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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-05-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 20445 · 1:56

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–1. Johnny Niggeling earned the win. Stan Spence went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
PHA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Johnny Niggeling L: Bob Savage SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sherry Robertson	4	1	0	0	1	1
Buddy Lewis	5	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Spence	5	0	3	2	0	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jeff Heath	3	0	0	0	1	0
Cecil Travis	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jerry Priddy	4	0	3	1	0	0
Mike Guerra	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	3	1	1	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB
Irv Hall	5	1	1	0
Hal Peck	3	0	1	1
Russ Derry	2	0	1	1
Tuck Stainback	4	0	0	0
George McQuinn	1	0	0	3
Buddy Rosar	3	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0
Gene Handley	4	0	0	0
Bob Savage	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0
Lum Harris	1	0	1	0
George Armstrong	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	4	7	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Savage	4.0	6	1	2
Lum Harris	5.0	4	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sherry Robertson: W
Buddy Lewis: SB2#
Buddy Lewis: 4
Stan Spence: D7.2-H
Mickey Vernon: K
Jeff Heath: 9/FL

Bot 1

Irv Hall: S9
Hal Peck: S1/BG.1-2
Russ Derry: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Tuck Stainback: E5/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;B-1
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Buddy Rosar: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Cecil Travis: 8
Jerry Priddy: 4
Mike Guerra: 8

Bot 2

Pete Suder: 63
Gene Handley: 53
Bob Savage: W
Irv Hall: 13

Top 3

Johnny Niggeling: D8
Sherry Robertson: 2/FL
Buddy Lewis: 7
Stan Spence: D7.2-H
Mickey Vernon: 8

Bot 3

Hal Peck: 9
Russ Derry: S9
Tuck Stainback: 53.1-2
George McQuinn: IW
Buddy Rosar: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Suder: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Jeff Heath: 3/G
Cecil Travis: D8
Jerry Priddy: S8.2-H
Mike Guerra: S9.1-3
Johnny Niggeling: K
Sherry Robertson: 5

Bot 4

Gene Handley: 2/FL
Elmer Valo: 43
Irv Hall: 8

Top 5

Buddy Lewis: 7/78
Stan Spence: D9/89
Mickey Vernon: K
Jeff Heath: W
Cecil Travis: 31

Bot 5

Hal Peck: W
Russ Derry: W.1-2
Tuck Stainback: 14(B)6(2)/LDP
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Buddy Rosar: 43

Top 6

Jerry Priddy: S5
Mike Guerra: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Niggeling: 3/G.2-3
Sherry Robertson: K

Bot 6

Pete Suder: 5
Gene Handley: 8
Lum Harris: S7
Irv Hall: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Buddy Lewis: 43
Stan Spence: 3/FL
Mickey Vernon: D7
Jeff Heath: 6

Bot 7

Hal Peck: 7
Russ Derry: 8
Tuck Stainback: 3/FL

Top 8

Cecil Travis: K
Jerry Priddy: S8
Mike Guerra: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

George McQuinn: 13
Buddy Rosar: 8
Pete Suder: 2

Top 9

Johnny Niggeling: W
Sherry Robertson: 16(1)/FO
Buddy Lewis: 64(1)/FO
Stan Spence: 2/FL

Bot 9

Gene Handley: 7
George Armstrong: 3/FL
Irv Hall: 9