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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 32346 · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 2nd. Eddie Smith earned the win. Wally Moses went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eddie Smith L: Red Ruffing SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charles Johnston · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	2	3	1	0	0
Lou Finney	4	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Werber	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jesse Hill	3	1	1	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	1	0	0	1	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	8.0	7	3	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 63
Red Rolfe: HP
Joe DiMaggio: E8/F.1-3;B-2
Lou Gehrig: 31.3-H(UR);2-3
Bill Dickey: 3/G

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 3/G
Lou Finney: 2/FL
Billy Werber: 8/L

Top 2

Jake Powell: 53
Tony Lazzeri: K
Myril Hoag: K

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: W
Jesse Hill: S8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-3
Earle Brucker: K
Rusty Peters: 43/SH.3-H(UR)
Skeeter Newsome: 63

Top 3

Red Ruffing: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: 8

Bot 3

Eddie Smith: 7/FL
Wally Moses: HR/9
Lou Finney: 143
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: E8/F.1-H(NR)(UR)
Jesse Hill: 8/L

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: S8
Lou Gehrig: 46(1)/FO
Bill Dickey: S9.1-2
Jake Powell: S8.2-H;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: E6.2-3;1-2
Myril Hoag: K
Red Ruffing: 9

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: 6
Rusty Peters: W
Skeeter Newsome: 63.1-2
Eddie Smith: 6

Top 5

Frankie Crosetti: 143
Red Rolfe: 3/P
Joe DiMaggio: S8
Lou Gehrig: S1.1-2
Bill Dickey: S9.2-H;1-2
Jake Powell: S9.2-H;1-3;BX2(94)

Bot 5

Wally Moses: T9
Lou Finney: 63.3-H
Billy Werber: 7
Bob Johnson: 5

Top 6

Tony Lazzeri: W
Myril Hoag: 64(1)3/GDP
Red Ruffing: 53

Bot 6

Jesse Hill: 7
Earle Brucker: S7
Rusty Peters: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Frankie Crosetti: 9
Red Rolfe: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 63

Bot 7

Skeeter Newsome: D7
Eddie Smith: K
Wally Moses: S6.2XH(62)
Lou Finney: CS2(24)

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 8
Jake Powell: K+SB2
Tony Lazzeri: 53

Bot 8

Lou Finney: 53
Billy Werber: S8
Bob Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Myril Hoag: 9
Red Ruffing: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 7