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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-05-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7500 · 2:12

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–6. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 3rd. Sid Hudson earned the win. Dick Siebert went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	9	12
PHA	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

W: Sid Hudson L: Bill Beckmann SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	3	3	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	4	2	1	0	1	0
Gee Walker	4	2	2	2	1	0
Zeke Bonura	5	1	1	2	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	2	1	1	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jimmy Pofahl	5	0	0	0	0	2
Rick Ferrell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sid Hudson	4	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sid Hudson	9.0	11	3	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	3.0	4	2	3
Bill Beckmann	3.1	6	1	0
George Caster	1.2	2	0	1
Ed Heusser	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: E5
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: 43.2-3
Gee Walker: S.3-H(UR)
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Bill Lillard: W
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: S.1-2;2-3
Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: T.1-H;2-H;3-H
Frankie Hayes: E1.3-H(NR)(UR)
Sam Chapman: 7
Al Rubeling: 9

Top 2

Cecil Travis: W
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8
Jimmy Pofahl: K
Rick Ferrell: K

Bot 2

Nels Potter: 43
Bill Lillard: 43
Wally Moses: 9

Top 3

Sid Hudson: 53
George Case: S
Buddy Lewis: W.1-2
Gee Walker: S.1-2;2-H
Zeke Bonura: SB3;SB2
Zeke Bonura: E2.2-H(NR)(UR);3-H(RBI)
Cecil Travis: S.1-3
Jimmy Bloodworth: 9.3-H
Jimmy Pofahl: K

Bot 3

Benny McCoy: 9
Bob Johnson: 6
Dick Siebert: S
Frankie Hayes: S.1-2
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Rick Ferrell: 3
Sid Hudson: 2
George Case: S
Buddy Lewis: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Al Rubeling: S
Bill Beckmann: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Lillard: 7
Wally Moses: T.2-H
Benny McCoy: T.3-H
Bob Johnson: 13

Top 5

Buddy Lewis: T
Gee Walker: 2
Zeke Bonura: 9.3-H
Cecil Travis: 9

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: 63
Frankie Hayes: 2
Sam Chapman: S
Al Rubeling: 4

Top 6

Jimmy Bloodworth: S
Jimmy Pofahl: 56(1)/FO
Rick Ferrell: 7
Sid Hudson: 4

Bot 6

Bill Beckmann: 43
Bill Lillard: 9
Wally Moses: 3

Top 7

George Case: S
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: 43
Gee Walker: W
Zeke Bonura: S.1-2;2-3
Cecil Travis: S.1-2;2-H(NR)(E2);3-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Jimmy Pofahl: 63

Bot 7

Benny McCoy: 5
Bob Johnson: 53
Dick Siebert: D
Frankie Hayes: 1

Top 8

Rick Ferrell: S
Sid Hudson: S.1-2
George Case: FC/SH.1-2;2-3
Buddy Lewis: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3;3-H
Gee Walker: 63

Bot 8

Sam Chapman: 9
Al Rubeling: T
Chubby Dean: 7
Dee Miles: 8

Top 9

Zeke Bonura: 4
Cecil Travis: E5
Jimmy Bloodworth: 43.1-2
Jimmy Pofahl: 53

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 13
Benny McCoy: W
Bob Johnson: S.1-2
Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: 5