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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1937-07-03 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 12000 · 2:21

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 5–4. Johnny Murphy earned the win and Frank Makosky picked up the save. Bill Dickey went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	7
WS1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	9

W: Johnny Murphy L: Syd Cohen SV: Frank Makosky

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	5	0	1	1	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	3	1	2	1	1	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	1	2	2	0	0
Tommy Henrich	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Powell	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Crosetti	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	5	0	3	1	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	1	0	0	1
John Stone	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Sington	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Myer	3	0	0	1	1	0
Rick Ferrell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Monte Weaver	2	0	1	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Mihalic	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Murphy	8.0	9	1	2
Frank Makosky	1.0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Weaver	6.0	6	0	0
Syd Cohen	3.0	1	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: 7
Red Rolfe: 43
Joe DiMaggio: D
Lou Gehrig: 9

Bot 1

Mel Almada: 7
Buddy Lewis: S
Joe Kuhel: CS2(26)
Joe Kuhel: 43

Top 2

Bill Dickey: HR
Tommy Henrich: 5/FL
Jake Powell: 5/FL
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 2

John Stone: 13
Cecil Travis: 13
Fred Sington: S4/P/9S.BX2(36)

Top 3

Johnny Murphy: 4/L
Don Heffner: 8
Red Rolfe: 2/FL

Bot 3

Buddy Myer: 8
Rick Ferrell: E3
Monte Weaver: S.1-2
Mel Almada: 6
Buddy Lewis: FLE3
Buddy Lewis: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Joe Kuhel: K

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: 8
Lou Gehrig: T
Bill Dickey: D.3-H
Tommy Henrich: 6
Jake Powell: 63

Bot 4

John Stone: 43
Cecil Travis: 7
Fred Sington: 4

Top 5

Tony Lazzeri: HR
Johnny Murphy: 4
Don Heffner: 143
Red Rolfe: 3/G

Bot 5

Buddy Myer: W
Rick Ferrell: 8
Monte Weaver: 46(1)/FO
Mel Almada: S.1-2
Buddy Lewis: 5/FL

Top 6

Joe DiMaggio: HR
Lou Gehrig: 63
Bill Dickey: 43
Tommy Henrich: 43

Bot 6

Joe Kuhel: S
John Stone: S.1-2
Cecil Travis: 7
Fred Sington: E1.2-H(UR);1-3
Buddy Myer: FC.3-H(UR);1-2
Rick Ferrell: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Wes Ferrell: K
Mel Almada: 7

Top 7

Jake Powell: 7
Tony Lazzeri: 8
Johnny Murphy: K/C

Bot 7

Buddy Lewis: S
Joe Kuhel: 36(1)/FO
John Stone: PO1(E1).1-2
John Stone: 8
Cecil Travis: 7

Top 8

Don Heffner: 63
Red Rolfe: 63
Joe DiMaggio: W
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: 4

Bot 8

Fred Sington: 63
Buddy Myer: 7
Rick Ferrell: 9

Top 9

Frankie Crosetti: 4
Jake Powell: E3.B-2
Tony Lazzeri: IW
Red Ruffing: PO1(13)
Red Ruffing: IW
Don Heffner: S.2-H(UR);1X3(85)

Bot 9

John Mihalic: K
Mel Almada: 3/G
Buddy Lewis: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Tommy Henrich and Tony Lazzeri collided; Lou Gehrig retrieved the ball
Jake Powell and Joe Kuhel collided
bottles were thrown at Jake Powell as he returned to LF; HP umpire Lou Kolls announced that any interference with Powell by fans would result in an automatic out

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