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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1915-09-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · sunny, dry · 1:50

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–6. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 2nd. Guy Morton earned the win and Fritz Coumbe picked up the save. Rube Oldring went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	10
PHA	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	11

W: Guy Morton L: Bill Meehan SV: Fritz Coumbe

Umpires — HP: Billy Evans · 1B: Bobby Wallace · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denney Wilie	5	1	2	0	0	1
Ray Chapman	3	2	1	1	1	2
Braggo Roth	3	0	1	4	1	2
Elmer Smith	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jay Kirke	4	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Evans	3	1	0	0	2	1
Bill Wambsganss	4	2	2	0	0	0
Josh Billings	4	1	2	0	0	0
Guy Morton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Carter	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Schang	4	0	1	1	0	1
Amos Strunk	5	1	2	0	0	1
Rube Oldring	5	1	1	3	0	0
Harry Damrau	3	1	1	0	1	1
Buck Danner	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ralph Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	2
Stuffy McInnis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Lapp	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bill Meehan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nap Lajoie	0	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Eccles	1	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Crane	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Guy Morton	2.0	1	0	3
Paul Carter	5.0	8	2	2
Fritz Coumbe	2.0	2	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Meehan	4.0	7	3	4
Harry Eccles	5.0	3	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denney Wilie: E6/G.B-1
Ray Chapman: 13/SH.1-2
Braggo Roth: W
Elmer Smith: 53.2-3;1-2
Jay Kirke: W
Joe Evans: 3/FL

Bot 1

Wally Schang: K
Amos Strunk: K
Rube Oldring: 43

Top 2

Bill Wambsganss: S7
Josh Billings: S9.1-3
Guy Morton: K
Denney Wilie: 2/FL
Ray Chapman: W.1-2
Braggo Roth: T7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Elmer Smith: K

Bot 2

Harry Damrau: S9
Buck Danner: K
Ralph Edwards: 63.1-2
Stuffy McInnis: 53

Top 3

Jay Kirke: S8
Joe Evans: K
Bill Wambsganss: SB2
Bill Wambsganss: 31.2-3
Josh Billings: 13

Bot 3

Jack Lapp: W
Bill Meehan: S9.1-2
Wally Schang: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Amos Strunk: 9/F
Rube Oldring: 13

Top 4

Paul Carter: K
Denney Wilie: S/G
Ray Chapman: T8/89.1-H
Braggo Roth: 7/SF.3-H
Elmer Smith: D9/F
Jay Kirke: 63

Bot 4

Harry Damrau: W
Buck Danner: S8.1-2
Ralph Edwards: SB3
Ralph Edwards: K
Stuffy McInnis: S7/G.3-H;1-2
Jack Lapp: S/G.2-3;1-2
Nap Lajoie: 7/7D/SF.3-H
Wally Schang: 43

Top 5

Joe Evans: W
Bill Wambsganss: S8/89.1-H(NR)(UR);B-3(E8)
Josh Billings: WP.3-H(UR)
Josh Billings: 8/F
Paul Carter: 8/F
Denney Wilie: D8/F.BX3(851)

Bot 5

Amos Strunk: 43
Rube Oldring: 63
Harry Damrau: K

Top 6

Ray Chapman: K
Braggo Roth: K
Elmer Smith: 13

Bot 6

Buck Danner: 9/F
Ralph Edwards: 8/F
Stuffy McInnis: 63

Top 7

Jay Kirke: 3/G
Joe Evans: W
Bill Wambsganss: 7/F
Josh Billings: S8.1-3(E8);B-2(E8/TH)
Paul Carter: 13

Bot 7

Jack Lapp: D9
Harry Eccles: S7.2-3
Wally Schang: 9/SF.3-H;1-1
Amos Strunk: S8.1-3(E8)
Rube Oldring: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Harry Damrau: 13
Buck Danner: 53

Top 8

Denney Wilie: K
Ray Chapman: K
Braggo Roth: K

Bot 8

Ralph Edwards: K
Stuffy McInnis: 7/F
Jack Lapp: 43

Top 9

Elmer Smith: 8/F
Jay Kirke: 43
Joe Evans: 6/F

Bot 9

Sam Crane: 41/BG
Wally Schang: S8/G
Amos Strunk: S9/89.1-3;BX2(954)
Rube Oldring: 53

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