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Cleveland Guardians @ St. Louis Browns

1941-09-27 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 879 · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Al Smith earned the win. Al Smith went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Johnny Niggeling SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	5	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	2	1	0	1	0
Jeff Heath	4	1	2	0	0	0
Les Fleming	4	0	2	1	0	0
Oris Hockett	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ray Mack	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	0	0	1	2
Al Smith	4	1	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	1	0	1	0	0	0
George Archie	3	0	1	1	2	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	5	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	1	1	0
Glenn McQuillen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Niggeling	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lucadello	4	3	1	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	6	5	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	9	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 99
Hank Edwards: 99
Ken Keltner: 99

Bot 1

Don Heffner: S
George Archie: E6.1-2
Harlond Clift: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Chet Laabs: FC6.3-3;2-2;B-1
Roy Cullenbine: 36(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Glenn McQuillen: 63

Top 2

Jeff Heath: T7/78
Les Fleming: 5/FL
Oris Hockett: FC1.3-H;BX1(23)
Ray Mack: 6

Bot 2

Johnny Berardino: 99
Rick Ferrell: 99
Johnny Niggeling: 99

Top 3

Jim Hegan: K
Al Smith: 99
Lou Boudreau: 99

Bot 3

Johnny Lucadello: E4
George Archie: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: FC6.2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Chet Laabs: K
Roy Cullenbine: IW
Glenn McQuillen: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Hank Edwards: 99
Ken Keltner: W
Jeff Heath: S.1-2#
Les Fleming: D.2-H;1-3
Oris Hockett: W
Ray Mack: 3/FL
Jim Hegan: K

Bot 4

Johnny Berardino: S7.B-2(E7)
Rick Ferrell: W
Johnny Niggeling: 15(2)3/GDP.1-2
Johnny Lucadello: K

Top 5

Al Smith: 99
Lou Boudreau: 99
Hank Edwards: 99

Bot 5

George Archie: S
Harlond Clift: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Harlond Clift: 99
Chet Laabs: 99
Roy Cullenbine: 99

Top 6

Ken Keltner: S
Jeff Heath: 99
Les Fleming: S.1-2#
Oris Hockett: 99
Ray Mack: S.2-H;1-2#
Jim Hegan: W.2-3;1-2
Al Smith: 99

Bot 6

Glenn McQuillen: 99
Johnny Berardino: 99
Rick Ferrell: 99

Top 7

Lou Boudreau: S
Hank Edwards: 99/SH.1-2
Ken Keltner: 99
Jeff Heath: 99

Bot 7

Johnny Niggeling: 99
Johnny Lucadello: T8
George Archie: E9.3-H
Harlond Clift: WP.1-2
Harlond Clift: 99
Chet Laabs: 99

Top 8

Les Fleming: 99
Oris Hockett: S
Ray Mack: 99
Jim Hegan: 99

Bot 8

Roy Cullenbine: D
Glenn McQuillen: S/G.2-3
Johnny Berardino: W.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 62(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Johnny Niggeling: 53

Top 9

Al Smith: HR/9
Lou Boudreau: 99
Hank Edwards: 99
Ken Keltner: 99

Bot 9

Johnny Lucadello: E6
George Archie: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: 99
Chet Laabs: 99
Roy Cullenbine: 99

Notes & reviews

Boudreau threw to the plate, but Heffner scrambled back to 3B safely. Heffner injured his shoulder diving into 3B.
Heath was safe on a very close play at the plate. While the Browns were arguing the play, Hockett bluffed toward 2B and was thrown out by Ferrell.

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