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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1943-06-04 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 18894 · 1:56

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Al Smith earned the win.

Line score

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

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

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oris Hockett	5	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	5	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jeff Heath	5	0	1	0	0	2
Ken Keltner	5	2	2	0	0	0
Otto Denning	4	1	2	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	2	0	2	2	1	0
Ray Mack	4	0	2	1	0	0
Al Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Welaj	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jo-Jo White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	2	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	3	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Suder	2	0	1	0	0	0
Irv Hall	3	0	1	2	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Skaff	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	4	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	7.1	12	1	1
Roger Wolff	1.2	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oris Hockett: 7
Lou Boudreau: 8
Roy Cullenbine: S7
Jeff Heath: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Welaj: 8
Jo-Jo White: 3/FL
Eddie Mayo: 13

Top 2

Ken Keltner: 63
Otto Denning: S7
Buddy Rosar: SB2
Buddy Rosar: W
Ray Mack: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bobby Estalella: 43
Dick Siebert: 8
Pete Suder: E2.B-1#
Irv Hall: CS2(24)

Top 3

Al Smith: 43
Oris Hockett: S9
Lou Boudreau: 53.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 3/G

Bot 3

Irv Hall: 3/FL
Hal Wagner: 63
Jesse Flores: 53

Top 4

Jeff Heath: S9
Ken Keltner: S8.1-2
Otto Denning: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Buddy Rosar: S7.2-H;1-2
Ray Mack: 53.2-3;1-2
Al Smith: 43

Bot 4

Johnny Welaj: 13
Jo-Jo White: S8
Eddie Mayo: CS2(24)#
Eddie Mayo: 4

Top 5

Oris Hockett: 3/G
Lou Boudreau: D7.B-3(E7)
Roy Cullenbine: 4
Jeff Heath: 5

Bot 5

Bobby Estalella: W
Dick Siebert: S1/BG.1-2
Pete Suder: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Irv Hall: S8.3-H;2-H
Hal Wagner: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Ken Keltner: D8
Otto Denning: 8.2-3
Buddy Rosar: S6.3-H
Ray Mack: S8.1-2
Al Smith: 5
Oris Hockett: 4/L

Bot 6

Jesse Flores: 7
Johnny Welaj: 63
Jo-Jo White: 43

Top 7

Lou Boudreau: E7/F.B-1
Roy Cullenbine: 13/SH.1-2
Jeff Heath: K
Ken Keltner: 9/L

Bot 7

Eddie Mayo: 43
Bobby Estalella: 63
Dick Siebert: 5/FL

Top 8

Otto Denning: S7
Buddy Rosar: 13/SH.1-2
Ray Mack: T8.2-H
Al Smith: 5/FL
Oris Hockett: 8

Bot 8

Pete Suder: S8
Irv Hall: 9/L
Hal Wagner: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Lou Boudreau: 8
Roy Cullenbine: W
Jeff Heath: K
Ken Keltner: 7/L

Bot 9

Frank Skaff: K
Johnny Welaj: 13
Jo-Jo White: 7