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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-06-13 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6714 · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 4–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 8th. Roger Wolff earned the win and Tex Shirley picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Roger Wolff L: Mel Harder SV: Tex Shirley

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Roy Weatherly	4	0	0	0	1
Oris Hockett	4	0	0	0	1
Lou Boudreau	4	0	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	1	0	0	0	1
Les Fleming	3	0	2	1	0
Oscar Grimes	3	1	1	1	1
Ray Mack	4	0	1	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	2	0	0
Mel Harder	3	0	0	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	3	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	2	1	1	0	2	1
Bill Knickerbocker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Blair	2	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	1	0	0
Hal Wagner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Wolff	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Castiglia	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	7.1	6	4	2
Joe Heving	0.2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	8.0	5	1	6
Tex Shirley	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Weatherly: 4
Oris Hockett: 9
Lou Boudreau: 43

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: W
Bill Knickerbocker: 7
Dee Miles: 8
Bob Johnson: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Jeff Heath: K
Les Fleming: S8
Oscar Grimes: 46(1)/FO
Ray Mack: 7/7S

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 43
Buddy Blair: 3/G
Pete Suder: 63

Top 3

Jim Hegan: S8
Mel Harder: 2(B)3(1)/BP/DP/FL
Roy Weatherly: 9

Bot 3

Hal Wagner: 13
Roger Wolff: K
Elmer Valo: W
Bill Knickerbocker: 43

Top 4

Oris Hockett: 3
Lou Boudreau: 53
Fabian Gaffke: K

Bot 4

Dee Miles: S7
Bob Johnson: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Dick Siebert: E4/G.B-1
Buddy Blair: HP.1-2
Pete Suder: 2/FL

Top 5

Les Fleming: 43
Oscar Grimes: S8
Ray Mack: S8.1-3
Jim Hegan: PB.3-H;1-2
Jim Hegan: S6.2-3
Mel Harder: 2/FL
Roy Weatherly: K

Bot 5

Hal Wagner: 43
Roger Wolff: 43
Elmer Valo: K

Top 6

Oris Hockett: 7
Lou Boudreau: 53
Fabian Gaffke: K

Bot 6

Bill Knickerbocker: S8
Dee Miles: 46(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: 9
Dick Siebert: 7

Top 7

Les Fleming: W
Oscar Grimes: K
Ray Mack: 2/FL
Jim Hegan: 7

Bot 7

Buddy Blair: 31
Pete Suder: 8
Hal Wagner: 2/FL

Top 8

Mel Harder: 63
Roy Weatherly: 43
Oris Hockett: K23

Bot 8

Jim Castiglia: 6
Elmer Valo: S9
Bill Knickerbocker: S8.1-2
Dee Miles: D8.2-H;1-H
Bob Johnson: IW
Dick Siebert: D8.2-H;1-3
Buddy Blair: IW
Pete Suder: 9/L.3-H
Hal Wagner: 8

Top 9

Lou Boudreau: 8/L
Fabian Gaffke: 3/FL
Les Fleming: S9
Oscar Grimes: W.1-2
Ray Mack: 8