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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-06-14 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 10120 · 1:57

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–0. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 9th. Vern Kennedy earned the win. Myril Hoag went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	13
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Vern Kennedy L: Lynn Nelson SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	5	2	3	2	0	2
George McQuinn	5	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Gallagher	4	1	2	0	1	1
Harlond Clift	4	1	2	3	1	1
Hal Spindel	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	0	2	0	1	0
Don Heffner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	0
Wally Moses	4	1	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	1	1
Sam Chapman	3	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	3	0	0
Wayne Ambler	1	0	1
Lynn Nelson	3	1	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	9.0	3	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn Nelson	9.0	13	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 6
Myril Hoag: K
George McQuinn: HR/F9D
Joe Gallagher: K

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 13
Wally Moses: 43
Dick Siebert: E4
Bob Johnson: 2/FL

Top 2

Harlond Clift: K
Hal Spindel: S1
Johnny Berardino: S8.1-2
Don Heffner: 7
Vern Kennedy: 9

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: S7
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO
Dario Lodigiani: 7
Wayne Ambler: W.1-2
Lynn Nelson: 43

Top 3

Mel Almada: 6
Myril Hoag: HR/F7D
George McQuinn: 9
Joe Gallagher: S/78
Harlond Clift: S8.1-2
Hal Spindel: 3/FL

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: 6
Wally Moses: 3/G
Dick Siebert: 2/FL

Top 4

Johnny Berardino: W
Don Heffner: 2/P
Vern Kennedy: 54(1)/FO
Mel Almada: 6

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 8
Frankie Hayes: 6/L
Sam Chapman: 7

Top 5

Myril Hoag: HR/F7D
George McQuinn: 2
Joe Gallagher: 6
Harlond Clift: W
Hal Spindel: 53

Bot 5

Dario Lodigiani: 3/FL
Wayne Ambler: 7
Lynn Nelson: S8
Joe Gantenbein: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

Johnny Berardino: S7
Don Heffner: E1/BG/SH.1-2
Vern Kennedy: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Mel Almada: 5/P/FL
Myril Hoag: K/C

Bot 6

Wally Moses: 63
Dick Siebert: 8
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 7

George McQuinn: S8
Joe Gallagher: S7.1X3(75)
Harlond Clift: 7
Hal Spindel: 53

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: W
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP
Dario Lodigiani: 7

Top 8

Johnny Berardino: 5/FL
Don Heffner: S/78
Vern Kennedy: 1/LDP.1X1(13)

Bot 8

Dee Miles: 63
Lynn Nelson: 43
Joe Gantenbein: 5/FL

Top 9

Mel Almada: 9
Myril Hoag: S5/BG
George McQuinn: 16(1)/FO
Joe Gallagher: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Hal Spindel: 8

Bot 9

Wally Moses: D8
Dick Siebert: 7
Bob Johnson: 6
Frankie Hayes: 63

Notes & reviews

Over RF wall
Over LF wall
Over LF wall
Heffner: great play
Into the upper LF stands

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