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Scores
Standings
CHW
@BOS		4
12
SLB
@NYY		3
5
CLE
@PHA		1
5
DET
@WSH		10
7
BRO
@CIN		2
9
Wednesday, May 1, 1940,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,500, Time of Game: 1:45
Indians
1
8-4
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Athletics
5
5-8
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Nels Potter (1-2)
L: Johnny Allen (1-2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  7  2
Athletics       0  0  0   1  1  1   0  2  X    5 11  0

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lou Boudreau SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .921 4 5
Roy Weatherly CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 .689 3 0
Ben Chapman RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .649 2 1
Oscar Grimes 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 7 1
Jeff Heath LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .271 .897 2 0 2B,CS
Ken Keltner 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .295 .845 0 0
Rollie Hemsley C 4 0 2 0 0 0 .326 .819 3 1
Ray Mack 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 .256 .801 2 3 HR,2B
Johnny Allen P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .286 1 1
   Odell Hale PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Bill Zuber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Joe Dobson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 33 1 7 1 1 5 .212 .599 24 12
2B: J Heath (4); R Mack (5).
HR: R Mack (2).
TB: R Mack 6; R Hemsley 2; J Heath 2; B Chapman; R Weatherly.
RBI: R Mack (4).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 2. J Allen-L Boudreau-O Grimes; R Mack-O Grimes.
E: R Weatherly (3); L Boudreau (2).
Baserunning
CS: J Heath (2, -1st base by  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dee Miles CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .318 .711 2 0 CS,GDP
Wally Moses RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .264 .841 1 0 HR
Benny McCoy 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 .240 .685 0 3 2·2B,GDP
Bob Johnson LF 3 1 2 1 1 0 .286 .998 5 0 HR
Dick Siebert 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 .288 .635 8 0
Frankie Hayes C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .297 .685 7 1
Al Rubeling 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .184 .598 1 1
Bill Lillard SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 .300 .883 3 3
Nels Potter P 2 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .400 0 2 SH
Team Totals 31 5 11 5 2 3 .355 1.007 27 10
2B: B McCoy 2 (5).
HR: W Moses (2); B Johnson (4).
SH: N Potter (1).
TB: B Johnson 5; B McCoy 4; W Moses 4; D Siebert 2; B Lillard; F Hayes; D Miles; N Potter.
GIDP: B McCoy (2); D Miles (1).
RBI: D Siebert 2 (7); B Johnson (8); D Miles (4); W Moses (8).
Team LOB: 5.
Baserunning
CS: D Miles (1, -1st base by  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Allen, L (1-2) 6 7 3 2 2 3 0 4.22 25 49
Bill Zuber 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 2 9.00 7
Joe Dobson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2
Team Totals 8 11 5 4 2 3 2 4.50 34 49

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Nels Potter, W (1-2) 9 7 1 1 1 5 1 3.68 34 73
Team Totals 9 7 1 1 1 5 1 1.00 34 73
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Steve Basil, 1B - Red Ormsby, 2B - (none), 3B - Joe Rue.
Time of Game: 1:45.
Attendance: 1,500.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Indians         Philadelphia Athletics
1 Lou Boudreau SS 1 Dee Miles CF
2 Roy Weatherly CF 2 Wally Moses RF
3 Ben Chapman RF 3 Benny McCoy 2B
4 Oscar Grimes 1B 4 Bob Johnson LF
5 Jeff Heath LF 5 Dick Siebert 1B
6 Ken Keltner 3B 6 Frankie Hayes C
7 Rollie Hemsley C 7 Al Rubeling 3B
8 Ray Mack 2B 8 Bill Lillard SS
9 Johnny Allen P 9 Nels Potter P

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