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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-05-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4734 · 1:51

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–0. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 5th. Mickey Haefner earned the win. Stan Spence went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	5	11
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Mickey Haefner L: Don Black SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Red Jones · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	3	1	2	0	2	0
George Myatt	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jake Powell	5	1	2	0	0	1
Stan Spence	5	1	1	3	0	1
Joe Kuhel	5	0	0	0	0	1
Gil Torres	5	1	3	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	2	0
John Sullivan	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mickey Haefner	2	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	4	1	0	1
Lew Flick	3	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	4	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0
Irv Hall	3	1	0	0
George Kell	3	0	0	0
Joe Rullo	3	0	0	0
Don Black	1	0	0	0
Bill Burgo	2	1	0	0
Ed Busch	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Haefner	9.0	4	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Black	6.0	9	3	3
Russ Christopher	3.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 53
George Myatt: 53
Jake Powell: 7

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: 8
Lew Flick: 3E1
Bobby Estalella: SB2#
Bobby Estalella: 7
Frankie Hayes: 2/FL

Top 2

Stan Spence: 3/G
Joe Kuhel: K
Gil Torres: S4
Rick Ferrell: W.1-2
John Sullivan: 9

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 5/FL
Irv Hall: D7
George Kell: 43.2-3
Joe Rullo: 7

Top 3

Mickey Haefner: 63
George Case: S7
George Myatt: CS2(24)
George Myatt: E6
Jake Powell: S9.1-3
Stan Spence: K

Bot 3

Don Black: 63
Jo-Jo White: K
Lew Flick: K

Top 4

Joe Kuhel: 9/L
Gil Torres: 8
Rick Ferrell: W
John Sullivan: 9

Bot 4

Bobby Estalella: 7
Frankie Hayes: 2/FL
Dick Siebert: 9/L

Top 5

Mickey Haefner: 7
George Case: S6
George Myatt: 8
Jake Powell: S7.1-2
Stan Spence: HR8/IPHR.2-H;1-H
Joe Kuhel: 8

Bot 5

Irv Hall: 7
George Kell: 9
Joe Rullo: 7

Top 6

Gil Torres: D9
Rick Ferrell: 8
John Sullivan: S8.2-H
Mickey Haefner: 13/SH.1-2
George Case: W
George Myatt: S9.2-H;1-3
Jake Powell: K

Bot 6

Bill Burgo: S8
Jo-Jo White: S7.1-2
Lew Flick: 9
Bobby Estalella: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Stan Spence: 8/L
Joe Kuhel: 43
Gil Torres: S9
Rick Ferrell: 7/L

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: 6/L
Dick Siebert: W
Irv Hall: 54(1)/FO
George Kell: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

John Sullivan: S8
Mickey Haefner: 13/SH.1-2
George Case: W
George Myatt: 7
Jake Powell: 7

Bot 8

Joe Rullo: 8
Bill Burgo: 9
Jo-Jo White: 3/G

Top 9

Stan Spence: E4
Joe Kuhel: 13.1-2
Gil Torres: FC6.2-3;BX2(654)
Rick Ferrell: 43

Bot 9

Ed Busch: 9
Bobby Estalella: 6
Frankie Hayes: S8
Dick Siebert: 23