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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-04-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2500 · 2:10

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 10–5. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 3rd. Willis Hudlin earned the win. Ken Keltner went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	10	13
PHA	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	12

W: Willis Hudlin L: Herman Besse SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	5	2	2	0	0	1
Roy Weatherly	4	1	2	1	1	0
Ben Chapman	4	1	0	1	1	1
Hal Trosky	3	3	2	2	2	0
Jeff Heath	5	1	3	2	0	0
Ken Keltner	5	2	2	3	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	5	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Mack	5	0	0	0	0	1
Willis Hudlin	4	0	1	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Dee Miles	5	0	1	0	0
Wally Moses	5	2	3	0	0
Benny McCoy	5	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	2	2	3	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	2	0	0
Al Rubeling	4	0	0	0	1
Bill Lillard	3	0	1	0	0
Bill Beckmann	3	0	0	0	2
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	1	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willis Hudlin	9.0	12	0	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Besse	2.0	6	2	0
Bill Beckmann	7.0	7	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: D7
Roy Weatherly: 9/L.2-3
Ben Chapman: 8.3-H
Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: D7
Ken Keltner: 9

Bot 1

Dee Miles: 8
Wally Moses: 4
Benny McCoy: 9/FL

Top 2

Rollie Hemsley: 8
Ray Mack: 9
Willis Hudlin: S7
Lou Boudreau: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: HR/7
Dick Siebert: 43
Frankie Hayes: S7
Al Rubeling: 9
Bill Lillard: BK.1-2
Bill Lillard: 3/G

Top 3

Roy Weatherly: S9
Ben Chapman: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Heath: D8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ken Keltner: 31.3-H;2-3
Rollie Hemsley: S7.3-H
Ray Mack: 3/FL
Willis Hudlin: W.1-2
Lou Boudreau: K

Bot 3

Bill Beckmann: K
Dee Miles: 8/L
Wally Moses: T9
Benny McCoy: 8

Top 4

Roy Weatherly: W
Ben Chapman: CS2(24)
Ben Chapman: 63
Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: D/89
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 63
Dick Siebert: 31
Frankie Hayes: S5
Al Rubeling: 43

Top 5

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Ray Mack: K
Willis Hudlin: 43

Bot 5

Bill Lillard: 63
Bill Beckmann: K
Dee Miles: 8

Top 6

Lou Boudreau: 3
Roy Weatherly: D7
Ben Chapman: K
Hal Trosky: W
Jeff Heath: 564(1)/FO

Bot 6

Wally Moses: D9
Benny McCoy: 31.2-3
Bob Johnson: 63.3-H
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 7

Ken Keltner: HR/7
Rollie Hemsley: 53
Ray Mack: 53
Willis Hudlin: 9

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: 53
Al Rubeling: 53
Bill Lillard: S9
Bill Beckmann: 2/G

Top 8

Lou Boudreau: T8
Roy Weatherly: 7.3-H
Ben Chapman: 63
Hal Trosky: 31

Bot 8

Dee Miles: 13
Wally Moses: S7
Benny McCoy: S9.1-H(E9);B-3
Bob Johnson: D7.3-H
Dick Siebert: D8.2-H
Frankie Hayes: 8
Al Rubeling: K

Top 9

Jeff Heath: 8
Ken Keltner: HR/7
Rollie Hemsley: E8/F.B-2
Ray Mack: 63.2-3
Willis Hudlin: 63

Bot 9

Chubby Dean: S7
Sam Chapman: 14(1)/FO
Dee Miles: S9.1-2
Wally Moses: 9.2-3
Benny McCoy: 3/G