St. Louis Browns vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 6, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1939 at Shibe Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 8, Philadelphia Athletics 6

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Heffner ss 5 0 1 0
Grace cf 5 0 1 0
McQuinn 1b 4 1 2 1
Solters lf 4 1 0 0
Clift 3b 4 2 2 2
Sullivan rf 4 2 2 0
Spindel c 4 0 1 1
Berardino 2b 3 1 2 1
Whitehead p 2 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Hoag ph 1 1 1 3
  Trotter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 1 0 0
Newsome ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson cf 3 0 1 0
Brucker c 4 1 0 0
Chapman 1b 4 2 0 1
Tipton lf 4 1 1 2
Ambler 2b 4 0 1 2
Lodigiani 3b 4 1 2 0
Nelson p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 6 6 6
St. Louis 000 101 1328122
Philadelphia 001 210 200660
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehead   5.0 4 4 3 4 0
  Harris   2.0 2 2 0 2 1
  Trotter  W(5-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
6
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L(6-6) 9.0 12 8 8 5 4
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
4

  E–Solters (6), Berardino (24).  DP–St. Louis 1. Heffner-Berardino-McQuinn, Philadelphia 1. Nelson-Newsome-S. Chapman.  2B–St. Louis Sullivan (14); Berardino (20), Philadelphia Ambler (13); Lodigiani (15); Nelson (2).  HR–St. Louis McQuinn (15,7th inning off Nelson 0 on); Clift (11,9th inning off Nelson 1 on); Hoag (8,8th inning off Nelson 2 on), Philadelphia Tipton (1,4th inning off Whitehead 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Newsome (6).  Team–8.  SB–Grace (2); McQuinn (3).  CS–Berardino (2).  U–Steve Basil, George Pipgras, Harry Geisel.  T–2:24.  A–7,355.
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