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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-07-14 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:55

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 2nd. Russ Christopher earned the win and Phil Marchildon picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
PHA	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		5	12

W: Russ Christopher L: Orval Grove SV: Phil Marchildon

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Thurman Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Kennedy	4	1	1	0	0	1
Taffy Wright	4	1	0	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	4	0	1	1	0	1
Don Kolloway	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Wells	3	1	1	0	0	0
George Dickey	2	1	0	0	1	0
Orval Grove	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph Hodgin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	1	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Platt	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Russ Derry	4	0	2	1	0	0
George McQuinn	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	1	0	0	0	0
Gene Handley	4	1	2	1	0	0
Russ Christopher	3	0	2	1	0	0
Phil Marchildon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Orval Grove	8.0	12	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	7.0	3	1	4
Everett Fagan	0.0	0	1	0
Phil Marchildon	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Thurman Tucker: 8
Luke Appling: K
Bob Kennedy: K

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: S
Russ Derry: WP.1-2#
Russ Derry: S.2-3
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
Buddy Rosar: 43

Top 2

Taffy Wright: E9/F.B-2
Hal Trosky: S.2-H(UR)
Don Kolloway: 64(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH1)
Leo Wells: S.2-3
George Dickey: W.1-2
Orval Grove: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Thurman Tucker: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Luke Appling: 63

Bot 2

Oscar Grimes: S
Pete Suder: E4.1-2
Gene Handley: S.2-H;1-2
Russ Christopher: S.2-H(UR);1-3
Elmer Valo: K
Russ Derry: 3/P.3-H(UR)
George McQuinn: S.1-2
Sam Chapman: 3

Top 3

Bob Kennedy: S8.B-2(E8)
Taffy Wright: 3/G.2-3
Hal Trosky: 6/P
Don Kolloway: E6.3-H(NR)(UR)
Leo Wells: CS2(143)

Bot 3

Buddy Rosar: 53
Oscar Grimes: 7
Pete Suder: 7

Top 4

Leo Wells: 53
George Dickey: 43
Orval Grove: K

Bot 4

Gene Handley: 13
Russ Christopher: 2
Elmer Valo: 43

Top 5

Thurman Tucker: 13
Luke Appling: 53
Bob Kennedy: 43

Bot 5

Russ Derry: S
George McQuinn: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Sam Chapman: S
Buddy Rosar: 4

Top 6

Taffy Wright: 43
Hal Trosky: K
Don Kolloway: E6
Leo Wells: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Oscar Grimes: 9
Pete Suder: 13
Gene Handley: S
Russ Christopher: S.1-2
Elmer Valo: 43

Top 7

George Dickey: 6
Orval Grove: 3
Thurman Tucker: 53

Bot 7

Russ Derry: 2
George McQuinn: 43
Sam Chapman: D
Buddy Rosar: S8.2-H;BX2(84)

Top 8

Luke Appling: W
Bob Kennedy: 9
Taffy Wright: 7
Hal Trosky: 7

Bot 8

Oscar Grimes: 53
Pete Suder: 63
Gene Handley: E5
Phil Marchildon: 53

Top 9

Don Kolloway: 6
Ralph Hodgin: S
Wally Moses: S.1-3
Whitey Platt: 7/DP.3XH(72)