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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1940-05-17 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 6000 · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Chicago White Sox 6–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 4th. Marv Breuer earned the win. Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Marv Breuer L: Eddie Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Knickerbocker	4	0	0	0	1	1
Red Rolfe	4	1	0	0	1	1
Tommy Henrich	4	1	0	0	0	1
Joe DiMaggio	4	2	2	2	0	1
Buddy Rosar	3	0	0	0	1	2
Buster Mills	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Gordon	3	1	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	2	1	0	0
Marv Breuer	3	0	0	1	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Kennedy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	1	0	0	1	2
Larry Rosenthal	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eric McNair	3	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Tresh	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dietrich	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marv Breuer	9.0	5	3	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	4.0	4	2	4
Bill Dietrich	5.0	2	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Knickerbocker: 53
Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: HR/7.1-H
Buddy Rosar: K

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: 9
Joe Kuhel: 7
Mike Kreevich: 63

Top 2

Buster Mills: 53
Joe Gordon: K
Babe Dahlgren: 7

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: 6/L
Luke Appling: K
Larry Rosenthal: 3

Top 3

Marv Breuer: K
Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Red Rolfe: 6/FL

Bot 3

Eric McNair: 8
Mike Tresh: 63
Eddie Smith: 43

Top 4

Tommy Henrich: E4.B-2
Joe DiMaggio: S5.2-2
Buddy Rosar: 7
Buster Mills: T8.2-H(UR);1-H
Joe Gordon: HP
Babe Dahlgren: S9.3-H;1-3
Marv Breuer: 153.3-H(UR);1-2
Bill Knickerbocker: W
Red Rolfe: 3/G

Bot 4

Bob Kennedy: 9
Joe Kuhel: K/C
Mike Kreevich: 63

Top 5

Tommy Henrich: 7
Joe DiMaggio: K/C
Buddy Rosar: K/C

Bot 5

Taffy Wright: 7
Luke Appling: K
Larry Rosenthal: S9
Eric McNair: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Buster Mills: 63
Joe Gordon: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL

Bot 6

Mike Tresh: W
Bill Dietrich: S.1-2
Bob Kennedy: S9.2-3;1-2
Joe Kuhel: 2/FL
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Marv Breuer: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: K
Red Rolfe: K

Bot 7

Taffy Wright: 8
Luke Appling: W
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Eric McNair: S7.2-H;1-2#
Mike Tresh: 9
Bill Dietrich: 53

Top 8

Tommy Henrich: 5/L
Joe DiMaggio: 53
Buddy Rosar: W
Buster Mills: S4.1-2
Joe Gordon: 7

Bot 8

Bob Kennedy: S8
Joe Kuhel: 3
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: S8
Marv Breuer: 24/SH.1-2
Bill Knickerbocker: 53
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 9

Taffy Wright: 63
Luke Appling: 43
Larry Rosenthal: 8