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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:59

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–1. Chicago White Sox put up 5 in the 9th. Eddie Smith earned the win. Al Rubeling went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eddie Smith L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	5	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Kuhel	3	2	2	1	2	0
Moose Solters	3	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	1	2	1	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	1	1	1	1
Mike Tresh	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	4	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	3	1	1	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ken Silvestri	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Rubeling	4	1	1	1	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	0	0	2
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Crash Davis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Chapman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Buck Ross	3	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	3	2	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	7	6	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Webb: 99
Mike Kreevich: S
Joe Kuhel: S.1-2#
Moose Solters: 99
Luke Appling: 99

Bot 1

Al Rubeling: 99
Wally Moses: 99
Sam Chapman: K

Top 2

Taffy Wright: K
Mike Tresh: 99
Bob Kennedy: 99

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 99
Dick Siebert: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99

Top 3

Eddie Smith: D
Skeeter Webb: FC/BG.2X3(99)
Mike Kreevich: 99
Joe Kuhel: W.1-2
Moose Solters: 99

Bot 3

Crash Davis: 99
Fred Chapman: 99
Buck Ross: K

Top 4

Luke Appling: W
Taffy Wright: W.1-2
Mike Tresh: 4(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bob Kennedy: 2/FL

Bot 4

Al Rubeling: HR/7
Wally Moses: 99
Sam Chapman: K
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 99

Top 5

Eddie Smith: 99
Skeeter Webb: 99
Mike Kreevich: 99

Bot 5

Frankie Hayes: 99
Crash Davis: 99
Fred Chapman: W
Buck Ross: 99

Top 6

Joe Kuhel: W
Moose Solters: E4.1-2
Luke Appling: 99/FL
Taffy Wright: S.2-H(UR);1-3
Mike Tresh: 8
Bob Kennedy: 9

Bot 6

Al Rubeling: 99
Wally Moses: 99
Sam Chapman: 99

Top 7

Eddie Smith: E6
Skeeter Webb: E5/SH.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 99
Joe Kuhel: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bob Johnson: S
Dick Siebert: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99
Crash Davis: 99

Top 8

Larry Rosenthal: K
Luke Appling: 99
Taffy Wright: 99

Bot 8

Fred Chapman: 99
Buck Ross: 99
Al Rubeling: 99

Top 9

Mike Tresh: S/BG
Bob Kennedy: E5.1-2
Eddie Smith: W.2-3;1-2
Ken Silvestri: 2/FL
Mike Kreevich: 7.3-H(UR)
Joe Kuhel: D9.2-H(UR);1-3
Larry Rosenthal: W
Luke Appling: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(E5)(NR)(UR);B-2
Taffy Wright: 99

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 43
Sam Chapman: S
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Solters hurt his leg going into 3B

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