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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 7th. Steve Sundra earned the win. Buddy Rosar went 3-for-5 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	9	13
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

W: Steve Sundra L: Porter Vaughan SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gordon	5	3	4	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	5	1	1	1	0	0
Tommy Henrich	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe DiMaggio	3	2	2	1	2	0
Charlie Keller	3	3	1	0	2	0
Buddy Rosar	5	0	3	4	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	5	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	5	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Sundra	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	1	3	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	2	1	1	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	1
Crash Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Chapman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Porter Vaughan	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Heusser	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Wagner	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Sundra	9.0	6	2	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Porter Vaughan	7.0	11	3	3
Ed Heusser	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Gordon: S7
Red Rolfe: 163.1-2
Tommy Henrich: 6
Joe DiMaggio: W
Charlie Keller: W.2-3;1-2
Buddy Rosar: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Rosar: D7.2-H;3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 3/FL

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 8
Wally Moses: S9
Sam Chapman: K
Bob Johnson: 63

Top 2

Frankie Crosetti: 7
Steve Sundra: K
Joe Gordon: 53

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Frankie Hayes: 7
Crash Davis: 63

Top 3

Red Rolfe: 3/FL
Tommy Henrich: 53
Joe DiMaggio: S7
Charlie Keller: 8

Bot 3

Fred Chapman: 53
Porter Vaughan: 53
Joe Gantenbein: 8

Top 4

Buddy Rosar: 4
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Frankie Crosetti: E6
Steve Sundra: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Wally Moses: D9.BX3(95)
Sam Chapman: W
Bob Johnson: 5/FL
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 5

Joe Gordon: T7
Red Rolfe: 9.3-H
Tommy Henrich: K
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Bot 5

Frankie Hayes: K
Crash Davis: 4
Fred Chapman: 53

Top 6

Charlie Keller: S8
Buddy Rosar: S7.1-H(NR)(E7);B-2
Babe Dahlgren: 53
Frankie Crosetti: 5
Steve Sundra: K

Bot 6

Porter Vaughan: 6
Joe Gantenbein: 3/G
Wally Moses: D7
Sam Chapman: S7.2-H
Bob Johnson: 6

Top 7

Joe Gordon: S8
Red Rolfe: S8.1-3(E8)
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL
Joe DiMaggio: S7.1-2;3-H
Charlie Keller: WP.2-3;1-2
Charlie Keller: W
Buddy Rosar: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H
Babe Dahlgren: S8.1-2;3-H
Frankie Crosetti: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Steve Sundra: 9

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: 8
Crash Davis: 63

Top 8

Joe Gordon: S8
Red Rolfe: 36(1)/FO
Tommy Henrich: S7.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Keller: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Fred Chapman: 7
Ed Heusser: K/C
Joe Gantenbein: 8

Top 9

Buddy Rosar: 63
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Frankie Crosetti: K/C

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 3/G
Sam Chapman: S3
Bob Johnson: 7
Dick Siebert: D9.1-3
Hal Wagner: W
Crash Davis: 1