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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-04-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5565 · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–1. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Vern Kennedy earned the win. Buster Mills went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vern Kennedy L: Herman Besse SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Ernie Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	5	0	1	0	0	0
Oris Hockett	4	2	2	0	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jeff Heath	3	2	0	1	2	0
Buster Mills	4	1	2	3	1	0
Les Fleming	5	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Mack	3	0	1	0	2	1
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	1	1	0
Vern Kennedy	4	0	1	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	2	0	1	0
Bill Knickerbocker	4	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Blair	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	1	1	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	1	0	0	1
Herman Besse	4	0	2	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	9.0	9	4	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Besse	9.0	8	8	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 163
Oris Hockett: W
Ken Keltner: SB2
Ken Keltner: W
Jeff Heath: W.2-3;1-2
Buster Mills: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Les Fleming: 3/P
Ray Mack: SB2;SB3
Ray Mack: W
Gene Desautels: 9

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: W
Bill Knickerbocker: W.1-2
Buddy Blair: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bob Johnson: K

Top 2

Vern Kennedy: K
Lou Boudreau: 6/7S
Oris Hockett: 43

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 13
Hal Wagner: 43
Elmer Valo: E4
Pete Suder: 8

Top 3

Ken Keltner: 8
Jeff Heath: 43
Buster Mills: 63

Bot 3

Herman Besse: 4/P
Mike Kreevich: S8
Bill Knickerbocker: S6.1-2
Buddy Blair: 7
Bob Johnson: 2

Top 4

Les Fleming: 4/P
Ray Mack: S8
Gene Desautels: 9/L
Vern Kennedy: S7.1-2
Lou Boudreau: 9

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: 8
Hal Wagner: 63
Elmer Valo: 63

Top 5

Oris Hockett: T9
Ken Keltner: 9
Jeff Heath: E4.3-H(RBI);B-2
Buster Mills: S7.2-H(UR)
Les Fleming: 43.1-2
Ray Mack: K

Bot 5

Pete Suder: K23
Herman Besse: S7
Mike Kreevich: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Gene Desautels: W
Vern Kennedy: 56(1)/FO/BG
Lou Boudreau: 64(1)/FO
Oris Hockett: S.1-3
Ken Keltner: 5/P

Bot 6

Bill Knickerbocker: 7
Buddy Blair: 43
Bob Johnson: K

Top 7

Jeff Heath: 9/L
Buster Mills: W
Les Fleming: D7.1-3
Ray Mack: IW
Gene Desautels: 9.2-3;3-H
Vern Kennedy: K

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: W
Hal Wagner: W.1-2
Elmer Valo: 8
Pete Suder: 9
Herman Besse: S7.1-2;2XH(72)

Top 8

Lou Boudreau: S
Oris Hockett: 8
Ken Keltner: CS2(263)
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 8

Mike Kreevich: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: 4/P
Buddy Blair: S
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Dick Siebert: S8.1-2;2-H
Hal Wagner: 53

Top 9

Jeff Heath: W
Buster Mills: CS2(2E6).1-2
Buster Mills: E3.2-3
Les Fleming: 8.3-H(UR)
Ray Mack: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Elmer Valo: 9
Pete Suder: S
Herman Besse: 8
Mike Kreevich: S8.1-2
Bill Knickerbocker: 7

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