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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1946-09-15 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 2:07

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–1. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 4th. Bob Lemon earned the win. Hank Edwards went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
CLE	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1		8	15

W: Bob Lemon L: Joe Coleman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McKinley · 1B: Jim Boyer · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	1	1	0	0	1	0
Gene Handley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Konopka	4	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Rosar	2	0	0	0	1	1
Barney McCosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Don Richmond	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Marchildon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	2	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Fagan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ted Sepkowski	6	2	2	1	0	0
Dale Mitchell	5	1	3	1	0	1
Pat Seerey	3	1	0	0	2	1
Hank Edwards	3	1	3	2	0	0
Les Fleming	3	0	1	0	2	0
Lou Boudreau	3	1	1	2	1	0
Ray Mack	4	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Jordan	4	0	2	1	1	0
Bob Lemon	5	2	3	0	0	0
George Case	1	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	3.0	6	4	2
Phil Marchildon	2.0	5	2	0
Everett Fagan	3.0	4	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	9.0	5	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Elmer Valo: 6
Gene Handley: 31
Bruce Konopka: 6

Bot 1

Ted Sepkowski: S
Dale Mitchell: K
Pat Seerey: 5
Hank Edwards: S.1-2
Les Fleming: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Boudreau: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Mack: 9

Top 2

Buddy Rosar: W
Barney McCosky: 6(B)3(1)/LDP
Sam Chapman: W
Don Richmond: S.1-2
Jack Wallaesa: 8

Bot 2

Tom Jordan: S
Bob Lemon: 36(1)/FO
Ted Sepkowski: 9
Dale Mitchell: S.1-2
Pat Seerey: K

Top 3

Joe Coleman: K
Elmer Valo: W
Gene Handley: 63.1-2
Bruce Konopka: S.2-H
Buddy Rosar: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Hank Edwards: D
Les Fleming: W
Lou Boudreau: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Ray Mack: W
Tom Jordan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Barney McCosky: 43
Sam Chapman: 7
Don Richmond: 53

Bot 4

Bob Lemon: S
Ted Sepkowski: D.1-H
Dale Mitchell: S.2-3
Pat Seerey: W.1-2
Hank Edwards: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Les Fleming: E6.2-H(NR);1-3(E8)
Lou Boudreau: 8.3-H(UR)
Ray Mack: 2/FL
Tom Jordan: 43

Top 5

Jack Wallaesa: S
Phil Marchildon: 64(1)/FO
Tuck Stainback: 8
Gene Handley: E6/TH2.1-3;B-2
Bruce Konopka: 7

Bot 5

Bob Lemon: D
Ted Sepkowski: 3/G.2-3
Dale Mitchell: S.3-H
Pat Seerey: 64(1)/FO
George Case: SB2
George Case: W
Les Fleming: 2

Top 6

Buddy Rosar: K
Barney McCosky: 3/G
Sam Chapman: 8

Bot 6

Lou Boudreau: 53
Ray Mack: 31
Tom Jordan: W
Bob Lemon: 43

Top 7

Don Richmond: 3/G
Jack Wallaesa: 43
Everett Fagan: 63

Bot 7

Ted Sepkowski: 7
Dale Mitchell: 9
Pat Seerey: W
George Case: 13

Top 8

Tuck Stainback: 8
Gene Handley: S
Bruce Konopka: 2/FL
Joe Astroth: 7

Bot 8

Les Fleming: S
Lou Boudreau: S9.1X3(95)
Ray Mack: SB2
Ray Mack: 63
Tom Jordan: D.2-H
Bob Lemon: S.2-3
Ted Sepkowski: 8

Top 9

Barney McCosky: 4
Sam Chapman: 63
Don Richmond: S
Jack Wallaesa: 43