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Scores
Standings
BOS
@CLE		7
4
NYY
@DET		6
7
STL
@BSN		1
2
Tuesday, August 29, 1939,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 11,397, Time of Game: 2:31
Yankees
6
87-35
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
7
63-58
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Archie McKain (3-4)
L: Johnny Murphy (2-4)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  5    6 11  3
Tigers          2  0  2   0  0  1   0  1  1    7 11  2

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 .223 .632 2 4
Red Rolfe 3B 4 0 2 1 1 0 .320 .881 0 1
Charlie Keller RF 4 1 0 0 1 1 .352 .957 3 0
Joe DiMaggio CF 5 2 3 3 0 0 .408 1.174 2 0 HR
Bill Dickey C 3 0 1 0 2 2 .305 .908 0 1 2B
George Selkirk LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .312 1.000 3 0 2B,SH
   Jake Powell LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .669 0 0
Joe Gordon 2B 3 1 1 0 1 2 .295 .893 4 4
Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .246 .727 11 1
Atley Donald P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .593 0 0
   Tommy Henrich 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .796
   Spud Chandler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 0 1
   Buddy Rosar 0 0 0 1 0 0 .365 .872 SH
   Johnny Murphy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .489 0 0
Team Totals 35 6 11 6 5 8 .314 .857 25 12
2B: B Dickey (21); G Selkirk (14).
HR: J DiMaggio (23).
SH: B Rosar (3); G Selkirk (8).
TB: J DiMaggio 6; B Dahlgren 2; B Dickey 2; R Rolfe 2; G Selkirk 2; J Gordon; F Crosetti.
RBI: J DiMaggio 3 (104); G Selkirk (85); B Rosar (11); R Rolfe (65).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 2. R Rolfe-J Gordon-B Dahlgren; F Crosetti-J Gordon-B Dahlgren.
E: J Gordon (25); F Crosetti (17); R Rolfe (13).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Barney McCosky CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 .307 .807 2 0
Earl Averill LF 5 2 0 0 0 0 .277 .845 3 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 4 2 2 2 1 0 .345 1.021 3 4 HR,2B
Rudy York 1B 3 1 1 2 2 1 .332 .953 7 0
Pinky Higgins 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 .307 .804 0 0 2B
Pete Fox RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .288 .743 3 0
Frank Croucher SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 .278 .687 1 4
Birdie Tebbetts C 4 0 0 1 0 0 .280 .731 8 1
Bobo Newsom P 4 0 1 0 0 0 .194 .428 0 0
   Archie McKain P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .785 0 0
Team Totals 37 7 11 7 4 1 .297 .798 27 9
2B: P Higgins (17); C Gehringer (20).
HR: C Gehringer (14).
TB: C Gehringer 6; P Higgins 3; B McCosky 2; P Fox 2; F Croucher; R York; B Newsom.
RBI: R York 2 (49); C Gehringer 2 (68); B Tebbetts (44); F Croucher (37); P Higgins (57).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. C Gehringer-R York.
E: F Croucher (23); B Tebbetts (15).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Atley Donald 6 6 5 3 2 1 1 3.30 26 43
Spud Chandler 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0.90 11
Johnny Murphy, L (2-4) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.44 4
Team Totals 8.1 11 7 4 4 1 1 4.32 41 43

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bobo Newsom 8.2 11 6 5 5 8 1 3.86 41 43
Archie McKain, W (3-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.61 1
Team Totals 9 11 6 5 5 8 1 5.00 42 43
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Steve Basil, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - (none), 3B - George Pipgras.
Time of Game: 2:31.
Attendance: 11,397.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Detroit Tigers
1 Frankie Crosetti SS 1 Barney McCosky CF
2 Red Rolfe 3B 2 Earl Averill LF
3 Charlie Keller RF 3 Charlie Gehringer 2B
4 Joe DiMaggio CF 4 Rudy York 1B
5 Bill Dickey C 5 Pinky Higgins 3B
6 George Selkirk LF 6 Pete Fox RF
7 Joe Gordon 2B 7 Frank Croucher SS
8 Babe Dahlgren 1B 8 Birdie Tebbetts C
9 Atley Donald P 9 Bobo Newsom P

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