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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 8, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns, played on May 8, 1928 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 8, 1928 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 8, 1928 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Ogden |
Home Starting Pitcher | Eddie Rommel |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 1 hour 25 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Red Ormsby 1B: Bill Guthrie 2B: (none) 3B: George Hildebrand |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
Name | Position |
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Earl McNeely | Right Fielder |
Frank O'Rourke | Third Baseman |
Heinie Manush | Left Fielder |
Fred Schulte | Center Fielder |
Red Kress | Shortstop |
Lu Blue | First Baseman |
Otis Brannan | Second Baseman |
Wally Schang | Catcher |
Jack Ogden | Pitcher |
Dan Howley | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Max Bishop | Second Baseman |
Ty Cobb | Right Fielder |
Tris Speaker | Center Fielder |
Joe Hauser | First Baseman |
Mickey Cochrane | Catcher |
Bing Miller | Left Fielder |
Sammy Hale | Third Baseman |
Joe Boley | Shortstop |
Eddie Rommel | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 8, 1928
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Rommel
McNeely hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
O'Rourke hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Rommel
Manush hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Ogden
Bishop hits a popup in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Ogden
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Ogden
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brannan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Rommel
Schulte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Rommel
Kress hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schulte moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blue vs. Rommel
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schulte moves to third. Kress moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brannan vs. Rommel
Brannan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Kress moves to third. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schang vs. Rommel
Schang is walked intentionally. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ogden vs. Rommel
Ogden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hauser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ogden for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Ogden
Hauser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Ogden
Cochrane hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Schulte who is chasing the ball. Cochrane reaches third base with a triple. Hauser goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. Ogden
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogden fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hale vs. Ogden
Hale hits a popup in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boley vs. Ogden
Boley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Rommel
McNeely hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
O'Rourke hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manush vs. Rommel
Manush hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cobb who is chasing the ball. Manush reaches third base with a triple. McNeely goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schulte vs. Rommel
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kress vs. Rommel
Kress hits a popup towards short. Boley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rommel vs. Ogden
Rommel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Ogden
Bishop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Ogden
Cobb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Bishop trying to get to third. McNeely throws the ball in to O'Rourke, who tags Bishop for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speaker vs. Ogden
Speaker hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Rommel
Blue hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cobb. Blue reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brannan vs. Rommel
Brannan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cochrane fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Rommel
Schang hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cobb. Schang reaches second base with a double. Brannan moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ogden vs. Rommel
Ogden hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McNeely vs. Rommel
McNeely hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brannan scores. Schang scores. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
There goes McNeely. The throw from Cochrane and he is safe. McNeely steals second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
O'Rourke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Ogden
Hauser hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McNeely. Hauser reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cochrane vs. Ogden
Cochrane hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Ogden
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Manush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Ogden
Hale hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Schulte who is chasing the ball. Hale reaches third base with a triple. Hauser scores. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boley vs. Ogden
Boley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hale scores. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rommel vs. Ogden
Rommel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boley moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bishop vs. Ogden
Bishop takes first base on ball four. Boley moves to third. Rommel moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cobb vs. Ogden
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brannan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Rommel
Manush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Rommel
Schulte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Rommel
Kress hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Rommel
Blue hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schulte moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brannan vs. Rommel
Brannan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Ogden
Speaker hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Ogden
Hauser strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Ogden
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Rommel
Schang hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ogden vs. Rommel
Ogden hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Rommel
McNeely hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Ogden
Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McNeely. Miller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Ogden
Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Manush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boley vs. Ogden
Boley hits a popup towards first. Blue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rommel vs. Ogden
Rommel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
O'Rourke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Rommel
Manush hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hauser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manush for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Rommel
Schulte hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Ogden
Bishop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Ogden
Cobb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bishop moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speaker vs. Ogden
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue fields it and tags Speaker for the out. He's got Bishop trapped. He throws to Schang, who throws to O'Rourke, who tags Bishop for the double play. Cobb moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hauser vs. Ogden
Hauser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cobb scores. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Ogden
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brannan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Rommel
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Rommel
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sturdy vs. Rommel
Guy Sturdy pinch hits for Otis Brannan.
Sturdy hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Ogden
Ski Melillo now playing second base.
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Ogden
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Ogden
Boley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Rommel
Schang hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mullen vs. Rommel
Billy Mullen pinch hits for Jack Ogden.
Mullen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bishop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNeely vs. Rommel
McNeely hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Rourke vs. Rommel
O'Rourke hits a popup in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/8/1928 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI McNeely E, rf 5 1 2 2 Bishop M, 2b 1 0 0 0 O'Rourke F, 3b 5 0 0 0 Cobb T, rf 4 1 2 0 Manush H, lf 4 0 1 1 Speaker T, cf 4 0 0 0 Schulte F, cf 4 0 2 0 Hauser J, 1b 4 2 3 1 Kress R, ss 4 0 1 0 Cochrane M, c 4 0 1 1 Blue L, 1b 4 0 3 0 Miller B, lf 4 0 2 0 Brannan O, 2b 3 1 0 0 Hale S, 3b 4 1 1 1 Sturdy G, ph 1 0 0 0 Boley J, ss 4 0 1 1 Melillo S, 2b 0 0 0 0 Rommel E, p 3 0 1 0 Schang W, c 3 1 2 0 Ogden J, p 3 0 0 0 Mullen B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 3 11 3 32 4 11 4 St.Louis 001 200 000 -- 3 Philadelphia 010 200 10x -- 4 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Ogden J (L) 8.0 11 4 4 3 1 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Rommel E (W) 9.0 11 3 3 1 1 DP -- St.Louis 2, Philadelphia 1 LOB -- St.Louis 8, Philadelphia 7 2B -- Blue L, Schang W, Hauser J, Miller B 3B -- Cochrane M, Manush H, Hale S SB -- McNeely E T -- 1:25 A -- 0
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