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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1945-05-11 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 1520 · 2:06

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 5–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Russ Christopher earned the win. George Kell went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Eddie Lopat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Stewart · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Wilkins	5	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Cicero	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	1	0	2
Dick Siebert	4	1	2	1	0	0
Irv Hall	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Kell	4	2	2	3	0	0
Charlie Metro	4	0	1	0	0	0
Russ Christopher	3	0	0	0	1	3

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oris Hockett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Dickshot	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Nagel	4	1	1	1	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roy Schalk	4	0	0	1	0	1
Cass Michaels	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tresh	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Lopat	3	0	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	7	1	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Lopat	9.0	12	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Wilkins: D
Joe Cicero: K
Bobby Estalella: 3/G.2-3
Frankie Hayes: K

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 99
Oris Hockett: 99
Johnny Dickshot: K

Top 2

Dick Siebert: S9
Irv Hall: 63.1-2
George Kell: HR/7.2-H
Charlie Metro: 53
Russ Christopher: K

Bot 2

Bill Nagel: 99
Tony Cuccinello: S
Roy Schalk: K
Cass Michaels: 99

Top 3

Bobby Wilkins: 99
Joe Cicero: S
Bobby Estalella: 99
Frankie Hayes: K

Bot 3

Mike Tresh: W
Eddie Lopat: 99
Wally Moses: 99
Oris Hockett: 99

Top 4

Dick Siebert: 99
Irv Hall: S
George Kell: PO1(13)
George Kell: 99

Bot 4

Johnny Dickshot: 99
Bill Nagel: 99
Tony Cuccinello: E5
Roy Schalk: 3/L

Top 5

Charlie Metro: D9
Russ Christopher: K
Bobby Wilkins: 99
Joe Cicero: 99

Bot 5

Cass Michaels: 99
Mike Tresh: K
Eddie Lopat: S
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Oris Hockett: 43

Top 6

Bobby Estalella: S
Frankie Hayes: CS2(99)
Frankie Hayes: 99
Dick Siebert: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Dickshot: T8
Bill Nagel: S9.3-H
Tony Cuccinello: S9.1-3
Roy Schalk: 8.3-H
Cass Michaels: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Irv Hall: 99
George Kell: 99
Charlie Metro: 99

Bot 7

Mike Tresh: 99
Eddie Lopat: S
Wally Moses: 99
Oris Hockett: 99

Top 8

Russ Christopher: K
Bobby Wilkins: S8
Joe Cicero: 64(1)/FO
Bobby Estalella: S9.1-3
Frankie Hayes: S5.3-H;1-2
Dick Siebert: S7.2-H;1-2
Irv Hall: PO1(23)

Bot 8

Johnny Dickshot: 99
Bill Nagel: 99
Tony Cuccinello: 99

Top 9

Irv Hall: E5/G
George Kell: CS2(24)
George Kell: HR/7
Charlie Metro: 63
Russ Christopher: W
Bobby Wilkins: 2/FL

Bot 9

Roy Schalk: 99
Cass Michaels: 99
Mike Tresh: 99