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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1938-09-21 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5000 · 1:33

Chicago White Sox defeated New York Yankees 5–2. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 4th. Thornton Lee earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Thornton Lee L: Lefty Gomez SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Boze Berger	4	1	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	3	2	1	1	1	0
Mike Kreevich	4	1	2	2	0	1
Merv Connors	2	0	0	0	2	2
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0	1	2
Gee Walker	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rip Radcliff	3	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Thornton Lee	2	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	8.0	5	5	7

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	7	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 9
Red Rolfe: W
Myril Hoag: 7
Joe DiMaggio: 43

Bot 1

Boze Berger: 53
Marv Owen: W
Mike Kreevich: D7.1-3
Merv Connors: W
Luke Appling: K
Gee Walker: E4/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(UR)(NR);1-2
Rip Radcliff: 3/G

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: S9
Joe Gordon: 8
George Selkirk: 43.1-2
Joe Glenn: S7.2-H;BX3(71E4)
Lefty Gomez: K23

Bot 2

Luke Sewell: 7
Thornton Lee: K
Boze Berger: 9

Top 3

Frankie Crosetti: 63
Red Rolfe: 3/G
Myril Hoag: 63

Bot 3

Marv Owen: S
Mike Kreevich: K
Merv Connors: K23
Luke Appling: W.1-2
Gee Walker: S.2-3;1-2
Rip Radcliff: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: W
Lou Gehrig: 4(B)3(1)/DP
Joe Gordon: 63

Bot 4

Luke Sewell: S9
Thornton Lee: 13/SH.1-2
Boze Berger: E6/G.2-3
Marv Owen: E4/TH2.3-H(UR);1-3;B-2
Mike Kreevich: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Merv Connors: K
Luke Appling: 4

Top 5

George Selkirk: 7
Joe Glenn: D
Lefty Gomez: 43.2-3
Frankie Crosetti: 2/FL

Bot 5

Gee Walker: W
Rip Radcliff: 13/SH.1-2
Luke Sewell: 163/NDP.2XH(312)

Top 6

Red Rolfe: 3/L
Myril Hoag: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 4

Bot 6

Thornton Lee: 1/G
Boze Berger: 13
Marv Owen: 63

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: HR/9
Joe Gordon: 7
George Selkirk: 43
Joe Glenn: K

Bot 7

Mike Kreevich: 4
Merv Connors: W
Luke Appling: K+OA/DP.1X2(26)#

Top 8

Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: 9/FL
Myril Hoag: S.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Gee Walker: K
Rip Radcliff: 3/G
Luke Sewell: 6

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 3
Joe Gordon: 63
George Selkirk: W
Joe Glenn: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K

Notes & reviews

Gordon's throw hit Berger in the shoulder.

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