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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1952-07-31 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 13180 · 2:02

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 9th. Alex Kellner earned the win and Johnny Kucab picked up the save. Walt Dropo went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alex Kellner L: Virgil Trucks SV: Johnny Kucab

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Bill McKinley · 2B: Johnny Stevens · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	2	1	1	0
Ferris Fain	4	0	2	1	1	1
Dave Philley	5	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sherry Robertson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Murray	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Kellner	3	0	1	0	0	1
Allie Clark	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kite Thomas	1	1	1	0	0	0
Carl Scheib	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Johnny Groth	4	0	3	0	0
Johnny Pesky	3	0	0	0	0
Fred Hatfield	4	0	0	0	2
Walt Dropo	4	1	1	1	0
Bud Souchock	4	0	1	0	0
Don Lenhardt	3	0	0	0	1
Matt Batts	3	0	0	0	0
Al Federoff	3	0	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	3	1	1	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Kellner	8.0	6	0	4
Johnny Kucab	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	9	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: 7/F
Ferris Fain: W
Dave Philley: 7/F
Gus Zernial: K/C

Bot 1

Johnny Groth: 63
Johnny Pesky: 43
Fred Hatfield: K

Top 2

Elmer Valo: S9
Sherry Robertson: CS2(26)#
Sherry Robertson: W
Pete Suder: 13.1-2
Ray Murray: 53

Bot 2

Walt Dropo: 8/L
Bud Souchock: 6/P
Don Lenhardt: 9/F

Top 3

Alex Kellner: K
Eddie Joost: 43
Ferris Fain: S9
Dave Philley: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Matt Batts: 4/P
Al Federoff: 53
Virgil Trucks: 63

Top 4

Gus Zernial: 8/F
Elmer Valo: 41
Sherry Robertson: 13

Bot 4

Johnny Groth: S4
Johnny Pesky: 53/SH.1-2
Fred Hatfield: 8/F
Walt Dropo: 3/P

Top 5

Pete Suder: 8/F
Ray Murray: 43
Alex Kellner: S8
Eddie Joost: S9.1-3#
Ferris Fain: K/C

Bot 5

Bud Souchock: 8/F
Don Lenhardt: 53
Matt Batts: 6/P

Top 6

Dave Philley: 43
Gus Zernial: 63
Elmer Valo: E4
Sherry Robertson: D9.1-3
Pete Suder: 3/L

Bot 6

Al Federoff: 63
Virgil Trucks: HR/7
Johnny Groth: S8
Johnny Pesky: CS2(26)#
Johnny Pesky: 13

Top 7

Ray Murray: K
Alex Kellner: 53
Eddie Joost: W
Ferris Fain: 9/F

Bot 7

Fred Hatfield: K/C
Walt Dropo: HR/7
Bud Souchock: T8
Don Lenhardt: K/C
Matt Batts: 63

Top 8

Dave Philley: 43
Gus Zernial: 7/FL
Elmer Valo: 8/F

Bot 8

Al Federoff: 7/F
Virgil Trucks: K
Johnny Groth: S9
Johnny Pesky: 53

Top 9

Sherry Robertson: K/C
Allie Clark: S8
Kite Thomas: D9.1-3
Carl Scheib: PB.3-H;2-3
Carl Scheib: K
Eddie Joost: S9.3-H
Ferris Fain: D8.1-H
Dave Philley: 7/F

Bot 9

Fred Hatfield: 43
Walt Dropo: 63
Bud Souchock: 7/F