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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-05-07 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4500 · 2:28

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–3. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 3rd. Jack Knott earned the win and Pete Appleton picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Jack Knott L: George Caster SV: Pete Appleton

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Kennedy	4	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	1	2	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	5	1	1	1	0	0
Luke Appling	3	2	2	2	1	0
Moose Solters	2	0	2	2	0	0
Eric McNair	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Tresh	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Knott	3	0	0	0	0	3
Larry Rosenthal	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Lillard	3	0	1	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	1
Benny McCoy	3	0	0	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	1	1	1	0	1
Sam Chapman	3	1	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	4	1	1	0	0
George Caster	1	0	1	1	0
Bill Beckmann	1	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	0	0	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	1	0	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Knott	6.1	4	5	0
Pete Appleton	2.2	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	3.0	4	2	1
Bill Beckmann	4.0	3	0	3
Ed Heusser	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Kennedy: S8
Joe Kuhel: 53/SH.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 6
Taffy Wright: 43

Bot 1

Bill Lillard: S8
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 7
Bob Johnson: 7
Dick Siebert: 3/L

Top 2

Luke Appling: W
Moose Solters: D9.1-3
Eric McNair: 63.3-H
Mike Tresh: 9
Jack Knott: K

Bot 2

Hal Wagner: S8
Sam Chapman: 7
Al Rubeling: 9
George Caster: D9.1-H
Bill Lillard: 13

Top 3

Bob Kennedy: W
Joe Kuhel: 8
Mike Kreevich: 3E6.1-2
Taffy Wright: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Luke Appling: S7.3-H(UR);1-2
Moose Solters: D8.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Eric McNair: 63

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 7
Benny McCoy: 43
Bob Johnson: 9

Top 4

Mike Tresh: 3/FL
Jack Knott: K
Bob Kennedy: 5

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: 9
Hal Wagner: W
Sam Chapman: 2/FL
Al Rubeling: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Joe Kuhel: 31
Mike Kreevich: S8
Taffy Wright: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Taffy Wright: S8.3-H
Luke Appling: S8.1-3
Larry Rosenthal: K
Eric McNair: 13

Bot 5

Bill Beckmann: 63
Bill Lillard: 6
Wally Moses: 8

Top 6

Mike Tresh: 8
Jack Knott: K
Bob Kennedy: 8

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: 7
Bob Johnson: 53
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 7

Joe Kuhel: E3
Mike Kreevich: E5/SH.1-2
Taffy Wright: SB3;SB2
Taffy Wright: 7
Luke Appling: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Larry Rosenthal: 43

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: 7
Sam Chapman: W
Al Rubeling: S8.1-2
Dee Miles: W.2-3;1-2
Chubby Dean: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 5/FL
Benny McCoy: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 8

Eric McNair: D9
Tom Turner: 4(B)4(2)/DP/P
Pete Appleton: K

Bot 8

Dick Siebert: 4
Frankie Hayes: 13
Sam Chapman: 2/FL

Top 9

Bob Kennedy: 53
Joe Kuhel: K
Mike Kreevich: S7
Taffy Wright: 8

Bot 9

Al Rubeling: 53
Joe Gantenbein: 63
Al Simmons: S8
Wally Moses: 9

Notes & reviews

Solters hurt sliding
Catcher Tresh ejected by HP umpire Geisel for arguing he caught Moses's foul pop (umpire ruled 'no catch' since it hit off Tresh's chest protector); during argument Tresh bumped Geisel

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