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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-05-06 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 10000 · 2:02

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 2nd. Monte Pearson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Monte Pearson L: Lefty Sullivan SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	2	1	0	1	1	1
Red Rolfe	4	0	1	0	1	0
Tommy Henrich	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	1	2	1	1	0
Charlie Keller	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Selkirk	2	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	1	2	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	2	1	0	0	2	0
Monte Pearson	4	0	2	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Weatherly	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Keltner	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Shilling	3	0	2	1	0	0
Skeeter Webb	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Dobson	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bruce Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	9.0	3	2	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Sullivan	1.2	3	2	1
Joe Dobson	6.1	4	4	0
Tom Drake	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 4/P
Tommy Henrich: T
Bill Dickey: 4/P

Bot 1

Roy Weatherly: K
Rollie Hemsley: 2/FL
Hal Trosky: 3/G

Top 2

Charlie Keller: 43
George Selkirk: HP
Joe Gordon: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: W.2-3;1-2
Monte Pearson: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frankie Crosetti: 7/SF.3-H
Red Rolfe: W.1-2
Tommy Henrich: 31

Bot 2

Ben Chapman: 9/L
Jeff Heath: K
Ken Keltner: 4/P

Top 3

Bill Dickey: S
Charlie Keller: 6/P
George Selkirk: 9/F
Joe Gordon: D.1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 3/FL

Bot 3

Jim Shilling: 63
Skeeter Webb: 63
Joe Dobson: K

Top 4

Monte Pearson: 43
Frankie Crosetti: 7/F
Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: 7/F

Bot 4

Roy Weatherly: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 6/L
Hal Trosky: 8/F

Top 5

Bill Dickey: W
Charlie Keller: 7/F
George Selkirk: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 5

Ben Chapman: 63
Jeff Heath: 7/F
Ken Keltner: T
Jim Shilling: S.3-H
Skeeter Webb: K

Top 6

Joe Gordon: 53
Babe Dahlgren: W
Monte Pearson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Joe Dobson: W
Roy Weatherly: 4(1)3/GDP
Rollie Hemsley: 8/F

Top 7

Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 8
Tommy Henrich: 3/G.1-2
Bill Dickey: D9/9DW.2-H
Charlie Keller: 5/P

Bot 7

Hal Trosky: 43
Ben Chapman: 9
Jeff Heath: 7

Top 8

George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 54(1)3/GDP
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Bot 8

Ken Keltner: 2
Jim Shilling: S8
Bruce Campbell: 54(1)/FO
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 13

Top 9

Monte Pearson: D7
Frankie Crosetti: HP
Red Rolfe: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Tommy Henrich: 8
Bill Dickey: 7

Bot 9

Rollie Hemsley: 7/7D
Hal Trosky: 8
Ben Chapman: 4/L

Notes & reviews

Selkirk hit on back.
Crosetti struck on R ankle.

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