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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-08-21 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 6th. Lefty Gomez earned the win. Sam Chapman went 1-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	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	8	11
PHA	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10

W: Lefty Gomez L: Nels Potter SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	1	2	1	2
Tommy Henrich	4	1	2	1	0	0
Myril Hoag	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	2	1	1	0
Lou Gehrig	5	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	2	1	0	0	3	0
Babe Dahlgren	5	1	2	0	0	3
Joe Gordon	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lefty Gomez	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jake Powell	3	2	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Sperry	4	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Moses	5	1	2	1	0	1
Billy Werber	4	1	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	2	1	1	1
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lou Finney	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wayne Ambler	3	1	1	0	0	0
Nels Potter	1	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Smith	3	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	10	3	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	3.0	7	2	2
Eddie Smith	6.0	4	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Tommy Henrich: T
Myril Hoag: 53/SH.3-H
Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: 9

Bot 1

Stan Sperry: 6/L
Wally Moses: S
Billy Werber: S.1-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Frankie Hayes: 5
Bob Johnson: S.2-H
Sam Chapman: SB2
Sam Chapman: 8

Top 2

Bill Dickey: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: K
Joe Gordon: 9

Bot 2

Lou Finney: D
Wayne Ambler: 31/SH.2-3
Nels Potter: K
Stan Sperry: W
Wally Moses: 7

Top 3

Lefty Gomez: W
Frankie Crosetti: D.1-3
Tommy Henrich: S.3-H;2XH(82)
Jake Powell: FC.1X3(745361);B-2
Joe DiMaggio: S.2-H;BX1(73)

Bot 3

Billy Werber: 63
Frankie Hayes: 5
Bob Johnson: D
Sam Chapman: 4

Top 4

Lou Gehrig: D
Bill Dickey: W
Babe Dahlgren: S.2-3;1-2
Joe Gordon: 7/F.3-H
Lefty Gomez: 7/FL
Frankie Crosetti: K/C

Bot 4

Lou Finney: 43
Wayne Ambler: S
Eddie Smith: S.1-2
Stan Sperry: E5.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Billy Werber: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Tommy Henrich: 43
Jake Powell: W
Joe DiMaggio: 8
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 5

Frankie Hayes: 8
Bob Johnson: W
Sam Chapman: 36(1)/FO
Lou Finney: CS2(26)

Top 6

Bill Dickey: W
Babe Dahlgren: S.1-2
Joe Gordon: S.2XH(4E2)(NR)(UR);1-2
Lefty Gomez: 13.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 53.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Tommy Henrich: 9

Bot 6

Lou Finney: D
Wayne Ambler: 5
Eddie Smith: 43.2-3
Stan Sperry: 9

Top 7

Jake Powell: HR
Joe DiMaggio: W
Lou Gehrig: S.1-2
Bill Dickey: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K
Joe Gordon: K
Lefty Gomez: K

Bot 7

Wally Moses: S
Billy Werber: 14(1)/FO
Frankie Hayes: 3
Bob Johnson: K

Top 8

Frankie Crosetti: W
Tommy Henrich: 53/SH.1-2
Jake Powell: 7
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Bot 8

Sam Chapman: HR
Lou Finney: 2/FL
Wayne Ambler: 9
Eddie Smith: 7

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 63
Bill Dickey: 43
Babe Dahlgren: K

Bot 9

Stan Sperry: K
Wally Moses: K
Billy Werber: W
Frankie Hayes: 7