Jim Shilling: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

George Case: 8
Buddy Lewis: 13/BG
Johnny Welaj: S/7
Taffy Wright: 53

Bot 3

Skeeter Webb: T/L
Willis Hudlin: K
Ben Chapman: 63
Rollie Hemsley: K

Top 4

Buddy Myer: 8
Ossie Bluege: 53
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Bot 4

Hal Trosky: 43
Moose Solters: 8
Jeff Heath: 6/L

Top 5

Jake Early: K/C
Ken Chase: 53
George Case: 53

Bot 5

Ken Keltner: 8
Jim Shilling: 8
Skeeter Webb: S/9
Willis Hudlin: K

Top 6

Buddy Lewis: W
Johnny Welaj: 13/BG/SH.1-2
Taffy Wright: 7
Buddy Myer: IW
Ossie Bluege: 4/L

Bot 6

Ben Chapman: 53
Rollie Hemsley: W
Hal Trosky: 5/FL
Moose Solters: SB2
Moose Solters: 53

Top 7

Jimmy Wasdell: 8
Jake Early: S/8
Ken Chase: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Jeff Heath: W
Ken Keltner: S8.1-2
Jim Shilling: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Webb: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Willis Hudlin: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Ben Chapman: IW
Rollie Hemsley: E6.3-H;2XH(842);1-3
Hal Trosky: S3.3-H(UR);1-2
Moose Solters: S/8.2-H(UR);1-3
Jeff Heath: S/9.3-H(UR);1-3
Ken Keltner: WP.1-2
Ken Keltner: 53

Top 8

George Case: E6/G
Buddy Lewis: 3/G.1-3(E3/TH)
Johnny Welaj: 13.3-H(UR)
Taffy Wright: S/9
Buddy Myer: 8

Bot 8

Jim Shilling: W
Oscar Grimes: S3/BG.1XH(12);B-2(E3/TH)
Willis Hudlin: W
Ben Chapman: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Ossie Bluege: 13
Jimmy Wasdell: 43
Jake Early: S/F7S
Sam West: 43

Notes & reviews

Webb hurt his leg rounding 3b
1b threw past p, p fell down, threw out runner at home

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