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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-07-19 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 12050 · 1:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–1. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 5th. Mel Harder earned the win. Pat Seerey went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mel Harder L: Bob Savage SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Conway	2	1	1	0	2	1
Pat Seerey	4	2	2	5	0	1
Hank Edwards	4	0	2	0	0	1
Lou Boudreau	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Heinz Becker	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jim Hegan	3	1	0	0	1	0
Mel Harder	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	3	0	1	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Handley	4	0	2	1	0	1
Pete Suder	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Savage	1	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Fagan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	9.0	8	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Savage	5.0	7	4	4
Everett Fagan	2.0	0	0	1
Lee Griffeth	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 4
Jack Conway: S
Pat Seerey: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: 8
George McQuinn: 7
Tuck Stainback: 63

Top 2

Hank Edwards: 43
Lou Boudreau: 4
Ken Keltner: W
Heinz Becker: K

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: 3
Buddy Rosar: S
Oscar Grimes: 4(1)/FO
Gene Handley: 9

Top 3

Jim Hegan: 53
Mel Harder: K
George Case: S
Jack Conway: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 53
Bob Savage: 3
Elmer Valo: 7

Top 4

Jack Conway: W
Pat Seerey: 54(1)3/GDP
Hank Edwards: S
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 4

George McQuinn: 43
Tuck Stainback: 53
Sam Chapman: 3

Top 5

Ken Keltner: 63
Heinz Becker: D9/F9DW
Jim Hegan: W
Mel Harder: K
George Case: D7.2-H;1-3
Jack Conway: W
Pat Seerey: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Hank Edwards: S
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 5

Buddy Rosar: 63
Oscar Grimes: K
Gene Handley: K

Top 6

Ken Keltner: 63
Heinz Becker: 43
Jim Hegan: 9

Bot 6

Pete Suder: S
Everett Fagan: 43.1-2
Elmer Valo: W
George McQuinn: 7
Tuck Stainback: 53

Top 7

Mel Harder: 6
George Case: 7
Jack Conway: K

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: D
Buddy Rosar: 8/F.2-3
Oscar Grimes: 53
Gene Handley: S.3-H
Pete Suder: S.1-3
Barney McCosky: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Pat Seerey: HR/F7D
Hank Edwards: K
Lou Boudreau: 7
Ken Keltner: 7

Bot 8

Elmer Valo: S
George McQuinn: 43.1-2
Tuck Stainback: K
Sam Chapman: 63

Top 9

Heinz Becker: S
Jim Hegan: 2
Mel Harder: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Buddy Rosar: S
Oscar Grimes: 64(1)3/GDP
Gene Handley: T
Pete Suder: 9