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Senators 4 @ Athletics 5
Shibe Park
September 8, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washington Senators, played on September 8, 1939 at Shibe Park. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Senators with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 8, 1939 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 4 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 5 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherCotton Pippen  
Losing PitcherJoe Krakauskas  
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Game Winning RBIDario Lodigiani 

Game Info

DateSeptember 8, 1939 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Krakauskas  
Home Starting PitcherCotton Pippen  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance1,500 
Time of Game2 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: Lou Kolls
2B: (none)
3B: Cal Hubbard

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Welaj  Right Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Third Baseman 
Sam West  Center Fielder 
Taffy Wright  Left Fielder 
Cecil Travis  Shortstop 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Rick Ferrell  Catcher 
Joe Krakauskas  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wally Moses  Right Fielder 
Joe Gantenbein  Third Baseman 
Eric Tipton  Left Fielder 
Frankie Hayes  Catcher 
Dick Siebert  First Baseman 
Sam Chapman  Center Fielder 
Skeeter Newsome  Shortstop 
Dario Lodigiani  Second Baseman 
Cotton Pippen  Pitcher 
Earle Mack  Manager 

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Senators 4 @ Athletics 5
Shibe Park
September 8, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/8/1939 -- Washington at Philadelphia (D)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Welaj J, rf           5  1  2  0   Moses W, rf           4  0  0  0   
Lewis B, 3b           5  1  1  0   Gantenbein J, 3b      4  0  2  0   
West S, cf            3  1  1  0   Tipton E, lf          3  1  1  0   
Wright T, lf          5  1  2  2   Hayes F, c            4  1  1  1   
Travis C, ss          4  0  0  1   Siebert D, 1b         4  1  1  1   
Case G, pr            0  0  0  0   Chapman S, cf         3  1  1  0   
Bloodworth J, 2b      5  0  2  1   Newsome S, ss         3  1  1  0   
Vernon M, 1b          4  0  2  0   Lodigiani D, 2b       4  0  1  2   
Ferrell R, c          2  0  2  0   Pippen C, p           2  0  0  1   
Giuliani T, c         2  0  0  0                                      
Krakauskas J, p       1  0  0  0                                      
Pitko A, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Carrasquel A, p       1  0  0  0                                      
Estalella B, ph       1  0  1  0                                      
Thuman L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 13  4                        31  5  8  5

Washington       100 030 000 --  4
Philadelphia     032 000 00x --  5

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Krakauskas J (L)      3.0  5  5  5  3  0
Carrasquel A          4.0  2  0  0  0  0
Thuman L              1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pippen C (W)          9.0 13  4  3  2  4

E -- Lodigiani D, Vernon M, Chapman S, Siebert D
DP -- Washington 1, Philadelphia 2
LOB -- Washington 11, Philadelphia 6
2B -- Wright T 2
3B -- Hayes F, Lewis B
CS -- Bloodworth J
SF -- Travis C, Pippen C
PB -- Hayes F
T -- 2:13
A -- 1500

    

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