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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-06-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 1:38

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Lefty Gomez earned the win. Bob Johnson went 1-for-3 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	3	0	5	8
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1

W: Lefty Gomez L: Bud Thomas SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Red Rolfe	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	2	1	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	2	0	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	3	2	0	0
George Selkirk	4	0	2	2	0	1
Jake Powell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lefty Gomez	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	1	0	1
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	0	0	3
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Ambler	2	0	0	0	1	0
Earle Brucker	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bud Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	1	2	7

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Thomas	7.0	8	2	3
Lynn Nelson	2.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: S1
Red Rolfe: PO1(E6).1-2
Red Rolfe: 2/FL
Joe DiMaggio: FC6.2X3(6546);B-2
Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
George Selkirk: D9.2-H(UR);1-3
Jake Powell: 53

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 8
Wally Moses: 43
Jack Rothrock: 8

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 7
Lefty Gomez: K
Don Heffner: 3

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: K
Rusty Peters: K
Skeeter Newsome: 9

Top 3

Red Rolfe: E2
Joe DiMaggio: 7
Lou Gehrig: 6
Bill Dickey: PO1(13)

Bot 3

Wayne Ambler: 13
Earle Brucker: K
Bud Thomas: K

Top 4

Bill Dickey: 43
George Selkirk: S8
Jake Powell: 7
Tony Lazzeri: SB2
Tony Lazzeri: W
Lefty Gomez: 63

Bot 4

Lou Finney: 63
Wally Moses: 43
Jack Rothrock: 4

Top 5

Don Heffner: K
Red Rolfe: 9
Joe DiMaggio: 5

Bot 5

Bob Johnson: HR/7
Rusty Peters: K/C
Skeeter Newsome: 5/FL
Wayne Ambler: W
Earle Brucker: W.1-2
Bud Thomas: K/C

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: 3
Bill Dickey: D9
George Selkirk: K/C
Jake Powell: 63

Bot 6

Lou Finney: 43
Wally Moses: 43
Jack Rothrock: 4

Top 7

Tony Lazzeri: 9
Lefty Gomez: 53
Don Heffner: 5/FL

Bot 7

Bob Johnson: 53
Rusty Peters: K/C
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Top 8

Red Rolfe: D9
Joe DiMaggio: D8.2-H
Lou Gehrig: E9/F.2-3
Bill Dickey: S8.3-H;1-3
George Selkirk: 36(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Jake Powell: 9
Tony Lazzeri: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 8

Wayne Ambler: 3
Earle Brucker: 9
Lynn Nelson: 2/FL

Top 9

Lefty Gomez: K
Don Heffner: 53
Red Rolfe: 7

Bot 9

Lou Finney: 13
Wally Moses: 31
Jack Rothrock: 43