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Scores
Standings
CHW
@DET		7
8		 
(14)
BOS
@NYY		0
2
WSH
@PHA		0
2
NYG
@BRO		3
5
PHI
@BSN		0
2
Thursday, April 20, 1939,
, Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: 30,278, Time of Game: 1:47
Red Sox
0
0-1
Lost 1 ⇒
 at Yankees
2
1-0
Won 1 ⇒
W: Red Ruffing (1-0)
L: Lefty Grove (0-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  7  2
Yankees         0  1  0   0  1  0   0  0  X    2  7  1

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Doc Cramer CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .500 2 0
Joe Vosmik LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 1.250 3 0 2B
Jimmie Foxx 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 5 0
Joe Cronin SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 1
Jim Tabor 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .750 0 1 2B
Ted Williams RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .750 3 0 2B
Bobby Doerr 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .500 4 3
Gene Desautels C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 5 1
   Red Nonnenkamp PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Lefty Grove P 2 0 1 0 1 1 .500 1.167 0 1
   Johnny Peacock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Team Totals 35 0 7 0 1 5 .200 .508 24 7
2B: T Williams (1); J Vosmik (1); J Tabor (1).
TB: J Vosmik 3; J Tabor 2; T Williams 2; L Grove; B Doerr; D Cramer.
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 2. B Doerr-J Foxx; B Doerr-J Cronin-J Foxx.
E: J Foxx (1); J Cronin (1).

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 0 0
Red Rolfe 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 2
Jake Powell LF 4 0 3 1 0 0 .750 2.000 4 0 3B,CS
Joe DiMaggio CF 2 0 1 0 2 1 .500 1.250 3 0
Lou Gehrig 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 6 0 2·GDP
Bill Dickey C 3 1 2 1 0 0 .667 2.667 7 0 HR,2B
Joe Gallagher RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 0
Joe Gordon 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .667 4 3
Red Ruffing P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 3
Team Totals 30 2 7 2 2 5 .233 .715 27 8
2B: B Dickey (1).
3B: J Powell (1).
HR: B Dickey (1).
TB: B Dickey 6; J Powell 5; J Gordon; J DiMaggio.
GIDP: L Gehrig 2 (2).
RBI: B Dickey (1); J Powell (1).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: L Gehrig (1).
Baserunning
CS: J Powell (1, -1st base by  POCS).

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Grove, L (0-1) 8 7 2 1 2 5 1 1.13 32 65
Team Totals 8 7 2 1 2 5 1 1.12 32 65

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Red Ruffing, W (1-0) 9 7 0 0 1 5 0 0.00 36 77
Team Totals 9 7 0 0 1 5 0 0.00 36 77
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Red Ormsby, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - Steve Basil, 3B - George Pipgras.
Time of Game: 1:47.
Attendance: 30,278.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Boston Red Sox         New York Yankees
1 Doc Cramer CF 1 Frankie Crosetti SS
2 Joe Vosmik LF 2 Red Rolfe 3B
3 Jimmie Foxx 1B 3 Jake Powell LF
4 Joe Cronin SS 4 Joe DiMaggio CF
5 Jim Tabor 3B 5 Lou Gehrig 1B
6 Ted Williams RF 6 Bill Dickey C
7 Bobby Doerr 2B 7 Joe Gallagher RF
8 Gene Desautels C 8 Joe Gordon 2B
9 Lefty Grove P 9 Red Ruffing P

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