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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-07-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7234 · 1:52

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 5th. Mel Harder earned the win. Ray Mack went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Herman Besse SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	0	2	1	0	0
Oris Hockett	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	1	0	0	2
Buster Mills	4	1	1	0	0	1
Les Fleming	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Mack	3	0	3	2	1	0
Otto Denning	4	1	0	0	0	0
Mel Harder	4	1	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	4	3	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Besse	8.0	9	1	5
Tex Shirley	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 5/P
Oris Hockett: 6/P
Ken Keltner: 8

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 9
Dee Miles: 8
Dick Siebert: 3/G

Top 2

Jeff Heath: K/C
Buster Mills: 9
Les Fleming: K

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 3/FL
Buddy Blair: 3/P
Hal Wagner: 43

Top 3

Ray Mack: S7
Otto Denning: SB2
Otto Denning: 3/P
Mel Harder: K
Lou Boudreau: S/6D.2XH(632)

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: D9
Herman Besse: 43.2-3
Mike Kreevich: 163

Top 4

Oris Hockett: 8
Ken Keltner: 9
Jeff Heath: K

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 43
Dick Siebert: 7
Bob Johnson: 63

Top 5

Buster Mills: D8
Les Fleming: 6/P
Ray Mack: SB3
Ray Mack: S/8S.3-H;B-2(TH)
Otto Denning: FC6.2X3(65)
Mel Harder: S5/BG.1-2
Lou Boudreau: S8.1-2;2-H
Oris Hockett: S9.1-3;2-H
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Bot 5

Buddy Blair: 9
Hal Wagner: S7
Pete Suder: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Jeff Heath: S1/BG
Buster Mills: K
Les Fleming: 43.1-2
Ray Mack: S7.2-H
Otto Denning: 3/FL

Bot 6

Bill Knickerbocker: W
Herman Besse: 7
Mike Kreevich: K
Dee Miles: 2/FL

Top 7

Mel Harder: 9
Lou Boudreau: 2/FL
Oris Hockett: 8

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 43
Bob Johnson: W
Buddy Blair: K
Hal Wagner: W.1-2
Pete Suder: D9.1-H;2-H
Bill Knickerbocker: 53

Top 8

Ken Keltner: W
Jeff Heath: 53/SH.1-2
Buster Mills: 63.2-3
Les Fleming: 43

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: 13
Mike Kreevich: 4/L
Dee Miles: 13

Top 9

Ray Mack: W
Otto Denning: CS2(26)
Otto Denning: 2/FL
Mel Harder: 63

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 7
Bob Johnson: S7
Buddy Blair: K
Hal Wagner: 5/P