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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1938-05-30 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 81891 · 1:45

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 5–4. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 6th. Lefty Gomez earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Gomez L: Jack Wilson SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	4	1	1	0	1	2
Joe Vosmik	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	1	0	1	1
Pinky Higgins	3	1	2	1	2	0
Eric McNair	5	0	2	3	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gene Desautels	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wilson	4	0	2	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	1	0	0	1	2
Red Rolfe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	2	2	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Henrich	2	1	0	0	2	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Knickerbocker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lefty Gomez	3	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Wilson	8.1	8	3	4

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	9	6	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: K
Joe Vosmik: W
Jimmie Foxx: S4.1-2#
Pinky Higgins: D.2-H;1-3
Eric McNair: S.2-H;3-H
Ben Chapman: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: K
Joe DiMaggio: D
Lou Gehrig: 9

Top 2

Bobby Doerr: K
Gene Desautels: E6
Jack Wilson: S.1-2#
Doc Cramer: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: 63
Tommy Henrich: 9
Myril Hoag: 8

Top 3

Joe Vosmik: W
Jimmie Foxx: 9
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Eric McNair: 8
Ben Chapman: 53

Bot 3

Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Lefty Gomez: 43
Frankie Crosetti: 7

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: K
Gene Desautels: 6
Jack Wilson: 13

Bot 4

Red Rolfe: 3
Joe DiMaggio: 2
Lou Gehrig: K

Top 5

Doc Cramer: S
Joe Vosmik: 63.1-2#
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: W
Eric McNair: S.2-H;1-2#
Ben Chapman: 63

Bot 5

Bill Dickey: 8
Tommy Henrich: W
Myril Hoag: S7.1-2#
Bill Knickerbocker: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);1X3(624)#
Lefty Gomez: S.1-2#
Frankie Crosetti: K

Top 6

Bobby Doerr: S
Gene Desautels: 4
Jack Wilson: S.1-2#
Doc Cramer: K
Joe Vosmik: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Red Rolfe: 7
Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: HR/9.1-H
Bill Dickey: 5
Tommy Henrich: 4

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: 53
Pinky Higgins: S
Eric McNair: 9
Ben Chapman: 63

Bot 7

Myril Hoag: 8
Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Lefty Gomez: 63

Top 8

Bobby Doerr: 2
Gene Desautels: 9
Jack Wilson: 63

Bot 8

Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 53/SH.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 3
Lou Gehrig: S3.2-3#
Bill Dickey: D.3-H;1-3
Tommy Henrich: W
Myril Hoag: 13

Top 9

Doc Cramer: W
Joe Vosmik: 13/SH.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: W
Pinky Higgins: 9
Eric McNair: 46(1)/FO

Bot 9

Bill Knickerbocker: S
Lefty Gomez: 13/SH.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: E5/TH1.2-H(NR)(UR)

Notes & reviews

Total attendance 83,533. NYT reports about 6000 turned away. Cronin and Powell unavailable after being ejected in game 1.

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