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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7500 · 2:10

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 6–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 5th. Porter Vaughan earned the win and George Caster picked up the save. Chet Laabs went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Porter Vaughan L: Vern Kennedy SV: George Caster

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	3	2	1	0	2	0
Chet Laabs	4	1	2	4	1	0
Rip Radcliff	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	5	0	1	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	3	0	1	0	2	1
George McQuinn	5	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Susce	3	1	1	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	2	0	0	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Grace	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	4	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	1	1	0	0	3	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	1	0	1
Dee Miles	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	2	2	1	1	0
Al Rubeling	4	0	2	1	0	0
Al Brancato	4	1	2	1	0	0
Porter Vaughan	2	1	1	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Caster	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	7.0	9	5	1
Willis Hudlin	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Porter Vaughan	6.0	6	4	1
George Caster	3.0	0	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: W
Chet Laabs: HR/9.1-H
Rip Radcliff: 6/L
Wally Judnich: S9
Harlond Clift: 8
George McQuinn: 63

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 3/G
Wally Moses: 8
Sam Chapman: 5/FL

Top 2

Johnny Berardino: 7
George Susce: 9
Vern Kennedy: 43

Bot 2

Dee Miles: 43
Dick Siebert: 63
Frankie Hayes: W
Al Rubeling: S9.1-2
Al Brancato: S9.2-H;1-3
Porter Vaughan: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Don Heffner: S8
Chet Laabs: WP.1-2
Chet Laabs: S8.2-H
Rip Radcliff: 54(1)/FO
Wally Judnich: 43.1-2
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: 8
Wally Moses: W
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

George McQuinn: E6/TH
Johnny Berardino: 3/FL
George Susce: D7.1-3
Vern Kennedy: FC.3XH(62);2-3
Don Heffner: W.1-2
Chet Laabs: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Rip Radcliff: 43

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 31
Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: D7
Al Rubeling: T9.2-H
Al Brancato: 9

Top 5

Wally Judnich: 5/FL
Harlond Clift: S8
George McQuinn: 3/FL
Johnny Berardino: 9

Bot 5

Porter Vaughan: S7
Joe Gantenbein: W.1-2
Wally Moses: W.2-3;1-2
Sam Chapman: K
Dee Miles: 7.3-H
Dick Siebert: S9.2-H;1-3
Frankie Hayes: S7.3-H;1-2
Al Rubeling: 8

Top 6

George Susce: 8/L
Vern Kennedy: W
Don Heffner: 4(1)/FO
Chet Laabs: 9

Bot 6

Al Brancato: S6
Benny McCoy: D9.1-3
Joe Gantenbein: 6/P
Wally Moses: IW
Sam Chapman: 8.3-H
Dee Miles: 8

Top 7

Rip Radcliff: E4
Wally Judnich: 3/G.1-2
Harlond Clift: W
George McQuinn: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Berardino: K/C

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 43
Hal Wagner: 43
Al Rubeling: 8

Top 8

Myril Hoag: W
Joe Grace: 7
Don Heffner: 64(1)/FO
Chet Laabs: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Al Brancato: 63
George Caster: 4/P
Joe Gantenbein: 43

Top 9

Rip Radcliff: 31
Wally Judnich: 8
Harlond Clift: W
George McQuinn: 9