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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1939-06-11 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 2:12

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 8–5. New York Yankees put up 5 in the 1st. Red Ruffing earned the win. Joe Gordon went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	17
SLA	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	12

W: Red Ruffing L: John Whitehead SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	0	2	1	0	1
Myril Hoag	4	2	3	1	1	0
George McQuinn	4	1	0	0	1	1
Harlond Clift	5	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	1	2	2	0	0
Hal Spindel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	4	0	3	0	0	0
Don Heffner	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Whitehead	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Kramer	2	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	12	3	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Whitehead	3.0	9	0	0
Jack Kramer	6.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: S.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: S.2-H;1-2
Bill Dickey: D.2-H;1-H
Charlie Keller: 7
Joe Gordon: HR.2-H
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Bot 1

Mel Almada: S
Myril Hoag: S.1-2
George McQuinn: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Harlond Clift: 6

Top 2

Red Ruffing: 3/L
Frankie Crosetti: HP
Red Rolfe: 7
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL

Bot 2

Billy Sullivan: HR
Hal Spindel: 9
Johnny Berardino: S
Don Heffner: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Joe DiMaggio: S
Bill Dickey: S.1-3
Charlie Keller: 5/L
Joe Gordon: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

John Whitehead: 53
Mel Almada: 5/FL
Myril Hoag: HR
George McQuinn: W
Harlond Clift: T.1-H
Billy Sullivan: 13

Top 4

Red Ruffing: S
Frankie Crosetti: S.1-2
Red Rolfe: 8
Tommy Henrich: S.2-H;1X3(95)
Joe DiMaggio: D.1-3
Bill Dickey: IW
Charlie Keller: K

Bot 4

Hal Spindel: 63
Johnny Berardino: S
Don Heffner: 46(1)/FO
Jack Kramer: W.1-2
Mel Almada: S.2-H;1-2
Myril Hoag: 9

Top 5

Joe Gordon: 53
Babe Dahlgren: 53
Red Ruffing: S
Frankie Crosetti: PO1(13)

Bot 5

George McQuinn: K
Harlond Clift: 8
Billy Sullivan: 9

Top 6

Frankie Crosetti: 8
Red Rolfe: 9
Tommy Henrich: S
Joe DiMaggio: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: S.2-H;1-2
Charlie Keller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Hal Spindel: 53
Johnny Berardino: 5/FL
Don Heffner: S
Jack Kramer: 9

Top 7

Joe Gordon: S.BX2(76)
Babe Dahlgren: S
Red Ruffing: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Mel Almada: K
Myril Hoag: W
George McQuinn: 3/FL
Harlond Clift: E5.1-2
Billy Sullivan: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Hal Spindel: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Frankie Crosetti: 5/FL
Red Rolfe: D
Tommy Henrich: 3/FL
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Bot 8

Johnny Berardino: S
Don Heffner: 46(1)3/GDP
Jack Kramer: 63

Top 9

Bill Dickey: 5
Charlie Keller: 7
Joe Gordon: 9

Bot 9

Mel Almada: 8
Myril Hoag: S
George McQuinn: 8
Harlond Clift: 53