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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-06-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:52

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 3–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Russ Christopher earned the win. Bobby Estalella went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Nels Potter SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	4	1	1	1	0	1
Milt Byrnes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	4	0	1	0	0	2
Babe Martin	4	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuinn	2	0	0	0	1	0
Len Schulte	1	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Mancuso	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nels Potter	3	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	8.0	8	3	7

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	5	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: HR/7
Milt Byrnes: 3/G
Mike Kreevich: 3/FL
Vern Stephens: K

Bot 1

Bobby Wilkins: W
Charlie Metro: S7.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 14(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dick Siebert: 9

Top 2

Babe Martin: 63
George McQuinn: 4/L
Len Schulte: W
Frank Mancuso: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Greek George: 63
Irv Hall: S8
George Kell: 8
Joe Burns: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Frank Mancuso: 3
Nels Potter: 8
Don Gutteridge: 8

Bot 3

Russ Christopher: W
Bobby Wilkins: 7
Charlie Metro: 36(1)/FO
Bobby Estalella: CS2(24)

Top 4

Milt Byrnes: 13
Mike Kreevich: 63
Vern Stephens: S9
Babe Martin: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bobby Estalella: S8
Dick Siebert: S9.1-2
Greek George: 14/SH.1-2;2-3
Irv Hall: W
George Kell: E5.1-2;2-3;3-H(RBI)
Joe Burns: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

George McQuinn: W
Len Schulte: 14/SH.1-2
Frank Mancuso: K/C
Nels Potter: 3/G

Bot 5

Russ Christopher: 53
Bobby Wilkins: K
Charlie Metro: 4

Top 6

Don Gutteridge: K
Milt Byrnes: 9
Mike Kreevich: 43

Bot 6

Bobby Estalella: S1
Dick Siebert: SB2
Dick Siebert: K/C
Greek George: K/C
Irv Hall: 53

Top 7

Vern Stephens: 13
Babe Martin: 31
George McQuinn: 4

Bot 7

George Kell: 7
Joe Burns: K
Russ Christopher: D7
Bobby Wilkins: K

Top 8

Len Schulte: 63
Frank Mancuso: S8
Nels Potter: S9.1-3
Don Gutteridge: PO3(15)
Don Gutteridge: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Charlie Metro: 53
Bobby Estalella: HR/7
Dick Siebert: E1
Greek George: D9.1-H(UR)
Irv Hall: K23
George Kell: K

Top 9

Milt Byrnes: 63
Mike Kreevich: S1
Vern Stephens: K
Babe Martin: 13