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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-06-25 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:02

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

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	8	11
PHA	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8

W: Johnny Allen L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dario Lodigiani	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wayne Ambler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	0	0	2
Eric Tipton	4	1	2	1	0	1
Joe Gantenbein	4	2	3	2	0	0
Buck Ross	2	0	1	1	0	1
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	9.0	8	1	7

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	7.0	10	4	1
Bob Joyce	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Bruce Campbell: 43
Ben Chapman: 63

Bot 1

Dario Lodigiani: 5/FL
Wayne Ambler: 63
Dee Miles: 63

Top 2

Hal Trosky: W
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: 9
Oscar Grimes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: K
Frankie Hayes: 13
Sam Chapman: D7
Eric Tipton: S9.2-H
Joe Gantenbein: T8/78.1-H
Buck Ross: S7.3-H
Dario Lodigiani: S9.1-2
Wayne Ambler: K

Top 3

Skeeter Webb: S6
Johnny Allen: 43.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 8
Bruce Campbell: W
Ben Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Trosky: S9.1-2;2-H;3-H
Jeff Heath: 5/FL

Bot 3

Dee Miles: W
Bob Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP
Frankie Hayes: 63

Top 4

Ken Keltner: 43
Oscar Grimes: K
Skeeter Webb: 3/L

Bot 4

Sam Chapman: K
Eric Tipton: S9
Joe Gantenbein: S4.1-2
Buck Ross: K
Dario Lodigiani: K

Top 5

Johnny Allen: S8
Rollie Hemsley: S7.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Ben Chapman: E5.3-H(RBI);1-2
Hal Trosky: 46(1)/FO.BX1(6E3);2-H(NR)(UR)
Jeff Heath: T8.1-H(UR);BXH(862)

Bot 5

Wayne Ambler: 63
Dee Miles: 31
Bob Johnson: 63

Top 6

Ken Keltner: 13
Oscar Grimes: 63
Skeeter Webb: S8
Johnny Allen: 9

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: 5/P
Sam Chapman: K
Eric Tipton: K

Top 7

Rollie Hemsley: 6/P
Bruce Campbell: 8
Ben Chapman: HR/7
Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: HR/9
Ken Keltner: D9
Oscar Grimes: W
Skeeter Webb: 9

Bot 7

Joe Gantenbein: HR/9
Lynn Nelson: 43
Dario Lodigiani: 43
Wayne Ambler: 6/P

Top 8

Johnny Allen: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 8
Bruce Campbell: S8
Ben Chapman: WP.1-2
Ben Chapman: 63

Bot 8

Dee Miles: 63
Bob Johnson: 53
Frankie Hayes: 53

Top 9

Hal Trosky: 7
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: 8

Bot 9

Sam Chapman: 7
Eric Tipton: 9
Joe Gantenbein: 8

Notes & reviews

Keltner missed a HR by a matter of inches (would have four consecutive homers)

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