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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1939-06-07 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 8000 · 2:08

New York Yankees defeated Chicago White Sox 5–2. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 5th. Lefty Gomez earned the win and Johnny Murphy picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Gomez L: Thornton Lee SV: Johnny Murphy

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: Steve Basil · 3B: Joe Rue · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	0	0	0	0	1
Red Rolfe	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tommy Henrich	5	2	2	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Gordon	4	1	3	0	0	0
George Selkirk	2	0	1	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Gomez	3	0	1	1	0	1
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ollie Bejma	4	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	5	0	2	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	1	0	0	1	1
Rip Radcliff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Luke Appling	2	0	0	1	2	1
Mike Kreevich	3	0	1	0	1	0
Marv Owen	3	0	2	0	1	0
Tony Rensa	3	0	0	0	0	0
Thornton Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Steinbacher	0	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	7.0	7	4	2
Johnny Murphy	2.0	0	3	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	5.1	7	3	3
Vic Frazier	2.2	2	1	0
Clint Brown	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 43
Red Rolfe: 43
Tommy Henrich: S
Joe DiMaggio: T.1-H
Bill Dickey: K

Bot 1

Ollie Bejma: W
Joe Kuhel: 2/FL
Gee Walker: W.1-2
Rip Radcliff: S.2-H;1-3
Luke Appling: 43.3-H;1-2
Mike Kreevich: 63

Top 2

Joe Gordon: S/BG
George Selkirk: S.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: 4/P
Lefty Gomez: S3/BG.3-H;1-3(E3/TH1)
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 7/F

Bot 2

Marv Owen: W
Tony Rensa: 64(1)3/GDP
Thornton Lee: 43

Top 3

Tommy Henrich: 5/P
Joe DiMaggio: 53
Bill Dickey: W
Joe Gordon: S.1-2
George Selkirk: 8/L

Bot 3

Ollie Bejma: 8/F
Joe Kuhel: 43
Gee Walker: 7/L

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: 5/FL
Lefty Gomez: 63
Frankie Crosetti: 53

Bot 4

Rip Radcliff: 8/F
Luke Appling: W
Mike Kreevich: 9/F
Marv Owen: S.1-3
Tony Rensa: 8/F

Top 5

Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: S7.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Joe DiMaggio: IW
Bill Dickey: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
Joe Gordon: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Gordon: 9/F
George Selkirk: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Babe Dahlgren: 63

Bot 5

Thornton Lee: 3/G
Ollie Bejma: S
Joe Kuhel: S.1-3
Gee Walker: K
Rip Radcliff: 7/F

Top 6

Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: 43
Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: 5/P

Bot 6

Luke Appling: K
Mike Kreevich: S
Marv Owen: S.1-2
Tony Rensa: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Joe DiMaggio: 7
Bill Dickey: 3/G
Joe Gordon: S
George Selkirk: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: PO2(E2/TH).2-3
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Vic Frazier: 43
Ollie Bejma: 63
Joe Kuhel: S
Gee Walker: 7

Top 8

Red Ruffing: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 2/FL
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 8

Rip Radcliff: 3
Luke Appling: W
Mike Kreevich: W.1-2
Marv Owen: 43.2-3;1-2
Hank Steinbacher: W
Larry Rosenthal: 6

Top 9

Tommy Henrich: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 53
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 9

Ollie Bejma: 7
Joe Kuhel: 43
Gee Walker: 3

Notes & reviews

Heat apparently affected Lee.

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