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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-09-22 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:00

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–4. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 3rd. Sid Hudson earned the win. Gee Walker went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	8
PHA	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Sid Hudson L: Johnny Babich SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Mallory	5	1	1	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	3	2	3	1	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	2	2	1	0
Buddy Myer	2	0	0	0	2	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sherry Robertson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Hudson	4	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dee Miles	4	0	1	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Wagner	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	4	1	1	3	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	2	1	0	1
Fred Chapman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Babich	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sid Hudson	9.0	6	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Babich	9.0	8	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: S7
Jim Mallory: 9
Gee Walker: 2(B)3(1)/DP/FL

Bot 1

Dee Miles: 9
Elmer Valo: 63
Wally Moses: 6

Top 2

Cecil Travis: 43
Buddy Myer: W
Mickey Vernon: 6
Sherry Robertson: S9.1-3(E9)
Rick Ferrell: 43

Bot 2

Hal Wagner: 5/FL
Dick Siebert: 43
Benny McCoy: 8

Top 3

Sid Hudson: 5
George Case: 53
Jim Mallory: S9
Gee Walker: D7.1-H
Cecil Travis: S8.2-H
Buddy Myer: 3/G

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: S9
Fred Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP
Johnny Babich: K

Top 4

Mickey Vernon: 43
Sherry Robertson: K/C
Rick Ferrell: 9

Bot 4

Dee Miles: K
Elmer Valo: S9
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Hal Wagner: E4.1-2;2-3
Dick Siebert: 5/FL
Benny McCoy: D9.1-H(UR);2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Joe Gantenbein: S9.2-H(UR)
Fred Chapman: 53

Top 5

Sid Hudson: S8
George Case: PO1(E3).1-2
George Case: 8
Jim Mallory: 6
Gee Walker: HR/7.2-H
Cecil Travis: W
Buddy Myer: W.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 7

Bot 5

Johnny Babich: 53
Dee Miles: S1
Elmer Valo: 46(1)/FO
Wally Moses: S9.1-2
Hal Wagner: 7

Top 6

Sherry Robertson: 43
Rick Ferrell: 9
Sid Hudson: 53

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 9
Benny McCoy: 3/G
Joe Gantenbein: K

Top 7

George Case: 3/FL
Jim Mallory: 8
Gee Walker: E6
Cecil Travis: SB2
Cecil Travis: S8.2-H(UR)
Buddy Myer: 4

Bot 7

Bob Johnson: 63
Johnny Babich: 53
Dee Miles: 9

Top 8

Mickey Vernon: K
Sherry Robertson: W
Rick Ferrell: 7
Sid Hudson: 8

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: 7
Wally Moses: 9
Hal Wagner: 7

Top 9

George Case: 3/FL
Jim Mallory: 2/FL
Gee Walker: W
Cecil Travis: 43

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Benny McCoy: 9
Joe Gantenbein: 4