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Washington Senators @ St. Louis Browns

1939-08-28 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 453 · 1:59

St. Louis Browns defeated Washington Senators 12–2. St. Louis Browns put up 6 in the 3rd. Bill Trotter earned the win. Don Heffner went 2-for-6 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
SLA	3	0	6	0	0	0	2	1		12	17

W: Bill Trotter L: Alex Carrasquel SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	1	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sam West	4	0	0	0	0	1
Taffy Wright	3	1	1	0	1	0
Cecil Travis	4	1	1	2	0	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Vernon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Appleton	3	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Welaj	2	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	6	2	2	4	0	0
Billy Sullivan	5	0	1	1	0	1
George McQuinn	3	2	2	0	2	0
Chet Laabs	4	2	2	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	3	3	1	1	0
Joe Grace	5	0	1	2	0	0
Sam Harshaney	5	1	2	2	0	0
Mark Christman	5	2	4	2	0	0
Bill Trotter	2	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Carrasquel	1.0	3	1	0
Pete Appleton	7.0	14	2	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Trotter	9.0	4	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: W
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: 7
Sam West: K
Taffy Wright: 3/G

Bot 1

Don Heffner: 43
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
George McQuinn: W
Chet Laabs: S8.1-3
Harlond Clift: S8.3-H;1-2
Joe Grace: D9.2-H;1-H
Sam Harshaney: 63

Top 2

Cecil Travis: 43
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Mickey Vernon: W
Rick Ferrell: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Mark Christman: D
Bill Trotter: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Don Heffner: 7
Billy Sullivan: K

Top 3

Pete Appleton: S
George Case: 64(1)/FO
Buddy Lewis: CS2(26)
Buddy Lewis: W
Sam West: 43

Bot 3

George McQuinn: S
Chet Laabs: S.1-2
Harlond Clift: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Joe Grace: 6/P
Sam Harshaney: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mark Christman: S.3-H;1-2
Bill Trotter: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Don Heffner: S.3-H;2-H
Billy Sullivan: SB2
Billy Sullivan: S.2-H
George McQuinn: 53

Top 4

Taffy Wright: D
Cecil Travis: HR/89.2-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Mickey Vernon: K
Rick Ferrell: 53

Bot 4

Chet Laabs: 63
Harlond Clift: S5
Joe Grace: 8
Sam Harshaney: 4/P

Top 5

Pete Appleton: 8
Johnny Welaj: 53
Buddy Lewis: 13

Bot 5

Mark Christman: 2/FL
Bill Trotter: 43
Don Heffner: E4/G
Billy Sullivan: 8

Top 6

Sam West: 43
Taffy Wright: W
Cecil Travis: 8
Jimmy Bloodworth: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

George McQuinn: S3
Chet Laabs: HP.1-2
Harlond Clift: 7
Joe Grace: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Sam Harshaney: 8

Top 7

Mickey Vernon: 99
Rick Ferrell: 99
Pete Appleton: K

Bot 7

Mark Christman: S
Bill Trotter: 99/SH.1-2
Don Heffner: HR/9.2-H
Billy Sullivan: 99
George McQuinn: W
Chet Laabs: 99

Top 8

Johnny Welaj: 99
Buddy Lewis: 99
Sam West: 99

Bot 8

Harlond Clift: W
Joe Grace: 99
Sam Harshaney: S.1-2
Mark Christman: S.2-H;1-2
Bill Trotter: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Don Heffner: 99

Top 9

Taffy Wright: 99
Cecil Travis: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: S
Mickey Vernon: 99