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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1937-08-20 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 10 innings · Att: 4974 · 2:26

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–7. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 5th. Johnny Murphy earned the win. Lynn Nelson went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	7	12
NYA	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	8	11

W: Johnny Murphy L: Lynn Nelson SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Finney	5	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Werber	4	1	2	1	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	1	3	1	1	0
Earle Brucker	5	0	1	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	4	1	0	0	1	0
Rusty Peters	1	0	0	0	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	5	1	2	2	0	0
Buck Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Huston	3	1	1	0	0	0
Lynn Nelson	3	1	2	2	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	1	1	1	0	1
Red Rolfe	4	0	1	1	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	0	1	2	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	5	2	3	1	0	0
Jake Powell	3	2	1	1	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	1	1	0	1
Myril Hoag	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ivy Andrews	3	1	0	0	0	1
Johnny Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	6.0	8	1	2
Lynn Nelson	3.1	3	2	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ivy Andrews	6.0	6	4	1
Johnny Murphy	4.0	6	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: 8
Lou Finney: 43
Billy Werber: K/C

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: 6
Red Rolfe: 7
Joe DiMaggio: 63

Top 2

Bob Johnson: S8
Earle Brucker: 13.1-2
Chubby Dean: 43.2-3
Rusty Peters: W
Skeeter Newsome: 7

Bot 2

Lou Gehrig: 9
Bill Dickey: D9
Jake Powell: 7
Tony Lazzeri: 7

Top 3

Buck Ross: 9
Wally Moses: 9
Lou Finney: 43

Bot 3

Myril Hoag: 63
Ivy Andrews: 63
Frankie Crosetti: 8

Top 4

Billy Werber: 563
Bob Johnson: S8
Earle Brucker: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Red Rolfe: 13
Joe DiMaggio: 13
Lou Gehrig: S9
Bill Dickey: 3/FL

Top 5

Chubby Dean: 5
Rusty Peters: 13
Skeeter Newsome: S
Buck Ross: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Jake Powell: W
Tony Lazzeri: K
Myril Hoag: E4.1-2
Ivy Andrews: E1.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: S6.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Red Rolfe: S6.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(74)
Lou Gehrig: 3/G

Top 6

Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: 9
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: 3
Earle Brucker: 13

Bot 6

Bill Dickey: S9
Jake Powell: WP.1-2
Jake Powell: D7.2-H
Tony Lazzeri: 9
Myril Hoag: S8.2-H
Ivy Andrews: CS2(24)
Ivy Andrews: K

Top 7

Chubby Dean: W
Warren Huston: D7.1-3
Skeeter Newsome: S7.3-H;2-H
Lynn Nelson: HR/9.1-H
Wally Moses: K
Lou Finney: 8
Billy Werber: D7
Bob Johnson: W
Earle Brucker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Frankie Crosetti: 8
Red Rolfe: W
Joe DiMaggio: 7(B)4(1)/DP

Top 8

Chubby Dean: 4
Warren Huston: 13
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Bot 8

Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 4
Jake Powell: 63.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: S8.2-H
Myril Hoag: S9.1-2
Johnny Murphy: K

Top 9

Lynn Nelson: K
Wally Moses: 6/L
Lou Finney: S6
Billy Werber: T7.1-H
Bob Johnson: T7.3-H
Earle Brucker: S1.3-H
Chubby Dean: 63

Bot 9

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 43
Joe DiMaggio: 9

Top 10

Warren Huston: 2/FL
Skeeter Newsome: 13
Lynn Nelson: S1
Wally Moses: 3/G

Bot 10

Lou Gehrig: 43
Bill Dickey: HR