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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1945-08-17 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 3500 · 2:20

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–4. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 5th. Mel Harder earned the win and Steve Gromek picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	9
CLE	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0		6	10

W: Mel Harder L: Phil Marchildon SV: Steve Gromek

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	5	1	0	0	0	2
Hal Peck	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Kish	5	0	1	2	0	0
Bill McGhee	3	1	1	0	2	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Greek George	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Kell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Busch	4	1	3	1	0	0
Bobo Newsom	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Bowles	2	0	2	0	0	0
Mayo Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Wheeler	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Rocco	3	1	2	1	1	0
Les Fleming	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	1	0	2	0
Dutch Meyer	5	2	2	0	0	0
Pat Seerey	1	0	0	0	3	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Cihocki	3	1	2	2	1	0
Mel Harder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Felix Mackiewicz	2	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	4.0	5	2	1
Phil Marchildon	2.0	2	4	0
Charlie Bowles	2.0	3	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.2	9	3	2
Steve Gromek	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 3/FL
Hal Peck: 3/FL
Ernie Kish: 31

Bot 1

Ed Wheeler: 9
Mickey Rocco: W
Les Fleming: 8
Jeff Heath: S9.1-2
Dutch Meyer: 4/P

Top 2

Bill McGhee: W
Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Greek George: S7.1-2
George Kell: 5/FL
Ed Busch: S9.2-H;1-3
Bobo Newsom: 8

Bot 2

Pat Seerey: 5/P
Frankie Hayes: T8
Al Cihocki: 4/P
Mel Harder: 63

Top 3

Irv Hall: K/C
Hal Peck: 9
Ernie Kish: 6/P

Bot 3

Ed Wheeler: S8
Mickey Rocco: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Les Fleming: 43

Top 4

Bill McGhee: D7
Dick Siebert: 43.2-3
Greek George: FC3.3XH(32);B-1
George Kell: 43

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 8
Dutch Meyer: S7
Pat Seerey: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: K
Al Cihocki: S8.2-H;1-2
Mel Harder: 31

Top 5

Ed Busch: 99
Joe Astroth: 99
Irv Hall: K

Bot 5

Ed Wheeler: W
Mickey Rocco: E1/SH/TH.1-H(NR);B-3
Les Fleming: S8.3-H(UR)
Jeff Heath: WP.1-2
Jeff Heath: W
Dutch Meyer: 9
Pat Seerey: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Al Cihocki: CS2(26)

Top 6

Hal Peck: 5/L
Ernie Kish: 43
Bill McGhee: W
Dick Siebert: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Al Cihocki: W
Mel Harder: 99/SH.1-2
Ed Wheeler: 99
Mickey Rocco: D.2-H
Felix Mackiewicz: E5.2-3
Jeff Heath: 99

Top 7

Greek George: 99
George Kell: 99
Ed Busch: S
Charlie Bowles: S.1-2
Irv Hall: 99

Bot 7

Dutch Meyer: S
Pat Seerey: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 99
Al Cihocki: S.2-H;1-2
Mel Harder: 99
Ed Wheeler: 99

Top 8

Hal Peck: S
Ernie Kish: PB.1-2
Ernie Kish: 99
Bill McGhee: 99
Dick Siebert: 99

Bot 8

Mickey Rocco: S8.BX2(84)
Felix Mackiewicz: 99
Jeff Heath: W
Dutch Meyer: 99

Top 9

Greek George: 99
George Kell: 99
Ed Busch: S
Charlie Bowles: S.1-2
Irv Hall: E6.2-3;1-2
Mayo Smith: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Ernie Kish: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Bill McGhee: 13