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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1940-09-12 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 1703 · 1:46

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–3. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 7th. Eddie Smith earned the win. Ken Silvestri went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eddie Smith L: Johnny Babich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Rubeling	4	1	1	0	1	1
Wally Moses	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	2	0
Crash Davis	3	0	1	2	0	0
Al Brancato	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Babich	4	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Turner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Kuhel	3	0	1	0	1	0
Moose Solters	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Appling	4	1	1	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Silvestri	1	1	1	2	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Babich	8.1	8	1	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	5	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Rubeling: S8
Wally Moses: 53/SH.1-2
Sam Chapman: D7.2-H
Bob Johnson: CS3(25)
Bob Johnson: S7
Dick Siebert: WP.1-2
Dick Siebert: 8

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 13
Tom Turner: E4/TH.B-2
Joe Kuhel: W
Moose Solters: 6/P
Luke Appling: 3/G

Top 2

Frankie Hayes: 7
Crash Davis: 9
Al Brancato: 3/G

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: K
Mike Kreevich: 8
Bob Kennedy: 9

Top 3

Johnny Babich: K
Al Rubeling: K/C
Wally Moses: 5/P

Bot 3

Eddie Smith: 13
Skeeter Webb: 3/FL
Tom Turner: S7
Joe Kuhel: 4/L

Top 4

Sam Chapman: S8
Bob Johnson: E6/G.1-3;B-2
Dick Siebert: 6/P
Frankie Hayes: IW
Crash Davis: S9.3-H;2-H(UR);1-2
Al Brancato: 5/FL
Johnny Babich: 63

Bot 4

Moose Solters: 7
Luke Appling: 31
Taffy Wright: 43

Top 5

Al Rubeling: 8
Wally Moses: 63
Sam Chapman: W
Bob Johnson: 8

Bot 5

Mike Kreevich: 8
Bob Kennedy: 63
Eddie Smith: S9
Skeeter Webb: 43

Top 6

Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: 13
Crash Davis: 3/G

Bot 6

Tom Turner: K
Joe Kuhel: 9/FL
Moose Solters: 6/P

Top 7

Al Brancato: 9
Johnny Babich: 31
Al Rubeling: W
Wally Moses: 8

Bot 7

Luke Appling: S3
Taffy Wright: S8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-2
Mike Kreevich: D9.2-H
Bob Kennedy: 34/SH.2-3
Eddie Smith: K
Skeeter Webb: 63

Top 8

Sam Chapman: 2/P
Bob Johnson: 43
Dick Siebert: 2/FL

Bot 8

Tom Turner: 8
Joe Kuhel: D
Moose Solters: 8
Luke Appling: 63

Top 9

Frankie Hayes: W
Crash Davis: 13/SH.1-2
Al Brancato: IW
Johnny Babich: PO1(E2/TH).2-3;1-2
Johnny Babich: K
Al Rubeling: 3/FL

Bot 9

Taffy Wright: 63
Mike Kreevich: D7
Ken Silvestri: HR.2-H