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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1934-06-09 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 8000 · 1:59

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 4–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Al Benton earned the win. Bob Johnson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Johnny Broaca SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dib Williams	3	0	0	0	1	0
Doc Cramer	4	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	2	1	2	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	2	0	0	0
Eric McNair	1	0	0	0	2	0
Ed Coleman	4	0	0	2	0	2
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	1
Charlie Berry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Benton	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	0	0	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	5	1	1	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	1	0	1	0
Lou Gehrig	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	3	1	0	0	1	0
Frankie Crosetti	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Broaca	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Saltzgaver	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	6	4	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Broaca	9.0	3	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dib Williams: 8
Doc Cramer: 43
Bob Johnson: 9/L

Bot 1

Earle Combs: 8
Red Rolfe: 2/FL
Myril Hoag: W
Lou Gehrig: 9/L

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: D/7
Eric McNair: 13/SH.2-3
Ed Coleman: 43.3-H
Pinky Higgins: 7

Bot 2

Ben Chapman: 2/FL
Tony Lazzeri: S8
Bill Dickey: 7
Frankie Crosetti: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Charlie Berry: 8
Al Benton: 43
Dib Williams: E6/G
Doc Cramer: K

Bot 3

Johnny Broaca: K/C
Earle Combs: 43
Red Rolfe: S8
Myril Hoag: E6.1-2
Lou Gehrig: WP.2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: IW
Ben Chapman: S/1.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 8

Top 4

Bob Johnson: E5/G
Jimmie Foxx: S6.1-2
Eric McNair: W.2-3;1-2
Ed Coleman: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)(UR);2-3
Pinky Higgins: W
Charlie Berry: SB2
Charlie Berry: K

Bot 4

Bill Dickey: 3/G
Frankie Crosetti: W
Johnny Broaca: K/C
Earle Combs: 43

Top 5

Al Benton: 13
Dib Williams: 63
Doc Cramer: 4/L

Bot 5

Red Rolfe: 3/L
Myril Hoag: S8
Lou Gehrig: 46(1)/FO
Ben Chapman: S7.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 7/L

Top 6

Bob Johnson: K/C
Jimmie Foxx: 8
Eric McNair: W
Ed Coleman: K

Bot 6

Bill Dickey: W
Frankie Crosetti: S/5.1-2
Johnny Broaca: 3/FL
Earle Combs: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR)
Red Rolfe: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Pinky Higgins: K
Charlie Berry: 53
Al Benton: 2/FL

Bot 7

Myril Hoag: 63
Lou Gehrig: 63
Ben Chapman: 3/P

Top 8

Dib Williams: W
Doc Cramer: 54(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: HR/78/IPHR.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: 8
Eric McNair: 63

Bot 8

Tony Lazzeri: K
Bill Dickey: 7
Frankie Crosetti: 8

Top 9

Ed Coleman: K
Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Charlie Berry: 9

Bot 9

Jack Saltzgaver: 31
Earle Combs: 63
Red Rolfe: E6/TH
Myril Hoag: 8