Philadelphia Athletics vs St. Louis Browns
July 17, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 11, St. Louis Browns 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 6 2 4 2
Newsome ss 4 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 5 1 2 2
Johnson lf 4 1 1 1
Hayes c 5 0 1 2
Miles cf 5 1 1 0
Nagel 2b 5 3 3 1
  Ambler 2b 0 0 0 0
Lodigiani 3b 4 3 3 2
Nelson p 2 0 0 0
  Joyce p 1 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 0 1 1
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 16 11
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Heffner ss 5 0 1 0
Laabs cf 5 2 2 0
McQuinn 1b 4 1 1 0
Clift 3b 3 2 3 1
Gallagher lf 5 2 2 3
Hoag rf 3 0 1 2
  Grace rf 2 0 1 0
Glenn c 5 1 4 1
Berardino 2b 5 0 1 0
Kennedy p 3 0 1 1
  Harris p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 17 8
Philadelphia 200 302 211–11160
St. Louis 303 110 000–8170
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   3.0 8 6 6 2 2
  Joyce  W(3-2) 3.0 7 2 2 0 1
  Potter  SV(1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
8
8
3
4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   5.1 10 7 7 3 3
  Harris  L(2-4) 3.2 6 4 4 1 3
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
4
6
  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2. Newsome-Nagel-Siebert, Ambler-Newsome-Siebert, St. Louis 1. McQuinn-Heffner-Harris.  2B–Philadelphia Moses 3 (10); Hayes (11); Nagel (11); Lodigiani (9), St. Louis Laabs 2 (9); Clift (16); Gallagher 2 (8); Kennedy (2).  3B–Philadelphia Lodigiani (3).  HR–Philadelphia Siebert (1,8th inning off Harris 0 on); Nagel (8,9th inning off Harris 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  SB–Glenn (3).  U–Bill Grieve, Harry Geisel, Steve Basil.  T–2:19.  A–549.
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