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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-08-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:55

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 3–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Stan Spence went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bobo Newsom L: Johnny Niggeling SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Joe Rue · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Boyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Myatt	4	0	3	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	3	0	0	0	1	1
Roberto Ortiz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Spence	3	1	1	1	1	0
Fred Vaughn	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gil Torres	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	2	0	0	0
John Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Niggeling	3	0	1	0	0	2
Bill LeFebvre	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	8.0	9	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Myatt: S1
Joe Kuhel: 54(1)3/GDP
Roberto Ortiz: 2/FL

Bot 1

Irv Hall: HP
Hal Epps: 23/SH.1-2
Bobby Estalella: PB.2-3#
Bobby Estalella: 8
Frankie Hayes: 63

Top 2

Stan Spence: 8
Fred Vaughn: 53
Gil Torres: 9/FL

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 31
Bill McGhee: 8
George Kell: S8
Ed Busch: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Rick Ferrell: 43
John Sullivan: 43
Johnny Niggeling: S4
George Myatt: S8.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 43

Bot 3

Bobo Newsom: S7
Irv Hall: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Hal Epps: 8

Top 4

Roberto Ortiz: 9
Stan Spence: 43
Fred Vaughn: S8
Gil Torres: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Bobby Estalella: T8
Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: 8
Bill McGhee: 8(B)2(3)/DP

Top 5

Gil Torres: 7
Rick Ferrell: S7
John Sullivan: 8
Johnny Niggeling: K

Bot 5

George Kell: 53
Ed Busch: 63
Bobo Newsom: 7

Top 6

George Myatt: 53
Joe Kuhel: K
Roberto Ortiz: 143

Bot 6

Irv Hall: S9
Hal Epps: 2/FL
Bobby Estalella: D9.1-H
Frankie Hayes: K
Dick Siebert: 8/L

Top 7

Stan Spence: HR/9
Fred Vaughn: K
Gil Torres: E6/G.B-1
Rick Ferrell: CS2(24)#
Rick Ferrell: 8

Bot 7

Bill McGhee: 7
George Kell: 9
Ed Busch: S7
Bobo Newsom: 13

Top 8

John Sullivan: K23
Johnny Niggeling: K
George Myatt: S3
Joe Kuhel: SB2
Joe Kuhel: W
Roberto Ortiz: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Irv Hall: S9
Hal Epps: 53/SH.1-2
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: S5.2-H;1-2
Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Bill McGhee: S8.2-H;1-2
George Kell: 3/G

Top 9

Stan Spence: W
Fred Vaughn: 4(B)3(1)/GDP
Gil Torres: E5/TH.B-1
Rick Ferrell: S8.1-3
Bill LeFebvre: 5