Chicago White Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
June 5, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1931 at Shibe Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 4 0 0 1
Watwood rf 5 1 1 2
Fothergill lf 6 1 2 0
Fonseca 2b 6 1 3 1
  Kerr 2b 0 0 0 0
Simons cf 2 1 1 0
  Eichrodt cf 3 1 1 0
Cissell ss 5 1 1 0
Jeffries 3b 6 0 3 2
Tate c 2 0 0 0
  Grube c 3 0 0 0
Faber p 1 0 0 0
  Braxton p 1 1 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 2 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 13 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 5 0 1 0
Haas cf 6 1 3 1
Todt 1b 5 1 0 0
Simmons lf 6 0 0 0
Foxx 3b 4 1 0 0
Miller rf 3 1 0 0
McNair ss 4 0 0 0
Heving c 5 1 3 2
Mahaffey p 1 0 0 1
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Cochrane ph 1 0 0 0
  Grove p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 7 4
Chicago 010 021 100 0027131
Philadelphia 130 010 000 000572
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Faber   1.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Braxton   3.1 2 1 0 1 1
  McKain  W(6-2) 7.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
12.0
7
5
4
4
5
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey   5.2 6 4 3 3 5
  McDonald   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Grove  L(9-2) 6.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
12.0
13
7
6
5
9

  E–Jeffries (4), Simmons (2), McNair (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Bishop-McNair-Todt.  2B–Chicago Fothergill (6); Jeffries (6), Philadelphia Haas (10).  3B–Chicago Fothergill (3), Philadelphia Heving (1).  HR–Chicago Watwood (1,5th inning off Mahaffey 1 on); Fonseca (2,12th inning off Grove 0 on), Philadelphia Haas (4,1st inning off Faber 0 on).  SH–Blue (2); Cissell (2); McNair (1); Mahaffey (1).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Miller (3).  Team–8.  SB–Todt (1); Simmons (1).  U–Bill Guthrie, Bill Dinneen, Bick Campbell.
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