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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1943-10-02 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1368 · 1:40

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 6th. Al Smith earned the win and Joe Heving picked up the save. Al Smith went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	6	10
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9

W: Al Smith L: Charlie Bowles SV: Joe Heving

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oris Hockett	5	0	1	1	0	0
Mickey Rocco	3	0	0	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Edwards	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	4	1	2	0	0	1
Ray Mack	4	2	2	1	0	0
Buddy Rosar	3	2	1	0	1	0
Al Smith	3	1	2	3	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Wheaton	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Busch	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Staller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Burgo	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Skaff	4	0	2	0	0	0
Irv Hall	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tony Parisse	2	0	0	0	2	0
Charlie Bowles	4	0	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	8.2	9	3	3
Joe Heving	0.1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Bowles	9.0	10	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oris Hockett: E1
Mickey Rocco: 13/SH.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: K
Ken Keltner: 7/L

Bot 1

Woody Wheaton: K
Ed Busch: 53
George Staller: 31

Top 2

Hank Edwards: 7/FL
Lou Boudreau: S
Ray Mack: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 2

Bill Burgo: 43
Frank Skaff: S3
Irv Hall: PO1(1343)
Irv Hall: K

Top 3

Buddy Rosar: D9
Al Smith: 53/SH.2-3
Oris Hockett: 9.3-H
Mickey Rocco: 6/L

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 8
Tony Parisse: W
Charlie Bowles: 8
Woody Wheaton: S8.1-2
Ed Busch: S7.1-2;2XH(72)

Top 4

Roy Cullenbine: S8
Ken Keltner: 14(1)3/GDP
Hank Edwards: D9
Lou Boudreau: K/C

Bot 4

George Staller: 53
Bill Burgo: S7
Frank Skaff: 54(1)/FO
Irv Hall: S1.1-2
Pete Suder: S5.1-2;2-3
Tony Parisse: 7

Top 5

Ray Mack: S8
Buddy Rosar: SB2
Buddy Rosar: 3/G.2-3
Al Smith: S9.3-H
Oris Hockett: D9.1-3
Mickey Rocco: 8.3-H
Roy Cullenbine: 3/G

Bot 5

Charlie Bowles: E8
Woody Wheaton: 46(1)3/GDP
Ed Busch: 7

Top 6

Ken Keltner: W
Hank Edwards: CS2(26)
Hank Edwards: 2
Lou Boudreau: D8
Ray Mack: S7.2-H
Buddy Rosar: W.1-2
Al Smith: S9.1-H;2-H;BX2(94)

Bot 6

George Staller: 43
Bill Burgo: 7
Frank Skaff: 6

Top 7

Oris Hockett: 3/G
Mickey Rocco: E4
Roy Cullenbine: 9
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 7

Irv Hall: 2/FL
Pete Suder: 63
Tony Parisse: 2/FL

Top 8

Hank Edwards: 3/FL
Lou Boudreau: 31
Ray Mack: 6

Bot 8

Charlie Bowles: 8/L
Woody Wheaton: 4
Ed Busch: 7/L

Top 9

Buddy Rosar: 6
Al Smith: 43
Oris Hockett: 9

Bot 9

George Staller: K
Bill Burgo: W
Frank Skaff: S7.1-2
Irv Hall: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Pete Suder: S9.1-2;3-H
Tony Parisse: W.1-2;2-3
Charlie Bowles: S7.1-2;2-3;3-H
Woody Wheaton: 46(1)/FO