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Washington Senators @ New York Yankees

1939-08-15 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 10 innings · Att: 8049 · 1:56

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 3–2. Lefty Gomez earned the win. Charlie Gelbert went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
NYA	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	6

W: Lefty Gomez L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	0	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam West	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	4	0	2	1	0	1
Charlie Gelbert	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Vernon	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Giuliani	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Chase	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — batting

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

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	9.2	6	4	4

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	10.0	3	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 8
Buddy Lewis: 5
Sam West: 4

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: 8
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 3/FL

Top 2

Bobby Estalella: K
Charlie Gelbert: 3/FL
Jimmy Bloodworth: K23

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: K/C
Joe Gordon: HR
George Selkirk: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 9

Top 3

Mickey Vernon: 7
Tony Giuliani: 8
Ken Chase: K

Bot 3

Lefty Gomez: S
Frankie Crosetti: 9
Red Rolfe: 9
Charlie Keller: 8

Top 4

George Case: E6
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: 8
Sam West: K
Bobby Estalella: D.2-H(UR)
Charlie Gelbert: 9

Bot 4

Joe DiMaggio: W
Bill Dickey: 9
Joe Gordon: 54(1)/FO
George Selkirk: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Jimmy Bloodworth: 4
Mickey Vernon: W
Tony Giuliani: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Babe Dahlgren: W
Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: 43.1-2
Red Rolfe: 8

Top 6

Ken Chase: K
George Case: 5
Buddy Lewis: 8

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 7
Joe DiMaggio: 63
Bill Dickey: 9

Top 7

Sam West: 9
Bobby Estalella: S
Charlie Gelbert: CS2(24)
Charlie Gelbert: HR
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8

Bot 7

Joe Gordon: 63
George Selkirk: W
Babe Dahlgren: HP.1-2
Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: S.2-H;1-2
Red Rolfe: 43

Top 8

Mickey Vernon: 13
Tony Giuliani: 63
Ken Chase: 3/G

Bot 8

Charlie Keller: S
Joe DiMaggio: 2
Bill Dickey: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

George Case: 63
Buddy Lewis: 8
Sam West: 43

Bot 9

Joe Gordon: 53
George Selkirk: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Top 10

Bobby Estalella: 8
Charlie Gelbert: W
Jimmy Bloodworth: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 10

Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: 8
Red Rolfe: S
Charlie Keller: WP.1-2
Charlie Keller: D.2-H