St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
April 28, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1939 at League Park IV. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 9, Cleveland Indians 8

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Grace lf 5 0 1 0
Mazzera rf 4 2 3 0
McQuinn 1b 6 0 2 0
Kress ss 5 1 0 0
Clift 3b 4 3 1 1
Hoag cf 4 2 3 1
Berardino 2b 4 1 3 5
Glenn c 3 0 1 1
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Pyle p 2 0 0 0
  Trotter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Webb ss 5 1 1 1
Weatherly cf 5 2 2 0
Solters rf 4 0 2 1
  Chapman pr 0 1 0 0
Heath lf 3 2 1 0
Trosky 1b 5 1 2 4
Keltner 3b 4 0 1 1
Pytlak c 5 1 1 0
Shilling 2b 3 0 1 0
Zuber p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 1 0
  Drake p 0 0 0 0
  Humphries p 1 0 0 0
  Milnar p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 7
St. Louis 023 301 0009143
Cleveland 310 030 0018122
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   1.0 5 4 3 1 0
  Pyle   3.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Trotter  W(1-0) 4.1 4 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
5
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Zuber   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Drake  L(0-1) 0.2 2 3 3 2 0
  Humphries   2.1 6 4 4 4 2
  Milnar   4.0 2 0 0 4 4
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
10
6

  E–Grace (1), Kress (3), Glenn (1), Solters (1), Keltner (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Pyle-Kress-McQuinn, Berardino-Kress-McQuinn, Cleveland 2. Keltner-Shilling-Trosky, Trosky-Pytlak.  2B–St. Louis Grace (3); McQuinn (5); Hoag 2 (4); Berardino 2 (3), Cleveland Weatherly (1); Trosky (4).  HR–Cleveland Trosky (1,5th inning off Pyle 1 on).  SH–Johnson (1).  Team LOB–13.  Team–8.  SB–Hoag (3).  U–Harry Geisel, Lou Kolls, Joe Rue.  T–1:45.  A–5,000.
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