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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1940-09-28 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 8 innings · Att: 5000 · 2:15

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 7–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 5th. Atley Donald earned the win. Buddy Rosar went 4-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	7	14
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Atley Donald L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gordon	4	0	1	0	2	1
Red Rolfe	3	1	0	0	2	0
Charlie Keller	2	1	1	1	3	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	2	2	1	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	1	4	3	0	0
George Selkirk	1	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	5	1	1	0	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	0	1	0
Atley Donald	5	0	3	0	0	2
Jake Powell	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bill Dickey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	3	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	2	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Welaj	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cecil Travis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	1	1	0	2
Jack Sanford	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sherry Robertson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Early	2	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Chase	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Atley Donald	8.0	4	7	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	5.2	11	4	3
Alex Carrasquel	0.1	0	0	1
Joe Haynes	2.0	3	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Gordon: S
Red Rolfe: 13.1-2
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 4
Buddy Rosar: S.2-3;1-2
George Selkirk: K

Bot 1

George Case: W
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: W
Johnny Welaj: 4(1)3/GDP.2-3
Cecil Travis: W
Jimmy Bloodworth: S7.3-H;1-2#
Jack Sanford: 4

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 53
Frankie Crosetti: 63
Atley Donald: K

Bot 2

Sherry Robertson: W
Jake Early: 46(1)/FO
Ken Chase: 6
George Case: D7.1-3
Buddy Lewis: W
Johnny Welaj: 7

Top 3

Joe Gordon: 53
Red Rolfe: W
Charlie Keller: 43.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S8.2-H
Buddy Rosar: T9.1-H
Jake Powell: 53

Bot 3

Cecil Travis: D9
Jimmy Bloodworth: 13/SH.2-3
Jack Sanford: K/C
Sherry Robertson: 6

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 6
Atley Donald: S
Joe Gordon: W.1-2
Red Rolfe: 6

Bot 4

Jake Early: S9
Ken Chase: 23/SH.1-2
George Case: 6
Buddy Lewis: 43

Top 5

Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: S7.1-3(E7);B-2
Buddy Rosar: S8.3-H;2-H
Jake Powell: WP.1-3
Jake Powell: S7.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 13.1-2
Atley Donald: S.2-3
Joe Gordon: K

Bot 5

Johnny Welaj: W
Cecil Travis: 5/FL
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Jack Sanford: 63

Top 6

Red Rolfe: 9
Charlie Keller: S
Joe DiMaggio: WP.1-2#
Joe DiMaggio: 8
Buddy Rosar: S.2-3
Jake Powell: K

Bot 6

Sherry Robertson: 8
Jake Early: W
Mickey Vernon: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: S
Frankie Crosetti: 7
Atley Donald: K
Joe Gordon: W.1-2
Red Rolfe: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Keller: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 3/FL

Bot 7

George Case: 7
Buddy Lewis: 4/L
Johnny Welaj: K/C

Top 8

Bill Dickey: 8
Jake Powell: S/BG
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Frankie Crosetti: W.1-2
Atley Donald: S.2-H(E2)(NR)(UR);1-2#
Joe Gordon: 7

Bot 8

Cecil Travis: 43
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Jack Sanford: 63

Notes & reviews

Selkirk leaves game, diagnosed with appendicitis. He is flown to NY City and operated on that evening.
Details on this scoring play are lacking.
Game called early because of impending darkness.

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