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Athletics 5 @ White Sox 2
Comiskey Park
August 20, 1927

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 20, 1927 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1927 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 2 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherHoward Ehmke  
Losing PitcherTommy Thomas  
SaveLefty Grove  
Game Winning RBISammy Hale 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1927 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherHoward Ehmke  
Home Starting PitcherTommy Thomas  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance6,000 
Time of Game2 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Ormsby
1B: Pants Rowland
2B: (none)
3B: Tommy Connolly

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Max Bishop  Second Baseman 
Sammy Hale  Third Baseman 
Walt French  Right Fielder 
Ty Cobb  Center Fielder 
Mickey Cochrane  Catcher 
Jimmy Dykes  First Baseman 
Zack Wheat  Left Fielder 
Chick Galloway  Shortstop 
Howard Ehmke  Pitcher 
Connie Mack  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Hunnefield  Shortstop 
Willie Kamm  Third Baseman 
Alex Metzler  Center Fielder 
Bernie Neis  Right Fielder 
Bibb Falk  Left Fielder 
Aaron Ward  Second Baseman 
Bud Clancy  First Baseman 
Buck Crouse  Catcher 
Tommy Thomas  Pitcher 
Ray Schalk  Manager 

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Athletics 5 @ White Sox 2
Comiskey Park
August 20, 1927

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1927 -- Philadelphia at Chicago (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Bishop M, 2b          3  0  1  1   Hunnefield B, ss      4  0  1  0   
Hale S, 3b            5  1  1  1   Kamm W, 3b            4  0  1  1   
French W, rf          4  0  2  1   Metzler A, cf         3  0  0  0   
Cobb T, cf            5  1  2  1   Neis B, rf            3  1  1  0   
Cochrane M, c         5  0  1  0   Barrett B, rf         1  0  0  0   
Dykes J, 1b           2  1  1  0   Falk B, lf            3  0  2  0   
Wheat Z, lf           4  0  2  0   Ward A, 2b            3  0  0  1   
Galloway C, ss        3  0  0  0   Clancy B, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Collins E, ph         0  1  0  0   Crouse B, c           3  0  2  0   
Boley J, ss           0  0  0  0   Peckinpaugh R, ph     1  0  0  0   
Ehmke H, p            3  0  0  0   Thomas T, p           1  1  1  0   
Foxx J, ph            1  1  1  0   Connally S, p         0  0  0  0   
Gray S, p             0  0  0  0   Sheely E, ph          1  0  0  0   
Grove L, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5 11  4                        31  2  8  2

Philadelphia     000 100 004 --  5
Chicago          011 000 000 --  2

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ehmke H (W)           8.0  7  2  2  1  3
Gray S*               0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Grove L (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thomas T (L)          8.1  8  4  3  6  2
Connally S            0.2  3  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Neis B
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 9, Chicago 7
2B -- Bishop M, Thomas T, Crouse B
CS -- Cobb T, Hunnefield B
SH -- Thomas T 2
HBP -- by Ehmke H (Falk B)
T -- 2:04
A -- 6000

    

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