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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-09-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:08

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 6th. Monte Pearson earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	7	13
PHA	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	13

W: Monte Pearson L: Dave Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	3	1	1	0	2	0
Red Rolfe	5	1	2	2	0	1
Tommy Henrich	5	0	3	3	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	5	1	1	0	0	0
George Selkirk	5	1	4	2	0	0
Joe Gordon	5	0	0	0	0	2
Monte Pearson	2	1	0	0	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	2	0	0	1
Stan Sperry	4	0	1	0	1	1
Lou Finney	5	0	2	0	0	0
Nick Etten	5	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	2	3	3	1	0
Dario Lodigiani	4	1	1	0	1	1
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jim Reninger	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	9.0	13	4	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Reninger	5.0	6	4	2
Dave Smith	4.0	7	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: K
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 9
Stan Sperry: 9
Lou Finney: S
Nick Etten: 43

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: 63
Lou Gehrig: S
Bill Dickey: 43.1-2
George Selkirk: 43

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S
Dario Lodigiani: S.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 8(1)6(2)/DP
Frankie Hayes: S.1-3
Jim Reninger: CSH(252)

Top 3

Joe Gordon: 63
Monte Pearson: W
Frankie Crosetti: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Frankie Crosetti: 8
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 3

Jim Reninger: 13
Wally Moses: 13
Stan Sperry: S
Lou Finney: 6

Top 4

Tommy Henrich: S
Joe DiMaggio: 3
Lou Gehrig: 8
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 4

Nick Etten: 9
Bob Johnson: HR
Dario Lodigiani: W
Skeeter Newsome: S.1-2
Frankie Hayes: D.2-H;1-3
Jim Reninger: K/C
Wally Moses: K

Top 5

George Selkirk: S
Joe Gordon: K/C
Monte Pearson: W.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: CS3(25)
Frankie Crosetti: W.1-2
Red Rolfe: S.2-3;1-2
Tommy Henrich: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Stan Sperry: W
Lou Finney: 8
Nick Etten: 64(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: HR.1-H
Dario Lodigiani: 6

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: S.1-3
George Selkirk: S.3-H;1-2
Joe Gordon: K
Monte Pearson: 53.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Tommy Henrich: 9

Bot 6

Skeeter Newsome: S
Frankie Hayes: 8
Dave Smith: 9
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Stan Sperry: 7

Top 7

Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: HP.1-2
Bill Dickey: 96(1)/FO.2-3
George Selkirk: S.3-H;1-2
Joe Gordon: 24(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Lou Finney: S
Nick Etten: 5
Bob Johnson: E4.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 8

Monte Pearson: 43
Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: 46(1)/FO
Tommy Henrich: SB2
Tommy Henrich: D.2-H
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Bot 8

Skeeter Newsome: 7
Frankie Hayes: 6
Dave Smith: W
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Stan Sperry: K

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 5/FL
Bill Dickey: 43
George Selkirk: T
Joe Gordon: 63

Bot 9

Lou Finney: 43
Nick Etten: 43
Bob Johnson: W
Dario Lodigiani: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Yankees Manager Joe McCarthy stayed in NY; coach Art Fletcher ran the team

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