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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1945-08-08 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · 10 innings · Att: 5372 · 2:46

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Don Black earned the win. Hal Peck went 4-for-6 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PHA	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	17
SLA	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Don Black L: Tex Shirley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	6	0	0	0	0	2
Hal Peck	6	2	4	1	0	0
Mayo Smith	5	0	2	1	0	0
Bill McGhee	5	1	1	0	1	1
Dick Siebert	5	1	3	0	1	0
Buddy Rosar	4	1	3	1	2	0
George Kell	6	0	4	1	0	0
Ed Busch	3	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Christopher	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ernie Kish	1	0	0	1	0	0
Don Black	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	4	1	2	1	1	0
Lou Finney	4	0	1	0	1	1
George McQuinn	3	0	0	1	2	0
Vern Stephens	5	1	1	0	0	2
Gene Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Len Schulte	4	1	1	1	1	1
Milt Byrnes	4	0	1	0	1	1
Frank Mancuso	4	1	3	1	1	0
Tex Shirley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	6.0	8	3	3
Don Black	4.0	2	4	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	9.2	17	5	6
Bob Muncrief	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 53
Hal Peck: S8
Mayo Smith: WP.1-2
Mayo Smith: S8.2-H
Bill McGhee: K
Dick Siebert: 43

Bot 1

Don Gutteridge: S9
Lou Finney: S/BG.1-2
George McQuinn: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Vern Stephens: K/C

Top 2

Buddy Rosar: 3
George Kell: D
Ed Busch: 9
Russ Christopher: K

Bot 2

Gene Moore: 3
Len Schulte: K
Milt Byrnes: K

Top 3

Irv Hall: 63
Hal Peck: S4
Mayo Smith: 36(1)/FO
Bill McGhee: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: 7

Bot 3

Frank Mancuso: S4
Tex Shirley: 24/SH.1-2
Don Gutteridge: D9.2-H
Lou Finney: W
George McQuinn: 43.2-H;1-2
Vern Stephens: 53

Top 4

Buddy Rosar: S
George Kell: S7.1-2
Ed Busch: HP.2-3;1-2
Russ Christopher: K
Irv Hall: K
Hal Peck: 2/P

Bot 4

Gene Moore: 6
Len Schulte: W
Milt Byrnes: S/BG.1-2
Frank Mancuso: 63.2-3;1-2
Tex Shirley: 53

Top 5

Mayo Smith: 4
Bill McGhee: S8
Dick Siebert: S9.1-2
Buddy Rosar: S7.2-H;1-2
George Kell: D8.2-H;1-3
Ed Busch: IW
Russ Christopher: K
Irv Hall: K

Bot 5

Don Gutteridge: 8
Lou Finney: 3
George McQuinn: 63

Top 6

Hal Peck: 8
Mayo Smith: S
Bill McGhee: 8
Dick Siebert: S8.1X3(85)

Bot 6

Vern Stephens: S8
Gene Moore: 13/SH.1-2
Len Schulte: D7.2-H
Milt Byrnes: IW
Frank Mancuso: S7.2-H;1-2
Tex Shirley: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 7

Buddy Rosar: S5
George Kell: SB2
George Kell: S5/BG.2-3
Ed Busch: 3/FL
Ernie Kish: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Irv Hall: 8

Bot 7

Don Gutteridge: W
Lou Finney: K+SB2
George McQuinn: W
Vern Stephens: 7
Gene Moore: 8

Top 8

Hal Peck: S
Mayo Smith: 34/SH.1-2
Bill McGhee: 43.2-3
Dick Siebert: W
Buddy Rosar: W.1-2
George Kell: 7

Bot 8

Len Schulte: 5
Milt Byrnes: 8
Frank Mancuso: S4
Tex Shirley: S5.1-2
Don Gutteridge: 5(2)/FO

Top 9

Ed Busch: 8
Don Black: 63
Irv Hall: 9

Bot 9

Lou Finney: 43
George McQuinn: W
Vern Stephens: K
Gene Moore: 43

Top 10

Hal Peck: HR/9
Mayo Smith: 9
Bill McGhee: 9
Dick Siebert: S4
Buddy Rosar: SB2
Buddy Rosar: W
George Kell: 53

Bot 10

Len Schulte: 63
Milt Byrnes: 31
Frank Mancuso: W
Joe Schultz: 13

Notes & reviews

Gutteridge never hesitated at third as he scored from 2nd on the ground ball

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