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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-07-05 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 25520 · 2:05

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 6–3. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Johnny Babich earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Babich L: Monte Pearson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	0	1	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	2	2	1	0	0
George Selkirk	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	1	2	2	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	0	1	1
Monte Pearson	1	0	0	0	1	1
Tommy Henrich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Mills	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Lillard	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	3	1	1	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	1	3	3	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	1	1	0	1	1
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	2	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	2	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Babich	3	0	0	0	0	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	6.0	6	3	5
Steve Sundra	1.0	1	2	1
Atley Donald	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Babich	9.0	7	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: 2/FL
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 13

Bot 1

Bill Lillard: W
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: K
Bob Johnson: S7.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);2-H
Dick Siebert: SB2
Dick Siebert: K
Frankie Hayes: 53

Top 2

George Selkirk: 6
Joe Gordon: HR/7
Buddy Rosar: S8
Babe Dahlgren: D8.1-3
Monte Pearson: W
Frankie Crosetti: 6
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: K
Al Rubeling: S7
Johnny Babich: K
Bill Lillard: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Charlie Keller: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 7
George Selkirk: 7

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 3/FL
Benny McCoy: 7
Bob Johnson: 2/FL

Top 4

Joe Gordon: 9
Buddy Rosar: D7
Babe Dahlgren: K
Monte Pearson: K/C

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: S7
Frankie Hayes: HR/7.1-H
Sam Chapman: 8
Al Rubeling: 63
Johnny Babich: K

Top 5

Frankie Crosetti: 6
Red Rolfe: 3
Charlie Keller: 8

Bot 5

Bill Lillard: 43
Wally Moses: S9
Benny McCoy: 7
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Dick Siebert: 3/G

Top 6

Joe DiMaggio: HR/7
George Selkirk: 43
Joe Gordon: 53
Buddy Rosar: 4

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: 63
Sam Chapman: 63
Al Rubeling: W
Johnny Babich: CS2(24)

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: W
Tommy Henrich: 6(1)3/GDP
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 6

Bot 7

Johnny Babich: K
Bill Lillard: 8
Wally Moses: 4

Top 8

Charlie Keller: 9
Joe DiMaggio: D7
George Selkirk: SB3
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: S8.1X3(85);3-H;B-2(TH3)
Buddy Rosar: 8

Bot 8

Benny McCoy: W
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Dick Siebert: W
Frankie Hayes: 5
Sam Chapman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 8
Buster Mills: K
Frankie Crosetti: 63

Notes & reviews

Yankees coach Fletcher ejected by 3B umpire Summers for arguing call that Selkirk had overslid 3rd

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