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Scores
Standings
DET
@CHW		1
2
WSH
@NYY		8
9		 
(10)
BOS
@PHA		7
1
CLE
@SLB		5
6		 
(10)
NYG
@BRO		1
5
CHC
@CIN		6
7		 
(10)
STL
@PIT		4
2
Thursday, August 17, 1939,
, Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: 6,704, Time of Game: 2:43
Senators
8
48-63
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
6th, 29 GB
 at Yankees
9
76-33
⇐ Won 4 ⇒
1st
W: Johnny Murphy (2-3)
L: Pete Appleton (3-8)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Senators        0  1  3   0  1  1   0  2  0   0    8 13  2
Yankees         2  0  3   2  0  1   0  0  0   1    9  9  3

Washington Senators

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Case RF 5 2 1 0 1 0 .314 .768 2 0
Buddy Lewis 3B 5 2 3 0 1 0 .330 .916 1 6
Sam West CF 6 1 2 1 0 0 .289 .815 2 0
Taffy Wright LF 5 2 2 1 1 0 .302 .777 1 0
Cecil Travis SS 5 0 2 2 0 1 .278 .717 5 2
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 .298 .749 7 3 HR
Mickey Vernon 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 .237 .618 6 1
Tony Giuliani C 5 0 0 0 0 1 .288 .663 5 1
Joe Krakauskas P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .692 0 0
   Buddy Myer 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307 .778
   Pete Appleton P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .411 0 1
Team Totals 45 8 13 6 4 2 .289 .702 29 14
HR: J Bloodworth (3).
TB: J Bloodworth 4; B Lewis 3; C Travis 2; S West 2; T Wright 2; M Vernon 2; G Case.
RBI: C Travis 2 (47); M Vernon (11); J Bloodworth (29); T Wright (76); S West (41).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
DP: 2. T Giuliani-C Travis; B Lewis-J Bloodworth-M Vernon.
E: C Travis 2 (19).

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 5 3 2 0 1 0 .214 .594 4 1 3B
Red Rolfe 3B 4 4 1 0 2 0 .311 .840 2 2
Charlie Keller RF 1 1 0 0 5 0 .340 .923 2 0
Joe DiMaggio CF 4 1 1 5 2 0 .394 1.140 5 0 HR
Bill Dickey C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .914 0 0
   Buddy Rosar C 3 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .844 2 0 SH,GDP
Joe Gordon 2B 4 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .886 3 3
George Selkirk LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 .319 1.028 2 0 CS
Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .243 .729 10 0 HBP
Atley Donald P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .542 0 3
   Bump Hadley P 3 0 1 0 0 0 .136 .367 0 2
   Johnny Murphy P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .611 0 0
Team Totals 37 9 9 7 11 3 .243 .807 30 11
3B: F Crosetti (3).
HR: J DiMaggio (18).
SH: B Rosar (2).
HBP: B Dahlgren (2).
TB: F Crosetti 4; J DiMaggio 4; G Selkirk 2; B Dahlgren; B Rosar; B Hadley; R Rolfe.
GIDP: B Rosar (3).
RBI: J DiMaggio 5 (82); B Rosar 2 (7).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
E: J DiMaggio (3); B Dahlgren (7); B Dickey (5).
Baserunning
CS: G Selkirk (5, -1st base by  POCS).

Washington Senators

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Joe Krakauskas 3 4 5 5 5 1 1 4.21 17 27
Pete Appleton, L (3-8) 6.2 5 4 1 6 2 0 3.24 33
Team Totals 9.2 9 9 6 11 3 1 5.59 50 27

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Atley Donald 3.1 5 4 1 3 0 0 3.33 20 37
Bump Hadley 4 6 4 4 1 1 1 2.95 19
Johnny Murphy, W (2-3) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.57 10
Team Totals 10 13 8 5 4 2 1 4.50 49 37
Balks: None.
WP: J Krakauskas (4).
HBP: P Appleton (3).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - George Pipgras, 2B - (none), 3B - Steve Basil.
Time of Game: 2:43.
Attendance: 6,704.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Washington Senators         New York Yankees
1 George Case RF 1 Frankie Crosetti SS
2 Buddy Lewis 3B 2 Red Rolfe 3B
3 Sam West CF 3 Charlie Keller RF
4 Taffy Wright LF 4 Joe DiMaggio CF
5 Cecil Travis SS 5 Bill Dickey C
6 Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 6 Joe Gordon 2B
7 Mickey Vernon 1B 7 George Selkirk LF
8 Tony Giuliani C 8 Babe Dahlgren 1B
9 Joe Krakauskas P 9 Atley Donald P

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