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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-05-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2838 · 1:50

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–2. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 6th. Elden Auker earned the win. Vern Stephens went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	7	12
PHA	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Elden Auker L: Roger Wolff SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	5	2	1	0	0	1
Harlond Clift	4	2	3	0	1	1
Glenn McQuillen	5	0	3	3	0	0
George McQuinn	4	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Judnich	4	0	1	0	1	1
Chet Laabs	4	1	0	0	1	1
Vern Stephens	4	1	2	3	0	0
Bob Swift	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elden Auker	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	3	0	1	1	1	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Buddy Blair	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	1
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Wolff	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Castiglia	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	7	3	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	7.0	8	2	5
Jack Knott	2.0	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: K
Harlond Clift: K
Glenn McQuillen: 6/FL

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 9/L
Elmer Valo: S
Buddy Blair: 1/G.1-2
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: CS3(25)

Top 2

George McQuinn: 3/FL
Wally Judnich: D
Chet Laabs: K
Vern Stephens: 5/FL

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: S
Hal Wagner: 9/F
Jack Wallaesa: S.1-3
Pete Suder: S.3-H;1-2
Roger Wolff: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2(E1)
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Elmer Valo: 4/P

Top 3

Bob Swift: 6/FL
Elden Auker: K
Don Gutteridge: E6/G.B-1
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Glenn McQuillen: S.2-H(UR);1-2
George McQuinn: D.2-H(UR);1-3
Wally Judnich: 63

Bot 3

Buddy Blair: 43
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 8/F
Hal Wagner: 3/G

Top 4

Chet Laabs: 53
Vern Stephens: 31
Bob Swift: 6/L

Bot 4

Jack Wallaesa: S
Pete Suder: 9/FL
Roger Wolff: 2(B)3(1)/GDP

Top 5

Elden Auker: 2/P
Don Gutteridge: 7/F7D
Harlond Clift: S
Glenn McQuillen: 5/FL

Bot 5

Mike Kreevich: W
Elmer Valo: S.1-2
Buddy Blair: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bob Johnson: K

Top 6

George McQuinn: S
Wally Judnich: 8/F
Chet Laabs: W.1-2
Vern Stephens: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Bob Swift: 7/F
Elden Auker: 1/P

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 31
Hal Wagner: 43
Jack Wallaesa: 13

Top 7

Don Gutteridge: 53
Harlond Clift: D
Glenn McQuillen: D.2-H
George McQuinn: 7/F
Wally Judnich: K

Bot 7

Pete Suder: 63
Frankie Hayes: 9/F#
Mike Kreevich: S9.B-2(E9/TH)
Elmer Valo: 4/P

Top 8

Chet Laabs: 2/FL#
Vern Stephens: S
Bob Swift: 4/L
Elden Auker: K

Bot 8

Buddy Blair: 43
Bob Johnson: 7/F
Dick Siebert: 7/F

Top 9

Don Gutteridge: S
Harlond Clift: S.1-2
Glenn McQuillen: S.2-H;1-2
George McQuinn: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Wally Judnich: W
Chet Laabs: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Jim Castiglia: 13#
Jack Wallaesa: 9/F
Pete Suder: 2/P