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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-07-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 13206 · 1:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–5. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 7th. Al Milnar earned the win and Joe Dobson picked up the save. Ken Keltner went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Milnar L: Chubby Dean SV: Joe Dobson

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	5	1	3	2	1	0
Roy Weatherly	5	1	0	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	5	1	3	2	0	0
Hal Trosky	4	0	2	1	1	0
Beau Bell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Mack	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	2	1	3	1	1
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	1	0	1	1
Al Milnar	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	1	0	1	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	5.1	6	3	2
Joe Dobson	3.2	1	3	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chubby Dean	4.0	7	3	0
Ed Heusser	5.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ben Chapman: HR/7
Roy Weatherly: E6
Lou Boudreau: S7.1-3
Hal Trosky: 8.3-H(UR)
Beau Bell: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Bill Lillard: 9
Al Simmons: 8/L
Benny McCoy: K

Top 2

Ray Mack: S5
Ken Keltner: W.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Al Milnar: 6
Ben Chapman: S9.2-H;1-3
Roy Weatherly: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 8/L
Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: 3/FL

Top 3

Lou Boudreau: HR/7
Hal Trosky: D9
Beau Bell: 4
Ray Mack: 43.2-3
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 3

Sam Chapman: 2/FL
Al Brancato: 9
Chubby Dean: W
Bill Lillard: S7.1-3(E7);B-2
Al Simmons: D7.3-H;2-H
Benny McCoy: 3

Top 4

Rollie Hemsley: W
Al Milnar: 36(1)/FO/BG
Ben Chapman: W.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Boudreau: D8.3-H;1-3
Hal Trosky: 43

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: 7
Frankie Hayes: 9

Top 5

Beau Bell: 63
Ray Mack: S9
Ken Keltner: 8
Rollie Hemsley: SB2
Rollie Hemsley: 43

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: D8
Al Brancato: 9
Ed Heusser: W
Bill Lillard: S8.2-H;1-2
Al Simmons: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Al Milnar: D9
Ben Chapman: 7
Roy Weatherly: 43.2-3
Lou Boudreau: 13

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: 3/G
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: S8.1-2
Frankie Hayes: S7.2-H;1-3
Sam Chapman: W.1-2
Al Brancato: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Hal Trosky: W
Beau Bell: S9.1-2
Ray Mack: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Ken Keltner: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Rollie Hemsley: S8
Joe Dobson: S8.1X3(85)
Ben Chapman: D8.1-3
Roy Weatherly: 63

Bot 7

Ed Heusser: W
Bill Lillard: 8
Al Simmons: 46(1)/FO
Benny McCoy: 3/FL

Top 8

Lou Boudreau: 8
Hal Trosky: S8
Beau Bell: 6/L
Ray Mack: 8

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 46(1)3/GDP
Frankie Hayes: HR/7
Sam Chapman: 2

Top 9

Ken Keltner: K
Rollie Hemsley: K/BF
Joe Dobson: W
Ben Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 8
Dee Miles: 7
Bill Lillard: 5/FL