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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1939-07-02 · Day game · Fenway Park · 1:53

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 7–3. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Ted Williams went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: Lefty Gomez SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Red Rolfe	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Henrich	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	3	1	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gordon	3	2	2	1	1	0
George Selkirk	2	0	0	0	2	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	2	2	0	0	2	1
Ted Williams	3	2	1	3	1	0
Joe Cronin	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Vosmik	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jim Tabor	2	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Peacock	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Carey	3	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	8.0	8	6	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: D.2-H;1XH(962)
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 1

Bobby Doerr: 23
Doc Cramer: W
Jimmie Foxx: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 2

Joe Gordon: S.B-2(E7)
George Selkirk: W
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Lefty Gomez: K+SB3;SB2
Frankie Crosetti: 5/L

Bot 2

Ted Williams: 5/FL
Joe Cronin: 43
Joe Vosmik: 8

Top 3

Red Rolfe: 3/G
Tommy Henrich: 8
Joe DiMaggio: S
Bill Dickey: 3/G

Bot 3

Jim Tabor: S
Johnny Peacock: 8
Lefty Grove: 53/SH.1-2
Bobby Doerr: HP
Doc Cramer: 43

Top 4

Joe Gordon: W
George Selkirk: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
George Selkirk: W
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Lefty Gomez: 7/F.3XH(7E2)
Frankie Crosetti: 43

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: W
Ted Williams: 7
Joe Cronin: HR/7.1-H
Joe Vosmik: S
Jim Tabor: W.1-2
Johnny Peacock: K
Lefty Grove: K/C

Top 5

Red Rolfe: 43
Tommy Henrich: K
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Bot 5

Tom Carey: 43
Doc Cramer: 63
Jimmie Foxx: 3/FL

Top 6

Bill Dickey: 9
Joe Gordon: HR/8
George Selkirk: 8
Babe Dahlgren: W
Lefty Gomez: 7/FL

Bot 6

Ted Williams: W
Joe Cronin: S.1-2
Joe Vosmik: S.2-H;1-2
Jim Tabor: 4
Johnny Peacock: OA.2X2(6)
Johnny Peacock: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 43
Tommy Henrich: 9

Bot 7

Lefty Grove: K
Tom Carey: S
Doc Cramer: 64(1)/FO
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Ted Williams: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Joe Cronin: 63

Top 8

Joe DiMaggio: S
Bill Dickey: 43.1-2
Joe Gordon: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 8

Joe Vosmik: W
Jim Tabor: 53/SH.1-2
Johnny Peacock: S.2-H;B-2(E2)
Lefty Grove: 13/SH.2-3
Tom Carey: 43

Top 9

George Selkirk: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Red Ruffing: K

Notes & reviews

Desautels badly bruised in face after collision as he tagged Henrich out
Doerr hit on elbow, went to hospital for X-rays that were negative
hidden ball trick
Herich hit head on wall jumping for homer, left with scalp cut that needed four stitches, spent night in hospital

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