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Cleveland Guardians @ St. Louis Browns

1939-07-08 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 2:00

Cleveland Indians defeated St. Louis Browns 5–3. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 1st. Mel Harder earned the win and Al Milnar picked up the save. Joe Gallagher went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Vern Kennedy SV: Al Milnar

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Pytlak	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	5	2	1	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Keltner	3	1	2	1	1	0
Oscar Grimes	1	0	0	1	2	0
Skeeter Webb	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	2	0	0	0	0	0
Odell Hale	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Milnar	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	1	1	0	0
George McQuinn	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Gallagher	4	1	1	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	3	0	1	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Glenn	4	1	1	0	0	2
Johnny Berardino	3	1	1	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	6.0	6	0	1
Al Milnar	3.0	1	2	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	6	5	1
John Whitehead	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Pytlak: S8
Jeff Heath: E4/G.1-2
Ben Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Trosky: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bruce Campbell: K
Ken Keltner: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Oscar Grimes: 7/F7D/SF.3-H(UR)
Skeeter Webb: 53

Bot 1

Don Heffner: 53
Billy Sullivan: 8/F
George McQuinn: 8/F89XDW

Top 2

Mel Harder: 53
Frankie Pytlak: 63
Jeff Heath: 13

Bot 2

Joe Gallagher: 4/P
Harlond Clift: 8/F
Myril Hoag: 4/P

Top 3

Ben Chapman: 43
Hal Trosky: S9
Bruce Campbell: 36(1)/FO
Ken Keltner: PO1(136)

Bot 3

Joe Glenn: S1/G
Johnny Berardino: S9/F9S.1-2
Vern Kennedy: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Don Heffner: 63.3-H;2-3
Billy Sullivan: S9/G34.3-H
George McQuinn: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Ken Keltner: 7/L
Oscar Grimes: 3/FL
Skeeter Webb: 9/F

Bot 4

Joe Gallagher: HR/F7D
Harlond Clift: S9
Myril Hoag: 54(1)3/GDP
Joe Glenn: 63

Top 5

Mel Harder: 4/P
Frankie Pytlak: 53/G56
Jeff Heath: 5/P

Bot 5

Johnny Berardino: 6/P
Vern Kennedy: 13
Don Heffner: S7
Billy Sullivan: 6(1)/FO

Top 6

Ben Chapman: 43
Hal Trosky: 9/F
Bruce Campbell: 63

Bot 6

George McQuinn: K
Joe Gallagher: 53
Harlond Clift: 53

Top 7

Ken Keltner: S7
Oscar Grimes: W.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Odell Hale: 9/SF.3-H
Frankie Pytlak: 43

Bot 7

Myril Hoag: K
Joe Glenn: K
Johnny Berardino: 53

Top 8

Jeff Heath: T8/F8XD
Ben Chapman: S8.3-H
Hal Trosky: 5/P
Bruce Campbell: 64(1)/FO
Ken Keltner: S6/G6M.1-2
Oscar Grimes: W.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Webb: 3/FL

Bot 8

Chet Laabs: 53/G5S
Don Heffner: S9
Billy Sullivan: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Top 9

Al Milnar: K
Frankie Pytlak: 53
Jeff Heath: 13

Bot 9

George McQuinn: W
Joe Gallagher: 64(1)/FO
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Myril Hoag: 2/FL
Joe Glenn: K

Notes & reviews

Chapman: leaping 1-handed catch
Off Harder's glove
Through Trotsky
Into LF bleachers
Clift: 1-handed stop
To the flagpole
Heffner purposely dropped liner and threw to Berardino. Chapman stayed on 1B and interfered with McQuinn on the relay. Campbell injured his leg in a collision at 1B with both players. Indians argued Campbell should've been called out for Chapman's interference.
Keltner: fancy barehanded pickup
Trotsky: great 1-handed stab

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