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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1939-09-06 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 11715 · 1:58

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Lefty Gomez earned the win. Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

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

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	8.0	7	3	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: 3/P
Joe Vosmik: 5/L
Ted Williams: 3/G

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53/BG
Red Rolfe: S9
Charlie Keller: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: 9

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: W
Joe Cronin: 9
Jim Tabor: 7
Bobby Doerr: 9

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: 5/P
Joe Gordon: 9
Jake Powell: 2/FL

Top 3

Gene Desautels: 43
Lefty Grove: 43
Doc Cramer: S/G
Joe Vosmik: S9.1-3
Ted Williams: S9/L.3-H;1-3
Jimmie Foxx: 9/F9DW

Bot 3

Babe Dahlgren: E6/TH1
Lefty Gomez: 56(1)/FO/BG
Frankie Crosetti: S9/G3L.1-3
Red Rolfe: FC1.3-H(E1/TH2)(NR)(UR);1-2
Charlie Keller: W.2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 4/P
Bill Dickey: K

Top 4

Joe Cronin: S/G
Jim Tabor: 7
Bobby Doerr: 43.1-2
Gene Desautels: 8

Bot 4

Joe Gordon: 63
Jake Powell: D9/F9DW
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Lefty Gomez: K

Top 5

Lefty Grove: K
Doc Cramer: K
Joe Vosmik: W
Ted Williams: 3/G

Bot 5

Frankie Crosetti: 5E3
Red Rolfe: CS2(26)
Red Rolfe: W
Charlie Keller: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 6

Jimmie Foxx: 4
Joe Cronin: 8
Jim Tabor: 2

Bot 6

Joe DiMaggio: S5/G
Bill Dickey: SB2
Bill Dickey: W
Joe Gordon: 5/FL
Jake Powell: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: S7
Gene Desautels: CS2(263)
Gene Desautels: K23
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 7

Lefty Gomez: 7
Frankie Crosetti: 5
Red Rolfe: S8
Charlie Keller: 8

Top 8

Doc Cramer: D7/7L
Joe Vosmik: 3/BG/SH.2-3
Ted Williams: K
Jimmie Foxx: 6/P

Bot 8

Joe DiMaggio: HR/F7D
Bill Dickey: S3/G
Joe Gordon: K
Jake Powell: 4
Babe Dahlgren: FC5.1-3(E5/TH2);B-2
Lefty Gomez: 43

Top 9

Joe Cronin: W
Jim Tabor: 7
Bobby Doerr: 53/SH.1-2
Tom Carey: 143

Notes & reviews

Keller: running 1-handed stab
Williams crashed into the concrete fence
Gordon's lazy fly down LF line was initially ruled a HR by Ump Summers, but after the Sox argued, Summers consulted Ump Basil who called it foul. The Yankees then argued.
Rolfe: good play
Gordon: good play

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