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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-08-11 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 8399 · 2:20

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 6–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 5 in the 2nd. Russ Christopher earned the win. Ken Keltner went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9
PHA	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	13

W: Russ Christopher L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rocco	3	1	1	0	2	1
Myril Hoag	4	0	2	0	1	1
Oris Hockett	5	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Boudreau	4	0	1	1	1	0
Paul O'Dea	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	1	2	1	1	0
Buddy Rosar	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mel Harder	1	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Calvert	1	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Seerey	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Mel Harder	1.2	6	0
Paul Calvert	3.1	3	3
Joe Heving	3.0	4	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	9	7	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Rocco: S9
Myril Hoag: 43.1-2
Oris Hockett: 63.2-3
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 1

Irv Hall: 13
Ford Garrison: 63
Hal Epps: 43

Top 2

Paul O'Dea: S5
Ken Keltner: D8.1-H(E8)(NR)(UR)
Buddy Rosar: 63
Rusty Peters: 7
Mel Harder: K

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 63
Dick Siebert: D9
Bill McGhee: S1.2-3
George Kell: S8.3-H;1-3
Ed Busch: S9.3-H;1-2
Russ Christopher: S8.2XH(82);1-3
Irv Hall: S8.3-H;1-2
Ford Garrison: D8.2-H;1-H
Hal Epps: 43

Top 3

Mickey Rocco: W
Myril Hoag: W.1-2
Oris Hockett: K
Lou Boudreau: 6
Paul O'Dea: 53

Bot 3

Frankie Hayes: K
Dick Siebert: 5
Bill McGhee: 13

Top 4

Ken Keltner: HR/8
Buddy Rosar: 31
Rusty Peters: W
Paul Calvert: S6.1-2
Mickey Rocco: 7
Myril Hoag: K

Bot 4

Joe Burns: 63
Ed Busch: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Russ Christopher: K
Irv Hall: K

Top 5

Oris Hockett: 7
Lou Boudreau: W
Paul O'Dea: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Ford Garrison: S7
Hal Epps: 14/SH.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 43.2-3
Dick Siebert: 4

Top 6

Ken Keltner: W
Buddy Rosar: S7.1-2
Rusty Peters: K
Roy Cullenbine: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bill McGhee: 43
Joe Burns: K
Ed Busch: S8
Russ Christopher: 13

Top 7

Mickey Rocco: K
Myril Hoag: S8
Oris Hockett: 43.1-2
Lou Boudreau: 13

Bot 7

Irv Hall: S7
Ford Garrison: PO1(E2).1-2
Ford Garrison: 9
Hal Epps: 3E1.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Frankie Hayes: S8.2XH(82)
Dick Siebert: S9.1-3
Bill McGhee: 43

Top 8

Paul O'Dea: 63
Ken Keltner: 53
Buddy Rosar: W
Rusty Peters: K

Bot 8

Joe Burns: 8
Ed Busch: 13
Russ Christopher: 6

Top 9

Jeff Heath: 8
Mickey Rocco: W
Myril Hoag: S1.1-2
Oris Hockett: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Boudreau: S9.3-H;1-2
Pat Seerey: K