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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-09-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 16478 · 2:26

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 18–5. Cleveland Indians put up 6 in the 6th. Al Milnar earned the win. Odell Hale went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	0	3	2	6	2	3	0	18	17
PHA	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	13

W: Al Milnar L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	7	2	2	4	0	0
Roy Weatherly	7	1	5	1	0	0
Ben Chapman	5	1	1	1	1	1
Odell Hale	5	2	2	2	1	0
Bruce Campbell	5	2	2	1	1	0
Ken Keltner	5	1	0	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	2	4	2	1	4	0
Frankie Pytlak	3	2	1	3	2	0
Al Milnar	6	2	1	0	0	1
Ray Mack	1	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	3	1	2	0	0	0
Al Brancato	4	1	2	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	2	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	5	0	2	2	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Lillard	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	2	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Chapman	2	1	2	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Nagel	2	1	0	1	0	1
Eddie Collins	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	1	0	0	1	1	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob McNamara	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	9.0	13	2	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	3.2	6	4	1
Chubby Dean	2.1	4	4	1
Bill Nagel	3.0	7	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 163
Roy Weatherly: S8
Ben Chapman: 6/FL
Odell Hale: 9

Bot 1

Wally Moses: T8
Al Brancato: S9.3-H
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP
Earle Brucker: 43

Top 2

Bruce Campbell: T7
Ken Keltner: PB.3-H
Ken Keltner: 13
Oscar Grimes: D9
Frankie Pytlak: W
Al Milnar: K
Lou Boudreau: S9.2-H;1-2#
Roy Weatherly: 7

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 43
Sam Chapman: 6/L
Bill Lillard: 23

Top 3

Ben Chapman: W
Odell Hale: 53.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 8
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 3

Dario Lodigiani: 4
Buck Ross: 13
Wally Moses: 13

Top 4

Oscar Grimes: W
Frankie Pytlak: 8
Al Milnar: S7.1-3
Lou Boudreau: E1.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1
Roy Weatherly: S1.2-3;1-2#
Ben Chapman: 8/SF.3-H(UR);2-3
Odell Hale: SB2#
Odell Hale: W
Bruce Campbell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ken Keltner: 13

Bot 4

Al Brancato: S8
Bob Johnson: D9.1-3
Earle Brucker: S9.3-H;2-H
Dick Siebert: 46(1)/FO
Sam Chapman: S8.1-3;BX2(84)#
Bill Lillard: 9

Top 5

Oscar Grimes: W
Frankie Pytlak: T7.1-H;B-H(E7)(NR)
Al Milnar: 43
Lou Boudreau: 53
Roy Weatherly: 13

Bot 5

Dario Lodigiani: 63
Chubby Dean: 63
Wally Moses: D7
Al Brancato: 3/FL

Top 6

Ben Chapman: S8
Odell Hale: 8
Bruce Campbell: FC.1-2;B-1
Ken Keltner: 8
Oscar Grimes: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Pytlak: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Milnar: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
Lou Boudreau: T9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Roy Weatherly: S8.3-H(UR)
Ben Chapman: K

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: S6
Earle Brucker: 7
Dick Siebert: 46(1)/FO
Sam Chapman: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Odell Hale: S8
Bruce Campbell: S7.1-2
Ken Keltner: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Oscar Grimes: W.1-2
Frankie Pytlak: E7/SF.3-H(RBI);2-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1
Al Milnar: 7
Lou Boudreau: 43

Bot 7

Fred Chapman: S7.B-2(E7)
Skeeter Newsome: S8.2-3
Bill Nagel: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Eddie Collins: E5/TH.1-3;B-1#
Al Brancato: W.1-2
Eric Tipton: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Earle Brucker: 3/FL
Dick Siebert: 9

Top 8

Roy Weatherly: S8
Ben Chapman: 7
Odell Hale: HR/7.1-H
Bruce Campbell: 5/FL
Ray Mack: D7
Oscar Grimes: D7.2-H
Frankie Pytlak: 6

Bot 8

Dee Miles: 3/G
Fred Chapman: S5/BG
Skeeter Newsome: S8.1-2
Bill Nagel: K
Eddie Collins: 8

Top 9

Al Milnar: 5
Lou Boudreau: 9
Roy Weatherly: S5
Ben Chapman: 3/L

Bot 9

Al Brancato: 8
Eric Tipton: 43
Earle Brucker: S8
Bob McNamara: K

Notes & reviews

Bob Johnson day. He was given among other things a set of silver and two bird dogs.
23-year-old infielder Nagel takes the mound

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