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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-09-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:13

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–4. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 3rd. Red Ruffing earned the win. Joe Gordon went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Ruffing L: Porter Vaughan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Wally Moses	5	1	2	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	1	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	1	0	0
Benny McCoy	4	0	1	0	1
Joe Gantenbein	4	1	1	1	0
Al Brancato	4	0	1	1	1
Porter Vaughan	3	0	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	10	0	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Porter Vaughan	9.0	9	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Gordon: 7
Red Rolfe: 3
Charlie Keller: K/C

Bot 1

Wally Moses: S8
Sam Chapman: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: 8
Frankie Hayes: 4

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: S7
George Selkirk: 6(1)3/GDP
Bill Dickey: 13

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: S8
Benny McCoy: S8.1-3;B-2(E8/TH)#
Joe Gantenbein: 63.3-H
Al Brancato: 3/FL
Porter Vaughan: 53

Top 3

Babe Dahlgren: S9
Frankie Crosetti: 3/FL
Red Ruffing: 9
Joe Gordon: HR7/IPHR.1-H
Red Rolfe: W
Charlie Keller: S8.1-3
Joe DiMaggio: 8/L

Bot 3

Wally Moses: S8
Sam Chapman: S9.1-2
Bob Johnson: S7.2-H;1-3
Frankie Hayes: 7/L.3-H
Dick Siebert: 4
Benny McCoy: 3

Top 4

George Selkirk: W
Bill Dickey: HR/9.1-H
Babe Dahlgren: K
Frankie Crosetti: 43
Red Ruffing: K

Bot 4

Joe Gantenbein: 2/FL
Al Brancato: 63
Porter Vaughan: S7
Wally Moses: 43

Top 5

Joe Gordon: 5/FL
Red Rolfe: S9
Charlie Keller: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 8.2-3
George Selkirk: SB2
George Selkirk: W
Bill Dickey: 6

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: 4
Bob Johnson: 6
Frankie Hayes: S
Dick Siebert: 63

Top 6

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Frankie Crosetti: 9
Red Ruffing: D7
Joe Gordon: S7.2-H;B-2
Red Rolfe: 9/L

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: 8
Joe Gantenbein: S8.B-2(E4)
Al Brancato: D8.2-H;B-3
Porter Vaughan: 4
Wally Moses: 7

Top 7

Charlie Keller: 43
Joe DiMaggio: 63
George Selkirk: 3

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: E6
Bob Johnson: 9
Frankie Hayes: 2/FL
Dick Siebert: 63

Top 8

Bill Dickey: 3
Babe Dahlgren: W
Frankie Crosetti: 8
Red Ruffing: S9.1-3
Joe Gordon: 6

Bot 8

Benny McCoy: K
Joe Gantenbein: 2
Al Brancato: K

Top 9

Red Rolfe: 9
Charlie Keller: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 2/FL

Bot 9

Chubby Dean: K
Wally Moses: 9
Sam Chapman: 43