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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-07-07 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 37129 · 2:05

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 10–5. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 6th. Nels Potter earned the win. Bob Johnson went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	6
PHA	2	0	1	0	2	4	1	0		10	12

W: Nels Potter L: Lefty Gomez 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	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Knickerbocker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	1	1	0	0	3	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Selkirk	2	1	2	1	2	0
Joe Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	1	1	2	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	2	0	1
Lefty Gomez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Buster Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Henrich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Lillard	3	1	0	0	2	0
Al Simmons	5	0	3	1	0	0
Benny McCoy	4	3	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	2	3	2	2	3	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	3	4	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	2	2	1	0
Sam Chapman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	3	2	1	0	2	1
Nels Potter	3	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	5.1	9	5	1
Atley Donald	0.2	1	1	0
Oral Hildebrand	2.0	2	4	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	9.0	6	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 63
Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Bill Lillard: 53
Al Simmons: 8
Benny McCoy: W
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Dick Siebert: D7
Frankie Hayes: 7

Top 2

George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Dickey: 31.2-3;3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 43.3-H
Lefty Gomez: 8

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: 9
Al Rubeling: 8
Nels Potter: 2/FL

Top 3

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Bot 3

Bill Lillard: 23
Al Simmons: S1
Benny McCoy: 36(1)/FO
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Dick Siebert: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Sam Chapman: 9

Top 4

George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 64(1)3/GDP
Bill Dickey: 31

Bot 4

Al Rubeling: K
Nels Potter: S7
Bill Lillard: 54(1)/FO
Al Simmons: 9

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: K
Lefty Gomez: K
Frankie Crosetti: 7

Bot 5

Benny McCoy: 8
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: D9.1-H
Frankie Hayes: S8.2-H
Sam Chapman: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bill Knickerbocker: 7
Charlie Keller: 2/FL
Joe DiMaggio: S7
George Selkirk: D9.1-3
Joe Gordon: 7

Bot 6

Al Rubeling: S1
Nels Potter: 53/SH.1-2
Bill Lillard: WP.2-3
Bill Lillard: W
Al Simmons: S7.1-2;3-H
Benny McCoy: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: D.1-H;2-H;3-H
Frankie Hayes: 7

Top 7

Bill Dickey: HR/9
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Buster Mills: 7
Frankie Crosetti: 53

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: 3/FL
Al Rubeling: W
Nels Potter: 13/SH.1-2
Bill Lillard: W
Al Simmons: S9.1-2;2-H(NR)(E5)(UR)
Benny McCoy: 43

Top 8

Bill Knickerbocker: 7
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 6
George Selkirk: T9.1-H
Joe Gordon: K/C

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 7
Frankie Hayes: S7.1-2
Sam Chapman: 43.1-2;2-3
Al Rubeling: W
Nels Potter: 3/G

Top 9

Bill Dickey: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: HR/7
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL
Frankie Crosetti: 9