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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1937-08-11 · Day game · Fenway Park · 14 innings · 3:51

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 8–5. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 14th. Johnny Murphy earned the win and Pat Malone picked up the save. Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	R	H	E
NYA	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	16
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	11

W: Johnny Murphy L: Jack Wilson SV: Pat Malone

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: Bill Dinneen · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	8	2	1	0	0	4
Red Rolfe	6	1	1	2	2	2
Joe DiMaggio	5	2	2	2	3	0
Lou Gehrig	7	0	3	2	1	2
Bill Dickey	7	0	0	0	0	2
Jake Powell	7	1	4	0	0	1
Tony Lazzeri	6	0	1	0	0	1
Myril Hoag	6	0	2	0	0	1
Red Ruffing	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Murphy	1	0	0	0	1	1
Tommy Henrich	0	1	0	0	1	0
George Selkirk	1	1	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	7	0	1	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	6	0	2	1	1	0
Joe Cronin	7	0	1	0	0	4
Jimmie Foxx	7	2	3	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	6	0	1	1	1	0
Eric McNair	5	1	1	1	2	0
Ben Chapman	5	1	1	1	2	0
Moe Berg	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	0	1	2
Dom Dallessandro	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Desautels	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wilson	2	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	7.0	4	3	4
Johnny Murphy	6.0	5	5	3
Frank Makosky	0.1	2	0	1
Pat Malone	0.2	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	11	3	7
Jack Wilson	5.0	5	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: E7/F
Red Rolfe: 3/G.1-3
Joe DiMaggio: HR/7.3-H(UR)
Lou Gehrig: S9
Bill Dickey: K/C
Jake Powell: S6.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: WP.1-2;2-3
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 1

Buster Mills: 3/P/FL
Doc Cramer: 63
Joe Cronin: K/C

Top 2

Myril Hoag: 63
Red Ruffing: 63
Frankie Crosetti: 3/P

Bot 2

Jimmie Foxx: S8
Pinky Higgins: 9
Eric McNair: E5.1-2
Ben Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Moe Berg: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Lefty Grove: W.2-3;1-2
Buster Mills: 4/P

Top 3

Red Rolfe: W
Joe DiMaggio: 4/P
Lou Gehrig: K
Bill Dickey: K/C

Bot 3

Doc Cramer: 63
Joe Cronin: K/C
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Top 4

Jake Powell: 43
Tony Lazzeri: 53
Myril Hoag: S7
Red Ruffing: 43

Bot 4

Pinky Higgins: 9/L
Eric McNair: 8/8D
Ben Chapman: E6/P
Moe Berg: 8

Top 5

Frankie Crosetti: 7/L
Red Rolfe: 63
Joe DiMaggio: D7
Lou Gehrig: K/C

Bot 5

Lefty Grove: K
Buster Mills: 2/FL
Doc Cramer: 3/G

Top 6

Bill Dickey: 4/L
Jake Powell: D/78
Tony Lazzeri: 9/9D.2-3
Myril Hoag: 9

Bot 6

Joe Cronin: S/78
Jimmie Foxx: 6/P
Pinky Higgins: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Red Ruffing: 43
Frankie Crosetti: D7
Red Rolfe: 8/8D.2-3
Joe DiMaggio: IW
Lou Gehrig: T8/8D.1-H;3-H
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 7

Eric McNair: HR/7
Ben Chapman: HR/7
Moe Berg: 63
Lefty Grove: K
Buster Mills: 7

Top 8

Jake Powell: K
Tony Lazzeri: 7
Myril Hoag: S9
Red Ruffing: D8/78D.1XH(862)

Bot 8

Doc Cramer: W
Joe Cronin: K/BF
Jimmie Foxx: 4/P
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Eric McNair: 13

Top 9

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: W
Joe DiMaggio: 6/P
Lou Gehrig: S9.1-3
Bill Dickey: 9

Bot 9

Ben Chapman: W
Moe Berg: 56(1)/FO
Dom Dallessandro: W.1-2
Buster Mills: K/C
Doc Cramer: S4/P.1-2;2-H
Joe Cronin: 2/FL

Top 10

Jake Powell: D/78D
Tony Lazzeri: 43.2-3
Myril Hoag: FC5.3XH(5215);B-2
Johnny Murphy: K

Bot 10

Jimmie Foxx: 8/L
Pinky Higgins: 9
Eric McNair: W
Ben Chapman: 7

Top 11

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: K
Joe DiMaggio: W
Lou Gehrig: 3/G

Bot 11

Gene Desautels: 7/7D
Jack Wilson: K
Buster Mills: S8
Doc Cramer: S8.1-2
Joe Cronin: 5/P/FL

Top 12

Bill Dickey: 13
Jake Powell: 63
Tony Lazzeri: D/7DW
Myril Hoag: K/C

Bot 12

Jimmie Foxx: S/78
Pinky Higgins: 23.1-2
Eric McNair: IW
Ben Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 13

Johnny Murphy: W
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: K
Joe DiMaggio: W.1-2
Lou Gehrig: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 13

Gene Desautels: 7
Jack Wilson: S8
Buster Mills: 46(1)/FO
Doc Cramer: 64(1)/FO

Top 14

Jake Powell: D8
Tony Lazzeri: 14/SH.2-3
Tommy Henrich: IW
George Selkirk: S/78.1-2;3-H
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: D9.1-H;2-H
Joe DiMaggio: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Lou Gehrig: 8

Bot 14

Joe Cronin: K
Jimmie Foxx: D
Pinky Higgins: S.2-H
Eric McNair: 9/L
Ben Chapman: 7/L

Notes & reviews

the game was started fifteen minutes early to prevent the overflow crowd from surging onto the field
Jake Powell crashed into Mike Higgins; Joe Cronin exchanged words with Powell and both benches cleared
fans pelted Jake Powell with trash as he took his position in LF
rain started
rain stopped
Gene Desautels and Ski Melillo ejected by HP umpire Lou Kolls

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