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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1947-09-16 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:05

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–3. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 7th. Bob Feller earned the win. Joe Gordon went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	5
PHA	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	11

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

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Metkovich	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hank Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	3	1	0	0	1	0
Les Fleming	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ken Keltner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gordon	4	2	3	4	0	1
Jim Hegan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Feller	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	5	0	2	2	0	1
Elmer Valo	5	0	1	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	5	0	2	0	0	2
Ferris Fain	4	0	0	0	1	2
Mickey Rutner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Suder	4	1	2	0	0	1
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Guerra	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Coleman	2	0	1	0	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	9.0	11	3	9

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	9.0	5	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dale Mitchell: 8
George Metkovich: W
Hank Edwards: 46(1)/FO
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: K
Elmer Valo: 8
Sam Chapman: S7
Ferris Fain: W.1-2
Mickey Rutner: K

Top 2

Les Fleming: 9
Ken Keltner: 3/FL
Joe Gordon: HR
Jim Hegan: 9

Bot 2

Pete Suder: S
Eddie Joost: K
Mike Guerra: CS2(26)
Mike Guerra: S1
Joe Coleman: S7.1-3
Barney McCosky: E4.1-2;3-H(NR)
Elmer Valo: 13

Top 3

Bob Feller: 53
Dale Mitchell: 3/G
George Metkovich: 6

Bot 3

Sam Chapman: S7
Ferris Fain: 9
Mickey Rutner: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Hank Edwards: 5
Lou Boudreau: 8
Les Fleming: D9
Ken Keltner: 43

Bot 4

Pete Suder: S9
Eddie Joost: S7.1-2
Mike Guerra: 34/SH.1-2;2-3
Joe Coleman: W
Barney McCosky: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H
Elmer Valo: K
Sam Chapman: K

Top 5

Joe Gordon: K
Jim Hegan: 63
Bob Feller: K

Bot 5

Ferris Fain: K
Mickey Rutner: S
Pete Suder: K
Eddie Joost: 6

Top 6

Dale Mitchell: 3/G
George Metkovich: 6
Hank Edwards: 8

Bot 6

Mike Guerra: 7
Joe Coleman: W
Barney McCosky: 7
Elmer Valo: S8.1-2
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Lou Boudreau: W
Les Fleming: W.1-2
Ken Keltner: 8
Joe Gordon: HR.2-H;1-H
Jim Hegan: 7
Bob Feller: K

Bot 7

Ferris Fain: K
Mickey Rutner: 8
Pete Suder: 9

Top 8

Dale Mitchell: 3/G
George Metkovich: HR
Hank Edwards: 8
Lou Boudreau: 13

Bot 8

Eddie Joost: 8
Mike Guerra: 3/FL
Joe Coleman: 63

Top 9

Les Fleming: K
Ken Keltner: 63
Joe Gordon: S8
Jim Hegan: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Barney McCosky: S7
Elmer Valo: 8
Sam Chapman: K
Ferris Fain: 43

Notes & reviews

DIFF: Official sheet has RBI

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