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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1937-09-25 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 7500 · 1:56

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 5–2. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 5th. Lefty Gomez earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	13
BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Lefty Gomez L: Lefty Grove SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	0	1	0	0	1
Red Rolfe	4	1	2	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	1	3	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	1	1	0
George Selkirk	5	1	1	1	0	0
Myril Hoag	5	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	1	1	1	0
Joe Glenn	3	0	1	0	1	1
Lefty Gomez	4	1	2	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	4	1	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	1	2	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Fabian Gaffke	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Gonzales	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric McNair	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	5	3	5

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	4.1	9	1	0
Joe Gonzales	3.2	2	3	2
Rube Walberg	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: S7
Red Rolfe: 46(1)/FO
Joe DiMaggio: 86(1)/FO/AP
Lou Gehrig: 9

Bot 1

Bobby Doerr: S5/BG
Doc Cramer: S8.1-3(E8);B-2
Joe Cronin: S8.2-H;3-H;B-2(E2)
Jimmie Foxx: 8/F
Pinky Higgins: PO2(14)
Pinky Higgins: S8/78D.BX2(86)

Top 2

George Selkirk: 7/7D/F
Myril Hoag: 9/F
Tony Lazzeri: 8/8D/F

Bot 2

Ben Chapman: K/C
Fabian Gaffke: W
Gene Desautels: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 3

Joe Glenn: S9
Lefty Gomez: 46(1)/FO
Frankie Crosetti: 3/FL
Red Rolfe: D9.1-3
Joe DiMaggio: S/1/G.2-3;3-H
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 3

Lefty Grove: K/C
Bobby Doerr: 8/F
Doc Cramer: E6/TH
Joe Cronin: K/C

Top 4

George Selkirk: E4/G.B-2
Myril Hoag: 7/L
Tony Lazzeri: SB3
Tony Lazzeri: 13.3-H(UR)
Joe Glenn: W
Lefty Gomez: S8.1-3
Frankie Crosetti: 9/L

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: 8/8D/F
Pinky Higgins: 8/F
Ben Chapman: S9
Fabian Gaffke: SB2
Fabian Gaffke: 63

Top 5

Red Rolfe: S3/G
Joe DiMaggio: S7.1-3
Lou Gehrig: D9.1-3;3-H
George Selkirk: 13.2-3;3-H
Myril Hoag: S9.3-H
Tony Lazzeri: S.1-2
Joe Glenn: 164(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Gene Desautels: E6/G
Joe Gonzales: 43(1)/FO/P
Bobby Doerr: 9/L
Doc Cramer: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Lefty Gomez: S
Frankie Crosetti: 54(1)3/GDP
Red Rolfe: W
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Joe Cronin: 63
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: 63

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: W
George Selkirk: 9/F
Myril Hoag: 9/F.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: W
Joe Glenn: K

Bot 7

Ben Chapman: 53
Fabian Gaffke: 4/P
Gene Desautels: 5/P

Top 8

Lefty Gomez: 13
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 8

Eric McNair: 63
Bobby Doerr: 8/F
Doc Cramer: 43

Top 9

Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: 46(1)/FO
George Selkirk: S.1-3
Myril Hoag: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Joe Cronin: 63
Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Ben Chapman: 3/FL
Fabian Gaffke: K

Notes & reviews

Red Rolfe out on appeal for missing the 2B bag while running to 3B; the single would have been Joe DiMaggio's 200th hit of the season
Tony Lazzeri intentionally dropped the popup

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