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Scores
Standings
NYY
@BOS		4
8
PHA
@WSH		1
5
CHC
@CIN		12
1
STL
@PIT		6
2
Monday, May 12, 1941,
, Fenway Park
Attendance: 10,963, Time of Game: 3:15
Yankees
4
14-12
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
 at Red Sox
8
12-8
⇐ Won 4 ⇒
W: Lefty Grove (2-1)
L: Lefty Gomez (2-3)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  3   0  0  0   0  0  1    4 10  1
Red Sox         5  1  2   0  0  0   0  0  X    8  8  1

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Phil Rizzuto SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .636 1 0
Red Rolfe 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 .219 .528 1 3 2B
Charlie Keller LF 2 2 1 1 3 0 .291 .911 4 0
Joe DiMaggio CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .327 1.021 3 1 2B
Joe Gordon 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .278 .872 4 1 2B
Buddy Rosar C 4 0 3 2 1 0 .472 1.331 8 0 2B
Frenchy Bordagaray RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .790 0 0
Jerry Priddy 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .207 .621 2 2
Lefty Gomez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .237 1 1
   Ken Silvestri 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Marv Breuer P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Frankie Crosetti 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Norm Branch P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 38 4 10 3 5 4 .263 .717 24 8
2B: J Gordon (5); J DiMaggio (8); R Rolfe (3); B Rosar (9).
TB: B Rosar 4; J DiMaggio 3; R Rolfe 2; J Gordon 2; C Keller; F Bordagaray; J Priddy.
RBI: B Rosar 2 (10); C Keller (28).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
DP: 2. R Rolfe-J Gordon-B Rosar; J DiMaggio-R Rolfe.
E: R Rolfe (9).

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dom DiMaggio CF 3 2 1 0 2 0 .388 1.008 4 0 2B,SB
Stan Spence RF 5 0 1 2 0 0 .269 .660 6 0
Ted Williams LF 3 2 1 0 1 0 .383 1.111 0 0
Jimmie Foxx 1B 3 1 1 3 1 0 .296 .967 5 0 HR
Joe Cronin SS 3 0 1 0 1 2 .406 1.218 2 2 2B
Bobby Doerr 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0 .274 .825 3 2
Jim Tabor 3B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .304 .919 2 2 2B
Johnny Peacock C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .748 5 0 SH
Lefty Grove P 4 1 1 0 0 2 .182 .364 0 1
Team Totals 30 8 8 6 7 4 .267 .872 27 7
2B: D DiMaggio (9); J Tabor (8); J Cronin (9).
HR: J Foxx (2).
SH: J Peacock (1).
TB: J Foxx 4; J Tabor 3; J Cronin 2; D DiMaggio 2; L Grove; S Spence; T Williams.
RBI: J Foxx 3 (17); S Spence 2 (6); J Tabor (16).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: J Cronin (2).
Baserunning
SB: D DiMaggio (6, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Gomez, L (2-3) 3 5 8 6 6 2 1 5.29 21 17
Marv Breuer 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 6.91 13
Norm Branch 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 4
Team Totals 8 8 8 6 7 4 1 6.75 38 17

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Grove, W (2-1) 9 10 4 3 5 4 0 4.50 43 52
Team Totals 9 10 4 3 5 4 0 3.00 43 52
Balks: None.
WP: L Gomez (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Art Passarella, 1B - George Pipgras, 2B - (none), 3B - Harry Geisel.
Time of Game: 3:15.
Attendance: 10,963.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Boston Red Sox
1 Phil Rizzuto SS 1 Dom DiMaggio CF
2 Red Rolfe 3B 2 Stan Spence RF
3 Charlie Keller LF 3 Ted Williams LF
4 Joe DiMaggio CF 4 Jimmie Foxx 1B
5 Joe Gordon 1B 5 Joe Cronin SS
6 Buddy Rosar C 6 Bobby Doerr 2B
7 Frenchy Bordagaray RF 7 Jim Tabor 3B
8 Jerry Priddy 2B 8 Johnny Peacock C
9 Lefty Gomez P 9 Lefty Grove P

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