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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-06-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3500 · 2:08

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 6–5. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Roger Wolff earned the win and Herman Besse picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	13
PHA	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		6	12

W: Roger Wolff L: Elden Auker SV: Herman Besse

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	4	1	2	0	1	1
Harlond Clift	4	1	1	1	1	2
George McQuinn	5	1	3	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	5	1	3	1	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	1	0	1	1	2
Vern Stephens	5	0	0	1	0	1
Tony Criscola	4	0	4	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Elden Auker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn McQuillen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Loy Hanning	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	4	2	2	0	0	0
Buddy Blair	3	1	2	2	1	0
Crash Davis	2	0	1	2	1	0
Roger Wolff	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	3.0	5	0	1
Loy Hanning	4.0	7	2	0
Frank Biscan	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	6.1	11	4	6
Herman Besse	2.2	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: K
Harlond Clift: W
George McQuinn: S7.1X3(75)
Wally Judnich: S9.1-2
Chet Laabs: 4(1)/FO

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 9
Pete Suder: 53
Dick Siebert: 2/FL

Top 2

Vern Stephens: K
Tony Criscola: D7.BX3(75)
Frankie Hayes: K

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 8
Elmer Valo: S7
Hal Wagner: S9.1-2
Buddy Blair: T9.2-H;1-H
Crash Davis: 13
Roger Wolff: 53

Top 3

Elden Auker: K
Don Gutteridge: W
Harlond Clift: 8
George McQuinn: 4

Bot 3

Mike Kreevich: D9
Pete Suder: K
Dick Siebert: T9.2-H
Bob Johnson: 63.3-H
Elmer Valo: 31

Top 4

Wally Judnich: D8
Chet Laabs: W
Vern Stephens: 5(2)3/GDP.1-2
Tony Criscola: S9.2-H
Frankie Hayes: SB2
Frankie Hayes: W
Glenn McQuillen: 5

Bot 4

Hal Wagner: S2
Buddy Blair: W.1-2
Crash Davis: D9.2-H;1-H;BX3(965)
Roger Wolff: S1
Mike Kreevich: S9.1-2
Pete Suder: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Don Gutteridge: 13
Harlond Clift: K
George McQuinn: S8
Wally Judnich: 8/L

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: 63
Bob Johnson: S8
Elmer Valo: 16(1)/FO
Hal Wagner: SB2
Hal Wagner: 43

Top 6

Chet Laabs: K
Vern Stephens: 7/FL
Tony Criscola: S9
Frankie Hayes: 7

Bot 6

Buddy Blair: S9
Crash Davis: CS2(26)
Crash Davis: W
Roger Wolff: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Loy Hanning: 43
Don Gutteridge: D8
Harlond Clift: S9.2-H
George McQuinn: S7.1-2
Wally Judnich: S9.2-H;1-3
Chet Laabs: E5/TH.3-H(RBI);1-3;B-1
Vern Stephens: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Tony Criscola: S9.1-3
Frankie Hayes: 7/L

Bot 7

Mike Kreevich: 3/G
Pete Suder: 63
Dick Siebert: S8
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 8

Roy Cullenbine: 53
Don Gutteridge: S9
Harlond Clift: SB2#
Harlond Clift: K
George McQuinn: 63

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: 13
Hal Wagner: 6
Buddy Blair: 3/G

Top 9

Wally Judnich: 8
Chet Laabs: K
Vern Stephens: 53