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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-05-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7860 · 2:14

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

Line score

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

W: Lynn Nelson L: Lefty Gomez SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ace Parker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	1	0	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lynn Nelson	4	1	2	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	8.0	10	2	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Thomas	0.0	3	0	0
Lynn Nelson	9.0	7	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: HR/7
Red Rolfe: S4/BG
Tommy Henrich: S9.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S6/G.2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 9/F.3-H
George Selkirk: 6/LDP.1X1(63)

Bot 1

Ace Parker: K
Rusty Peters: S8
Wally Moses: K
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 2

Bill Dickey: 9
Tony Lazzeri: 6
Lefty Gomez: S7
Frankie Crosetti: D7.1-3
Red Rolfe: 9

Bot 2

Chubby Dean: W
Frankie Hayes: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 3
Bill Cissell: K

Top 3

Tommy Henrich: 43
Joe DiMaggio: W
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
George Selkirk: K
Bill Dickey: 6

Bot 3

Lynn Nelson: S8
Ace Parker: 8/L
Rusty Peters: S9.1-3
Wally Moses: S5/BG.3-H;1-2
Bob Johnson: K
Chubby Dean: 6/L

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: 5/FL
Lefty Gomez: E4.B-2(E4/TH)
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: S8.2-3
Tommy Henrich: 43

Bot 4

Frankie Hayes: W
Skeeter Newsome: 46(1)/FO
Bill Cissell: WP.1-2
Bill Cissell: 4
Lynn Nelson: 3/FL

Top 5

Joe DiMaggio: 63
Lou Gehrig: S9
George Selkirk: K
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 5

Ace Parker: 8
Rusty Peters: 63
Wally Moses: 43

Top 6

Tony Lazzeri: K
Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: K

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: S7
Chubby Dean: 56(1)/FO/BG#
Frankie Hayes: S7.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 2/FL
Bill Cissell: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Red Rolfe: S5
Tommy Henrich: 7
Joe DiMaggio: 8
Lou Gehrig: S9.1-3
George Selkirk: 8

Bot 7

Lynn Nelson: S9
Ace Parker: 14/SH.1-2
Rusty Peters: 3/G.2-3#
Wally Moses: 13

Top 8

Bill Dickey: 4
Tony Lazzeri: 63
Lefty Gomez: 43

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: S6/G
Chubby Dean: 3/P
Frankie Hayes: 8/F
Skeeter Newsome: S8.1-3
Bill Cissell: SB2.3-H(E2/TH3)(UR)
Bill Cissell: D8/L.2-H(UR)
Lynn Nelson: 13

Top 9

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 2/FL
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Immaculate inning by Nelson
Bill Dickey bluffed a throw to 2B and ran towards charging Bob Johnson; when Dickey realized he couldn't catch Johnson, Dickey threw towards Red Rolfe but it hit Johnson's shoulder and went into LF

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