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Scores
Standings
PHA
@BOS		14
11
SLB
@CLE		6
9
NYY
@WSH		16
1
NYY
@WSH		6
2
STL
@CHC		4
5		 
(11)
STL
@CHC		5
2
BRO
@NYG		7
3
BSN
@PHI		6
7		 
(11)
CIN
@PIT		0
10
Tuesday, August 16, 1938,
, Griffith Stadium
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:00
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Yankees
16
69-33
⇐ Won 5 ⇒
 at Senators
1
55-52
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Lefty Gomez (12-10)
L: Ken Chase (3-8)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  1  0   9  0  4   1  0  1   16 14  0
Senators        0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  1    1  6  3

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 4 2 1 0 2 1 .269 .766 0 1 SB
Red Rolfe 3B 6 1 2 2 0 1 .323 .862 0 2 2B
Myril Hoag RF 6 2 2 1 0 2 .305 .747 1 0 3B
Joe DiMaggio CF 4 3 0 1 2 0 .325 .982 2 0
Lou Gehrig 1B 4 4 4 5 0 0 .297 .959 7 1 HR,2B,HBP
   Babe Dahlgren 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .267 3 0
George Selkirk LF 3 1 0 1 1 1 .274 .879 4 0 HBP
Joe Gordon 2B 4 1 2 3 1 0 .288 .933 4 3 2B,SB
Joe Glenn C 5 2 2 2 0 0 .250 .686 5 0 3B
Lefty Gomez P 5 0 1 1 0 0 .150 .357 1 2
Team Totals 42 16 14 16 6 5 .333 1.011 27 9
2B: J Gordon (13); R Rolfe (28); L Gehrig (22).
3B: M Hoag (2); J Glenn (2).
HR: L Gehrig (22).
HBP: L Gehrig (4); G Selkirk (2).
TB: L Gehrig 8; M Hoag 4; J Glenn 4; R Rolfe 3; J Gordon 3; L Gomez; F Crosetti.
RBI: L Gehrig 5 (81); J Gordon 3 (67); J Glenn 2 (14); R Rolfe 2 (60); G Selkirk (45); L Gomez (6); M Hoag (38); J DiMaggio (87).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. R Rolfe-J Gordon-L Gehrig.
Baserunning
SB: J Gordon (7, -1st base off  POCS); F Crosetti (18, -1st base off  POCS).

Washington Senators

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Case RF-CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .774 3 0
Buddy Lewis 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .311 .833 1 2 2B
Al Simmons LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .289 .851 1 0 HBP
Zeke Bonura 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .769 11 1
Cecil Travis SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .347 .869 0 2
Sam West CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .296 .769 1 0
   Taffy Wright RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 .342 .895 0 0 2B
Ossie Bluege 2B 3 0 2 1 1 0 .275 .700 2 5 2B
Rick Ferrell C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .303 .813 5 0
   Tony Giuliani C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .621 0 0
Ken Chase P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .573 0 0
   Chief Hogsett P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .776 1 0
   Pete Appleton P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .275 .650 2 2
Team Totals 32 1 6 1 2 5 .188 .538 27 12
2B: O Bluege (11); B Lewis (26); T Wright (10).
HBP: A Simmons (2).
TB: O Bluege 3; B Lewis 3; T Wright 2; C Travis.
RBI: O Bluege (15).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 2. P Appleton-Z Bonura; P Appleton-O Bluege-Z Bonura.
E: R Ferrell (9); B Lewis 2 (33).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Gomez, W (12-10) 9 6 1 1 2 5 0 3.57 35 74
Team Totals 9 6 1 1 2 5 0 1.00 35 74

Washington Senators

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Ken Chase, L (3-8) 3 3 6 6 3 4 0 6.41 17 30
Chief Hogsett 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 5.72 8
Pete Appleton 5 9 6 2 2 0 0 4.65 25
Team Totals 9 14 16 8 6 5 1 8.00 50 30
Balks: None.
WP: K Chase 2 (4).
HBP: K Chase (4); L Gomez (1); C Hogsett (7).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill McGowan, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 2:00.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Washington Senators
1 Frankie Crosetti SS 1 George Case RF
2 Red Rolfe 3B 2 Buddy Lewis 3B
3 Myril Hoag RF 3 Al Simmons LF
4 Joe DiMaggio CF 4 Zeke Bonura 1B
5 Lou Gehrig 1B 5 Cecil Travis SS
6 George Selkirk LF 6 Sam West CF
7 Joe Gordon 2B 7 Ossie Bluege 2B
8 Joe Glenn C 8 Rick Ferrell C
9 Lefty Gomez P 9 Ken Chase P

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