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Cleveland Guardians @ St. Louis Browns

1942-09-05 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 2:09

St. Louis Browns defeated Cleveland Indians 6–2. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 8th. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	9
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4		6	11

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Joe Heving SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	5	1	2	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	5	1	1	2	0	0
Chet Laabs	2	0	1	0	3	0
Wally Judnich	4	0	1	2	1	0
Vern Stephens	4	1	1	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Chartak	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	1	0	1	0
Fritz Ostermueller	4	1	1	1	0	1
Rick Ferrell	1	1	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	6.2	6	5	1
Harry Eisenstat	0.0	0	1	0
Joe Heving	1.1	5	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	9.0	9	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 43
Oris Hockett: 4/P
Ken Keltner: S7
Les Fleming: 6/P

Bot 1

Don Gutteridge: 8#
Harlond Clift: 8#
Chet Laabs: S7
Wally Judnich: 9

Top 2

Buster Mills: 3/FL#
Jeff Heath: D9
Ray Mack: 6/P
Gene Desautels: IW
Vern Kennedy: K

Bot 2

Vern Stephens: W
George McQuinn: 8(B)46(1)/FDP
Mike Chartak: 43

Top 3

Lou Boudreau: 8
Oris Hockett: 5/P#
Ken Keltner: 43

Bot 3

Frankie Hayes: W
Fritz Ostermueller: K
Don Gutteridge: D9.1-3
Harlond Clift: 3/L
Chet Laabs: IW
Wally Judnich: 3/G#

Top 4

Les Fleming: S/9.BX2(86)
Buster Mills: 9
Jeff Heath: S8
Ray Mack: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Vern Stephens: 9/L
George McQuinn: 43
Mike Chartak: W
Frankie Hayes: 9

Top 5

Ray Mack: S7
Gene Desautels: WP.1-2
Gene Desautels: D.2-H
Vern Kennedy: 14/SH.2-3#
Lou Boudreau: S7.3-H
Oris Hockett: 7
Ken Keltner: K

Bot 5

Fritz Ostermueller: 63
Don Gutteridge: 43
Harlond Clift: 9

Top 6

Les Fleming: S8#
Buster Mills: 3/FL
Jeff Heath: S8.1-3
Ray Mack: 5/P#
Gene Desautels: 4/P

Bot 6

Chet Laabs: 43
Wally Judnich: 31
Vern Stephens: S9
George McQuinn: D9.1-H
Mike Chartak: 8

Top 7

Vern Kennedy: 63
Lou Boudreau: 8
Oris Hockett: 5/P

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: S
Fritz Ostermueller: 16(1)/FO/BG
Don Gutteridge: S8.1-2
Harlond Clift: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Chet Laabs: W.1-2
Wally Judnich: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Vern Stephens: 53

Top 8

Ken Keltner: 13
Les Fleming: 31
Buster Mills: W
Jeff Heath: 8

Bot 8

George McQuinn: 3/G
Mike Chartak: S4
Rick Ferrell: S9.1-3
Fritz Ostermueller: S/BG.3-H;1-2
Don Gutteridge: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Harlond Clift: D9.3-H;1-H
Chet Laabs: W
Wally Judnich: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Vern Stephens: 9

Top 9

Oscar Grimes: 53
Jim Hegan: K
Otto Denning: 53

Notes & reviews

Runner rounded 2nd but failed to touch it on way back to 1st
4th ball was protested by the Indians and Weatherly was ejected by umpire Rommel; Weatherly not in game

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