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St. Louis Browns @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-07-02 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 16000 · 2:00

Cleveland Indians defeated St. Louis Browns 8–2. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Mel Harder earned the win. Hal Trosky went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Vern Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	4	0	2	1	0	1
Billy Sullivan	3	1	0	0	1	1
George McQuinn	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Gallagher	3	0	0	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Glenn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	1	1	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Christman	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rollie Hemsley	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bruce Campbell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ben Chapman	3	2	2	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	4	3	2	2	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Skeeter Webb	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mel Harder	4	0	1	1	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	6.0	11	0	2
Bill Trotter	2.0	1	1	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	5	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: S9
Billy Sullivan: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
George McQuinn: 7

Bot 1

Rollie Hemsley: K
Bruce Campbell: 31
Ben Chapman: S5
Hal Trosky: SB2
Hal Trosky: D8.2-H
Jeff Heath: D9.2-H
Ken Keltner: 4

Top 2

Joe Gallagher: 53
Harlond Clift: E6
Myril Hoag: 4
Joe Glenn: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Oscar Grimes: 3
Skeeter Webb: E6/TH.B-2
Mel Harder: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 63

Top 3

Johnny Berardino: DGR/7
Vern Kennedy: 31.2-3
Don Heffner: S8.3-H
Billy Sullivan: 43.1-2
George McQuinn: K

Bot 3

Bruce Campbell: D7/78.B-3(E7)
Ben Chapman: S9.3-H
Hal Trosky: 36(1)3/GDP
Jeff Heath: 63

Top 4

Joe Gallagher: 7
Harlond Clift: 7
Myril Hoag: 63

Bot 4

Ken Keltner: S8
Oscar Grimes: 3/BP
Skeeter Webb: D9.1-3
Mel Harder: FC4.3XH(42);2-3
Rollie Hemsley: 13

Top 5

Joe Glenn: 2/FL
Johnny Berardino: E6/TH
Vern Kennedy: 7
Don Heffner: K/C

Bot 5

Bruce Campbell: 7
Ben Chapman: 3
Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: 8

Top 6

Billy Sullivan: W
George McQuinn: S8.1-3
Joe Gallagher: 7/SF.3-H
Harlond Clift: 8
Myril Hoag: 7

Bot 6

Ken Keltner: D/P
Oscar Grimes: 14/SH.2-3
Skeeter Webb: D9.3-H
Mel Harder: S7.2-H
Rollie Hemsley: 5/BP
Bruce Campbell: K

Top 7

Joe Glenn: S9
Johnny Berardino: K
Mark Christman: K
Don Heffner: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Ben Chapman: W
Hal Trosky: E4.1-H(E9/TH)(NR);B-3
Jeff Heath: S9.3-H(UR)
Ken Keltner: 4(1)3/GDP
Oscar Grimes: 63

Top 8

Billy Sullivan: K23
George McQuinn: 31
Joe Gallagher: 63

Bot 8

Skeeter Webb: 5/FL
Mel Harder: K
Rollie Hemsley: 53

Top 9

Harlond Clift: 7
Myril Hoag: 13
Joe Glenn: 7