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New York Yankees @ New York Giants

1936-10-02 · 1936 World Series · Game 2 of 6 ◀ Game 1 Game 3 ▶ · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 43543 · 2:49

New York Yankees defeated New York Giants 18–4. New York Yankees put up 7 in the 3rd. Lefty Gomez earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	2	0	7	0	0	1	2	0	6	18	17
NY1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Lefty Gomez L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: Bill Summers · 3B: Cy Pfirman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	4	3	0	1	0
Red Rolfe	4	3	2	1	2	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	2	3	2	0	0
Lou Gehrig	5	1	2	3	1	0
Bill Dickey	5	3	2	5	1	0
George Selkirk	5	1	1	0	1	1
Jake Powell	3	2	2	0	2	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	1	5	1	0
Lefty Gomez	5	1	1	2	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	0	0	0	2
Dick Bartell	3	0	1	1	2	1
Bill Terry	5	0	2	2	0	1
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	0	1	1
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	2	2	1	0	2	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Jackson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kiddo Davis	1	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Gabler	0	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Danning	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	6	7	8

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	2.0	3	4	1
Al Smith	0.1	2	1	0
Dick Coffman	1.2	2	0	1
Frank Gabler	4.0	5	3	0
Harry Gumbert	1.0	5	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: S8/L8
Red Rolfe: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S5/BG25.2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 9/F9D.3-H;2-3(THH)
Bill Dickey: WP.1-2
Bill Dickey: 8(B)56(2)/FDP/8D.3-H

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: K
Dick Bartell: K
Bill Terry: S8/L8S
Hank Leiber: W.1-2
Mel Ott: 8/F

Top 2

George Selkirk: W
Jake Powell: 9/L
Tony Lazzeri: CS2(24)
Tony Lazzeri: W
Lefty Gomez: K

Bot 2

Gus Mancuso: W
Burgess Whitehead: 9/F9DW
Travis Jackson: 9/F9S
Hal Schumacher: W.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: WP.2-H;1-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 5/P25F/FL

Top 3

Frankie Crosetti: S7/L5D
Red Rolfe: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: E5/BG25/SH.2-3;1-2;B-1
Lou Gehrig: S9/F9L.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bill Dickey: S/89.3-H(UR);1-3
George Selkirk: 8/F78S
Jake Powell: W.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: HR/L9LD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: 63

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: W
Bill Terry: K
Hank Leiber: K/C
Mel Ott: 5/P5D

Top 4

Red Rolfe: 13/BG3S
Joe DiMaggio: 7/F
Lou Gehrig: S9/G34
Bill Dickey: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Gus Mancuso: W
Burgess Whitehead: K/C
Travis Jackson: S9/G4.1-2
Kiddo Davis: S8/G46.2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: K/C
Dick Bartell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bill Terry: S7/L.3-H;2-H;1-2
Hank Leiber: 7/L7D

Top 5

Bill Dickey: 3/G
George Selkirk: 8/F
Jake Powell: S9/L9DW
Tony Lazzeri: 8/F8XDW

Bot 5

Mel Ott: 43/G4D
Gus Mancuso: K
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Top 6

Lefty Gomez: 63/G6S
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: S9/L9DW.1-3
Joe DiMaggio: 7/F.3-H
Lou Gehrig: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Travis Jackson: 4/P
Frank Gabler: W
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/L8S
Dick Bartell: 7/L7LF/FL

Top 7

Bill Dickey: W
George Selkirk: S8/8S.1-2
Jake Powell: S7/7S.2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 8/F78D.3-H;2-3
Lefty Gomez: 43.3-H;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 8/F

Bot 7

Bill Terry: 43
Hank Leiber: 63
Mel Ott: 8/F

Top 8

Red Rolfe: 4/P4MD
Joe DiMaggio: D7/L7DW
Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 9/F
George Selkirk: 31

Bot 8

Gus Mancuso: D57/L5L
Burgess Whitehead: 3/P3F/FL
Travis Jackson: 3/P3F/FL
Harry Danning: K

Top 9

Jake Powell: W
Tony Lazzeri: SB2
Tony Lazzeri: 8/F8XD.2-3
Lefty Gomez: S8/78S.3-H
Frankie Crosetti: S7.1-2
Red Rolfe: S57/G5L.2-H;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S7/F7DW.2-H;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 53.2-3;1-2
Bill Dickey: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H
George Selkirk: K

Bot 9

Jo-Jo Moore: 8/L
Dick Bartell: D7/G5L
Bill Terry: 8/L78D
Hank Leiber: DI.2-3
Hank Leiber: 8/F8XDW

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Hank Leiber
Selkirk crashed into concrete wall
Caught in front of Yankee dugout
Debut game for Al Smith
Leiber: running catch
Low liner just cleared the wall into lower RF stands Debut game for Dick Coffman
Coffman: great play fielding drag bunt
Giants argued that Bartell's long foul into LF stands was fair (and a home run).
Debut game for Frank Gabler
Powell slipped rounding 1B and scampered back to the bag
To the deepest part of CF, some 460' away
Bartell: good play
DiMaggio: running catch at his knees
Lined off Rolfe's bare hand
Debut game for Harry Danning
Debut game for Harry Gumbert
Into lower RF stands
Marvelous catch near CF clubhouse, some 470' away

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