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Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics

1948-10-02 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1444 · 2:15

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–1. Washington Senators put up 5 in the 8th. Dick Weik earned the win and Dick Welteroth picked up the save. Gil Coan went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	7	12
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8

W: Dick Weik L: Bill McCahan SV: Dick Welteroth

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Red Jones · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Boyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gil Coan	5	0	3	2	0	1
Al Kozar	4	1	0	0	1	0
Clyde Vollmer	5	1	2	0	0	1
Bud Stewart	4	1	2	0	1	0
Mickey Vernon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Yost	4	1	0	0	1	0
Sammy Meeks	5	1	2	2	0	0
Len Okrie	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Weik	2	0	1	0	0	0
Sherry Robertson	0	1	0	0	1	0
Jake Early	2	1	1	2	0	0
Dick Welteroth	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nellie Fox	5	0	2	0	0	0
Billy DeMars	3	0	1	0	1	0
Don White	4	0	2	1	1	1
Ray Coleman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Wellman	2	0	0	0	3	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	3	0
Carl Scheib	3	0	0	0	1	1
Earle Brucker	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill McCahan	3	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Weik	6.0	6	7	3
Dick Welteroth	3.0	2	3	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McCahan	8.0	10	5	3
Wally Holborow	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gil Coan: S8
Al Kozar: PO1(13)
Al Kozar: 43
Clyde Vollmer: 63

Bot 1

Nellie Fox: 43
Billy DeMars: 9
Don White: S8
Ray Coleman: PO1(26342)

Top 2

Bud Stewart: S9
Mickey Vernon: 54(1)/FO
Eddie Yost: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ray Coleman: 4
Bob Wellman: W
Elmer Valo: W.1-2
Carl Scheib: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Sammy Meeks: 6
Len Okrie: 3/FL
Dick Weik: 63

Bot 3

Earle Brucker: 53
Bill McCahan: S8
Nellie Fox: S7.1-2
Billy DeMars: W.2-3;1-2
Don White: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Coleman: K
Bob Wellman: OA.3XH(2)

Top 4

Gil Coan: 3/G
Al Kozar: E6/TH.B-2
Clyde Vollmer: 4/FL
Bud Stewart: W
Mickey Vernon: SB3;SB2
Mickey Vernon: WP.3-H;2-3
Mickey Vernon: W
Eddie Yost: 4

Bot 4

Bob Wellman: W
Elmer Valo: W.1-2
Carl Scheib: K
Earle Brucker: 8
Bill McCahan: S6.2-3;1-2
Nellie Fox: 8

Top 5

Sammy Meeks: 8/78
Len Okrie: 3/FL
Dick Weik: S9
Gil Coan: WP.1-2
Gil Coan: K

Bot 5

Billy DeMars: 3/FL
Don White: S8
Ray Coleman: S9.1-3
Bob Wellman: CS2(26)
Bob Wellman: W
Elmer Valo: 2/FL

Top 6

Al Kozar: W
Clyde Vollmer: K
Bud Stewart: 3/G.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 63

Bot 6

Carl Scheib: 53
Earle Brucker: K
Bill McCahan: 43

Top 7

Eddie Yost: 9/89
Sammy Meeks: S8
Sherry Robertson: W.1-2
Jake Early: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Gil Coan: S9.2-H;1-3
Al Kozar: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Nellie Fox: S8
Billy DeMars: 3/SH.1-2
Don White: WP.2-3#
Don White: K
Ray Coleman: 63

Top 8

Clyde Vollmer: S8
Bud Stewart: S9.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Yost: IW
Sammy Meeks: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Dick Welteroth: PB.2-3;1-2#
Dick Welteroth: K
Jake Early: S9.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Gil Coan: S8.2-H
Al Kozar: 4

Bot 8

Bob Wellman: 4/L
Elmer Valo: W
Carl Scheib: W.1-2
Earle Brucker: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Guerra: 4
Nellie Fox: 7/78

Top 9

Clyde Vollmer: S7
Bud Stewart: 9
Mickey Vernon: S9.1-2
Eddie Yost: 2/FL
Sammy Meeks: 4/P/9S

Bot 9

Billy DeMars: S8
Don White: 7
Ray Coleman: 8
Bob Wellman: 9/L