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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-06-01 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:52

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 6–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Buck Ross earned the win. Sam Chapman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Buck Ross L: Johnny Allen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Weatherly	4	0	1	0	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Trosky	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Mack	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rollie Hemsley	2	0	0	0	1	1
Soup Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Odell Hale	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	4	2	2	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	1	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Frankie Hayes	2	2	0	0	2	0
Dick Siebert	3	1	1	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	2	2	0	0
Al Rubeling	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Lillard	3	0	1	1	1	1
Buck Ross	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	2.0	4	3	1
Joe Dobson	5.0	5	2	5
Mel Harder	1.0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	2	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 63
Roy Weatherly: 31
Beau Bell: 9

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: W
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Frankie Hayes: E6/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Dick Siebert: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: S8.2-H(UR);1-3
Al Rubeling: 43

Top 2

Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: W
Ray Mack: 4
Rollie Hemsley: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bill Lillard: K
Buck Ross: 63
Benny McCoy: D9
Wally Moses: S8.2-H
Bob Johnson: S7.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 5/FL

Top 3

Soup Campbell: E4
Lou Boudreau: 9
Roy Weatherly: 8
Beau Bell: 43

Bot 3

Dick Siebert: 5/FL
Sam Chapman: 3/FL
Al Rubeling: 43

Top 4

Hal Trosky: 3/G
Jeff Heath: 3/FL
Ken Keltner: 53

Bot 4

Bill Lillard: 9
Buck Ross: K
Benny McCoy: T9
Wally Moses: K/C

Top 5

Ray Mack: K
Rollie Hemsley: K/C
Joe Dobson: K

Bot 5

Bob Johnson: K
Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: WP.1-2
Dick Siebert: S8.2-H
Sam Chapman: 7
Al Rubeling: S8.1-3
Bill Lillard: S8.3-H;1-2
Buck Ross: 23

Top 6

Lou Boudreau: 9
Roy Weatherly: 6
Beau Bell: 8

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: 9/FL
Wally Moses: 43
Bob Johnson: K

Top 7

Hal Trosky: 43
Jeff Heath: 63
Ken Keltner: 13

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: 46(1)3/GDP
Sam Chapman: HR/7
Al Rubeling: K/C

Top 8

Ray Mack: K/C
Rollie Hemsley: W
Odell Hale: K
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 8

Bill Lillard: W
Buck Ross: 24/SH.1-2
Benny McCoy: 9.2-3
Wally Moses: 4

Top 9

Roy Weatherly: S7
Beau Bell: K
Hal Trosky: WP.1-2
Hal Trosky: 3
Jeff Heath: E4.2-3;B-1
Ken Keltner: 8