Philadelphia Athletics vs Washington Senators
August 31, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1927 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Athletics 3, Washington Senators 5

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 2 0 0 0
Hale 3b 5 1 2 1
French rf 4 0 2 0
Cobb cf 1 0 1 0
Cochrane c 4 0 1 1
Dykes 1b 5 0 0 0
Wheat lf 2 0 0 0
Boley ss 3 1 1 0
Ehmke p 2 0 0 0
  Foxx ph 1 0 0 0
  Rommel p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 3 8 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Rice rf 4 0 1 0
Reeves ss 2 1 1 0
Speaker cf 4 1 1 0
Goslin lf 4 2 2 3
Judge 1b 4 0 1 1
Bluege 3b 4 1 2 0
Harris 2b 0 0 0 0
  Stewart 2b 2 0 1 1
Ruel c 3 0 1 0
Hadley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Philadelphia 000 000 003380
Washington 000 200 12x5102
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke  L(9-9) 6.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Rommel   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   1.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hadley  W(9-5) 9.0 8 3 1 10 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
10
6

  E–Reeves (39), Bluege (18).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Bishop-Boley-Dykes, Johnson-Boley-Dykes, Washington 2. Stewart-Reeves-Judge, Rice-Judge.  2B–Washington Speaker (40); Bluege (18); Stewart (6).  3B–Washington Goslin (13).  HR–Washington Goslin (11,4th inning off Ehmke 1 on).  SH–Cochrane (17); Reeves (14); Stewart (2).  HBP–French (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–4.  SB–French (4).  U–Billy Evans, George Hildebrand, Bill McGowan.
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