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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-07-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:56

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 6–5. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Beckmann earned the win and Chubby Dean picked up the save. Bob Johnson went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	13
PHA	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		6	8

W: Bill Beckmann L: Walt Masterson SV: Chubby Dean

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	1	1	0	0	1
Sam West	3	1	1	1	2	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	1	2	0	1	0
Taffy Wright	5	1	4	2	0	0
Cecil Travis	5	0	2	1	0	0
Buddy Myer	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Welaj	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Masterson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dee Miles	3	2	2	0	1	0
Wayne Ambler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	3	3	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	3	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Nagel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dario Lodigiani	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Beckmann	3	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walt Masterson	6.1	7	3	0
Alex Carrasquel	0.2	1	0	0
Pete Appleton	1.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Beckmann	8.1	13	3	2
Chubby Dean	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 9
Sam West: W
Charlie Gelbert: S7.1-2
Taffy Wright: S9.2-H;1-3
Cecil Travis: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Buddy Myer: 8
Johnny Welaj: 3/FL

Bot 1

Dee Miles: W
Wayne Ambler: 2/FL
Dick Siebert: E4/G.1-2;B-1
Bob Johnson: D9.2-H;1-H(UR)
Frankie Hayes: W
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Rick Ferrell: 8
Walt Masterson: K
George Case: S8
Sam West: D9/9D.1-H;BX3(965)

Bot 2

Bill Nagel: 2/FL
Dario Lodigiani: 63
Bill Beckmann: 63

Top 3

Charlie Gelbert: 2/FL
Taffy Wright: D6
Cecil Travis: 43.2-3#
Buddy Myer: S4/G.3-H
Johnny Welaj: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Dee Miles: S8
Wayne Ambler: 7
Dick Siebert: T8/89.1-H
Bob Johnson: 43.3-H
Frankie Hayes: 8

Top 4

Rick Ferrell: 6
Walt Masterson: 63
George Case: 8

Bot 4

Sam Chapman: S7
Bill Nagel: CS2(26)#
Bill Nagel: 8
Dario Lodigiani: 9

Top 5

Sam West: 2
Charlie Gelbert: S5
Taffy Wright: 6(1)/FO
Cecil Travis: S9.1-2
Buddy Myer: 2/FL

Bot 5

Bill Beckmann: E3.B-1
Dee Miles: 4(1)3/GDP
Wayne Ambler: 2/FL

Top 6

Johnny Welaj: D5
Rick Ferrell: 5
Walt Masterson: 63
George Case: K

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: D9/9L
Bob Johnson: 3/FL
Frankie Hayes: 8/SF.2-H
Sam Chapman: W
Bill Nagel: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Sam West: 4
Charlie Gelbert: 8
Taffy Wright: D9
Cecil Travis: 5

Bot 7

Dario Lodigiani: 43
Bill Beckmann: S9
Dee Miles: S7.1-2
Wally Moses: 6
Dick Siebert: S8.2-H;1-3
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 8

Buddy Myer: S9
Johnny Welaj: 43.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 5
Buddy Lewis: 2/FL

Bot 8

Frankie Hayes: 63
Sam Chapman: 6
Bill Nagel: K

Top 9

George Case: 7
Sam West: W
Charlie Gelbert: W.1-2
Taffy Wright: S8.2-H;1-3
Cecil Travis: 16(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Wright got double when Ambler lost ball in sun.
Wash. Post reported Ferrell muffed a Siebert foul but no E given.
Mickey Vernon's ML debut. W. Post called him Jimmy Vernon.
Per W. Post P Dean bluffed a throw home to trick batter to not run full speed then started 163 DP to end game.

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