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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-05-16 · Night game · Shibe Park · 10 innings · Att: 15109 · 54°F · 2:41

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–3. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 10th. Johnny Humphries earned the win. Hal Trosky went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Humphries L: Roy Parmelee SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Weatherly	5	2	1	1	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	0	0	0	2
Hal Trosky	4	2	2	1	1	0
Moose Solters	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Shilling	5	0	0	1	0	1
Oscar Grimes	3	1	1	0	2	0
Al Milnar	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	2	2	0	0
Bruce Campbell	3	1	0	1	0	0
Earl Averill	1	0	0	0	0	1
Odell Hale	1	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Humphries	1	0	0	0	1	1
Frankie Pytlak	0	1	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dee Miles	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	2	1	0	0	3	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	0	2	2
Nick Etten	5	0	0	1	0	2
Bill Nagel	5	0	2	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	1	1	1
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lynn Nelson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Earle Brucker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Parmelee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	7.0	7	5	6
Johnny Humphries	3.0	1	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn Nelson	7.2	6	1	4
Roy Parmelee	2.1	2	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Weatherly: 8/F
Rollie Hemsley: K
Hal Trosky: 4/P

Bot 1

Dee Miles: 2/FL
Joe Gantenbein: W
Sam Chapman: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Etten: 4(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Bill Nagel: 9/F

Top 2

Moose Solters: 6/P
Ben Chapman: 5/FL
Ken Keltner: 9/F

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: HR/F7D
Skeeter Newsome: 63/G56
Lynn Nelson: K
Dee Miles: 53

Top 3

Jim Shilling: 63
Oscar Grimes: S7
Al Milnar: 43.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 9/F

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: W
Sam Chapman: 6/P
Bob Johnson: SB2
Bob Johnson: K
Nick Etten: K

Top 4

Rollie Hemsley: 63
Hal Trosky: HR/F9D
Moose Solters: 63
Ben Chapman: 1/BP

Bot 4

Bill Nagel: K23
Frankie Hayes: K
Skeeter Newsome: S8
Lynn Nelson: S8.1-3
Dee Miles: 5/FL

Top 5

Ken Keltner: 53
Jim Shilling: K/C
Oscar Grimes: 63

Bot 5

Joe Gantenbein: 13
Sam Chapman: 9/F
Bob Johnson: K

Top 6

Al Milnar: 43
Roy Weatherly: 3/P
Rollie Hemsley: K/BF

Bot 6

Nick Etten: 5/FL
Bill Nagel: D4/F8S
Frankie Hayes: IW
Skeeter Newsome: 1/BP/DP.2X2(16)

Top 7

Hal Trosky: 8/F
Jeff Heath: D7
Bruce Campbell: 2/FL
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Bot 7

Lynn Nelson: E4/TH
Dee Miles: PO1(23)
Dee Miles: S8
Joe Gantenbein: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: PO2(E2).2-3;1-2
Sam Chapman: 9/SF.3-H
Bob Johnson: S8.2-3
Nick Etten: 2/FL

Top 8

Jim Shilling: 8/F
Oscar Grimes: W
Earl Averill: K
Roy Weatherly: D9/89.1-H
Odell Hale: S8.2-H
Hal Trosky: S8.1-3
Jeff Heath: 4/P

Bot 8

Bill Nagel: D8
Frankie Hayes: 8/F
Earle Brucker: K/C
Roy Parmelee: 9/FL

Top 9

Bruce Campbell: E4/G
Ken Keltner: 13/SH.1-2
Jim Shilling: 8/F
Oscar Grimes: 63

Bot 9

Dee Miles: 43
Joe Gantenbein: 5/P
Sam Chapman: 3/FL

Top 10

Johnny Humphries: W
Roy Weatherly: 56(1)/FO/BG
Frankie Pytlak: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Heath: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bruce Campbell: FC4/THH.3-H;2-3;B-1
Ken Keltner: SB2
Ken Keltner: S6/G6S.3-H;2-3
Jim Shilling: 6(1)/FO.3-H
Oscar Grimes: W.1-2
Johnny Humphries: K/C

Bot 10

Bob Johnson: W
Nick Etten: K
Bill Nagel: 8/F
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

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