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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-04-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7100 · 1:43

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 2–0. George Caster earned the win.

Line score

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

W: George Caster L: Jimmie DeShong SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	0	1
Buddy Lewis	3	0	1	0
Bobby Estalella	4	0	0	2
Taffy Wright	4	1	0	0
Buddy Myer	3	2	1	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	2	0	1	0
Jimmie DeShong	2	0	0	0
Sam West	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Joe Gantenbein	4	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0
Dee Miles	4	0	1	0	0
Earle Brucker	3	1	2	1	1
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	0	1
Bill Nagel	4	0	0	0	0
Nick Etten	3	0	1	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0
George Caster	3	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie DeShong	6.0	3	1	0
Harry Kelley	2.0	3	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	4	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 8/L
Buddy Lewis: 3/L
Bobby Estalella: 53

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: E4
Wally Moses: WP.1-2
Wally Moses: 8
Dee Miles: 6
Earle Brucker: D7.2-H(UR)
Bob Johnson: W
Bill Nagel: 9

Top 2

Taffy Wright: 43
Buddy Myer: D8
Cecil Travis: 1
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Bot 2

Nick Etten: 5/FL
Skeeter Newsome: 63
George Caster: 8

Top 3

Rick Ferrell: 13
Jimmie DeShong: 6/L
George Case: S7
Buddy Lewis: W.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 43

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: 8
Wally Moses: 7
Dee Miles: 3

Top 4

Taffy Wright: S4
Buddy Myer: S9.1-2
Cecil Travis: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: S8
Bob Johnson: S8.1-3
Bill Nagel: 6
Nick Etten: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Skeeter Newsome: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Rick Ferrell: 9
Jimmie DeShong: 163
George Case: 2/FL

Bot 5

George Caster: 43
Joe Gantenbein: 4/L
Wally Moses: 43

Top 6

Buddy Lewis: 3/L
Bobby Estalella: K
Taffy Wright: 63

Bot 6

Dee Miles: 5/FL
Earle Brucker: 8/L
Bob Johnson: 13

Top 7

Buddy Myer: W
Cecil Travis: 64(1)/FO
Jimmy Wasdell: 3/FL
Rick Ferrell: W.1-2
Sam West: K

Bot 7

Bill Nagel: 13
Nick Etten: D9
Skeeter Newsome: 7
George Caster: 53

Top 8

George Case: K
Buddy Lewis: 3
Bobby Estalella: K

Bot 8

Joe Gantenbein: 8/L
Wally Moses: S9
Dee Miles: D9.1-3
Earle Brucker: W
Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Bill Nagel: 5(2)/FO

Top 9

Taffy Wright: 3/L
Buddy Myer: 8
Cecil Travis: 3