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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-06-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2000 · 2:01

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 15–1. St. Louis Browns put up 7 in the 5th. Elden Auker earned the win. Roy Cullenbine went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	15	14
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Elden Auker L: Chubby Dean SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Cullenbine	5	2	3	6	1	0
Chet Laabs	5	1	1	1	1	3
George McQuinn	3	1	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	2	1	0	2	0
Myril Hoag	5	3	3	3	1	1
Johnny Berardino	6	1	1	1	0	0
Don Heffner	4	2	3	0	1	0
Bob Swift	5	1	0	0	0	0
Elden Auker	4	1	1	1	1	2
Rip Radcliff	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Moses	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Brancato	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Lillard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0	1
Earle Brucker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Crash Davis	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	5	3	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chubby Dean	4.1	6	4	2
Bill Beckmann	0.2	3	0	1
Carl Miles	4.0	5	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Cullenbine: 7
Chet Laabs: K/C
George McQuinn: W
Harlond Clift: S8.1-2
Myril Hoag: S8.1-2;2-H
Johnny Berardino: 8

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: 13
Wally Moses: 43
Bob Johnson: W
Frankie Hayes: 8

Top 2

Don Heffner: 13
Bob Swift: E5
Elden Auker: K/C
Roy Cullenbine: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Sam Chapman: 7
Al Brancato: 53

Top 3

Chet Laabs: W
George McQuinn: 13/SH.1-2
Harlond Clift: 2/FL
Myril Hoag: 7

Bot 3

Bill Lillard: 63
Chubby Dean: 7
Benny McCoy: 3/G

Top 4

Johnny Berardino: 53
Don Heffner: D9
Bob Swift: 63
Elden Auker: 3/P

Bot 4

Wally Moses: W
Bob Johnson: 4(1)3/GDP
Frankie Hayes: S7
Dick Siebert: 9

Top 5

Roy Cullenbine: W
Chet Laabs: T8.1-H
George McQuinn: 43.3-H
Harlond Clift: W
Myril Hoag: S7.1-2
Johnny Berardino: S8.1-2;2-H
Don Heffner: S7.1-3;2-H(NR)(E7)
Bob Swift: E5.1-2;3-H(NR)
Elden Auker: S.2-3;1-2
Roy Cullenbine: D9.1-3;2-H(UR);3-H
Chet Laabs: K
George McQuinn: 8

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: S7
Al Brancato: 46(1)/FO
Bill Lillard: E4.1-2
Dee Miles: 8
Benny McCoy: S8.1-2;2-H(UR)
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

Harlond Clift: W
Myril Hoag: W.1-2
Johnny Berardino: 8
Don Heffner: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Swift: 5/FL
Elden Auker: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Roy Cullenbine: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Chet Laabs: K

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 63
Frankie Hayes: 7
Dick Siebert: 63

Top 7

George McQuinn: S9
Harlond Clift: 9
Myril Hoag: HR/8.1-H
Johnny Berardino: 8
Don Heffner: S9
Bob Swift: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: E6
Al Brancato: S1.1-2
Bill Lillard: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Carl Miles: 5/FL

Top 8

Elden Auker: K
Roy Cullenbine: S9
Chet Laabs: 54(1)/FO
Rip Radcliff: 43

Bot 8

Benny McCoy: 8
Wally Moses: W
Joe Gantenbein: K/C
Earle Brucker: 2/FL

Top 9

Harlond Clift: 8
Myril Hoag: K/C
Johnny Berardino: 53

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 43
Sam Chapman: D7
Al Brancato: E3.2-3
Bill Lillard: 3/FL
Crash Davis: K