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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-04-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4000 · 1:59

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 7th. Monte Pearson earned the win. Charlie Keller 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	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	7
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

W: Monte Pearson L: Nels Potter SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	3	1	1	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	1	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Lillard	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nels Potter	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	9.0	4	2	5

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	8.0	7	5	4
Bill Beckmann	1.0	0	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 6
Red Rolfe: K
George Selkirk: 3

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: 13
Wally Moses: 43
Al Simmons: K/C

Top 2

Charlie Keller: 7/L
Bill Dickey: 7
Tommy Henrich: 9/L

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 7/FL
Dick Siebert: 43
Frankie Hayes: 7/L

Top 3

Joe Gordon: 53
Babe Dahlgren: S9
Monte Pearson: W.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: W.2-3;1-2
Red Rolfe: 7
George Selkirk: 3

Bot 3

Al Rubeling: K
Bill Lillard: S8
Nels Potter: K/C
Benny McCoy: W.1-2
Wally Moses: 9/L

Top 4

Charlie Keller: W
Bill Dickey: S9.1-3
Tommy Henrich: K
Joe Gordon: S7.3-H;1-2#
Babe Dahlgren: K
Monte Pearson: K

Bot 4

Al Simmons: 43
Bob Johnson: 13
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 5

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: 8
George Selkirk: 9

Bot 5

Frankie Hayes: 7
Al Rubeling: 53
Bill Lillard: 63

Top 6

Charlie Keller: HR/9
Bill Dickey: 8
Tommy Henrich: 13
Joe Gordon: 53

Bot 6

Nels Potter: 5/FL
Benny McCoy: D9
Wally Moses: S8.2-H
Al Simmons: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: W
Monte Pearson: 23/SH.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: S7.2-3
Red Rolfe: 46(1)/FO.3-H
George Selkirk: S9.1-3
Charlie Keller: S.3-H;1-2
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 7

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: S9.1-2
Frankie Hayes: K
Al Rubeling: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 8

Tommy Henrich: W
Joe Gordon: 54(1)3/GDP
Babe Dahlgren: 63

Bot 8

Joe Gantenbein: K
Dee Miles: 7
Benny McCoy: 3

Top 9

Monte Pearson: 4
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 64(1)/FO
George Selkirk: W.1-2
Charlie Keller: 9

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 9
Al Simmons: 63
Bob Johnson: 5/FL