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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1943-08-11 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 12889 · 1:43

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 2–1. Al Smith earned the win. Lou Boudreau went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Jesse Flores SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Stewart · 1B: Hal Weafer · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Pipgras · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Welaj	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jo-Jo White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Irv Hall	3	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Wagner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Wolff	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0	1
Oris Hockett	3	0	0	1	1	1
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mickey Rocco	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Boudreau	2	2	1	1	1	0
Ray Mack	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Smith	2	0	1	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	7.0	2	2	7
Jesse Flores	1.0	1	2	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Welaj: 53
Jo-Jo White: 3/L
Eddie Mayo: 9

Bot 1

Rusty Peters: K
Oris Hockett: K
Roy Cullenbine: S
Jeff Heath: PB.1-2
Jeff Heath: K

Top 2

Jimmy Ripple: 8
Dick Siebert: 3/G
Pete Suder: 7

Bot 2

Mickey Rocco: 7
Buddy Rosar: K
Lou Boudreau: HR/7
Ray Mack: K

Top 3

Irv Hall: K
Hal Wagner: 5/P
Roger Wolff: K

Bot 3

Al Smith: W
Rusty Peters: 46(1)3/GDP
Oris Hockett: 8

Top 4

Johnny Welaj: W
Jo-Jo White: S.1-3
Eddie Mayo: 8.3-H;1-2(TH)
Jimmy Ripple: 43
Dick Siebert: 4/P

Bot 4

Roy Cullenbine: 43
Jeff Heath: W
Mickey Rocco: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Pete Suder: 8
Irv Hall: 8
Hal Wagner: 3/G

Bot 5

Buddy Rosar: 9
Lou Boudreau: 9
Ray Mack: 53

Top 6

Roger Wolff: 13
Johnny Welaj: 6/P
Jo-Jo White: 53

Bot 6

Al Smith: K
Rusty Peters: 4/P
Oris Hockett: 9

Top 7

Eddie Mayo: 43
Jimmy Ripple: W
Dick Siebert: 7
Pete Suder: 8

Bot 7

Roy Cullenbine: E4
Jeff Heath: 5/P
Mickey Rocco: 8
Buddy Rosar: K

Top 8

Irv Hall: D
Hal Wagner: 53/SH.2-3
Bobby Estalella: 63
Johnny Welaj: 53

Bot 8

Lou Boudreau: W
Ray Mack: 4E1/SH.B-1;1-2
Al Smith: S.1-2;2-3
Rusty Peters: 3/P
Oris Hockett: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Roy Cullenbine: K
Jeff Heath: K

Top 9

Jo-Jo White: 3/G
Eddie Mayo: 43
Jimmy Ripple: 43