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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-08-09 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 10966 · 1:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–3. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 4th. Al Smith earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Bobo Newsom SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rocco	5	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	5	1	2	0	0	0
Oris Hockett	5	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	3	0	3	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	2	2	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	1	2	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Smith	4	0	1	2	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ford Garrison	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Epps	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill McGhee	4	2	2	0	0	0
George Kell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Busch	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	1	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	8	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	12	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Rocco: 3
Myril Hoag: S9
Oris Hockett: 8
Lou Boudreau: S9.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: W.2-3;1-2
Ken Keltner: 43

Bot 1

Irv Hall: 9
Ford Garrison: 9
Hal Epps: 43

Top 2

Buddy Rosar: S9
Rusty Peters: K
Al Smith: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 63
Dick Siebert: 9
Bill McGhee: 63

Top 3

Mickey Rocco: 8/L
Myril Hoag: 63
Oris Hockett: S8
Lou Boudreau: S7.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 43

Bot 3

George Kell: 7
Ed Busch: 53
Bobo Newsom: 3

Top 4

Ken Keltner: S8
Buddy Rosar: S7.1-2
Rusty Peters: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Al Smith: S7.3-H;2-H
Mickey Rocco: 46(1)/FO
Myril Hoag: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Irv Hall: 13
Ford Garrison: S8
Hal Epps: 54(1)/FO
Frankie Hayes: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Oris Hockett: S9
Lou Boudreau: 13/SH.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 53.2-3
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Bot 5

Dick Siebert: 4
Bill McGhee: D7
George Kell: S7.2-H
Ed Busch: 13/SH.1-2
Bobo Newsom: 63

Top 6

Buddy Rosar: K
Rusty Peters: 9/FL
Al Smith: K

Bot 6

Irv Hall: 6/L
Ford Garrison: S7
Hal Epps: T9.1-H
Frankie Hayes: 2/FL
Dick Siebert: W
Bill McGhee: 5/L

Top 7

Mickey Rocco: 43
Myril Hoag: D8
Oris Hockett: 43.2-3
Lou Boudreau: D7.3-H
Roy Cullenbine: 63

Bot 7

George Kell: 63
Ed Busch: 63
Bobo Newsom: K

Top 8

Ken Keltner: T7.B-H(E7)
Buddy Rosar: 2/FL
Rusty Peters: 9
Al Smith: K

Bot 8

Irv Hall: D9
Ford Garrison: 53
Hal Epps: 3/G.2-3
Frankie Hayes: 3/FL

Top 9

Mickey Rocco: 3/G
Myril Hoag: 9
Oris Hockett: 5

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 31
Bill McGhee: S8
George Kell: 13.1-2
Bobby Estalella: S7.2-H
Joe Burns: 5/FL