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Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1941-06-16 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 12552 · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 6–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Johnny Murphy earned the win and Marius Russo picked up the save. Joe Gordon went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Murphy L: Al Milnar SV: Marius Russo

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	2	1	2	1	0
Ken Keltner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gee Walker	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	1	0	2	1
Soup Campbell	4	0	3	1	0	0
Hal Trosky	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Mack	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Milnar	4	0	1	0	0	2

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Sturm	4	0	1	1	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	1	0	1	0
Tommy Henrich	4	0	1	0	1	1
Joe DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	3	1	2	2	1	0
Charlie Keller	4	1	1	0	0	1
Phil Rizzuto	3	2	2	0	1	0
Lefty Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	1	0	1	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	7.2	10	5	2
Clint Brown	0.1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	7.0	10	4	2
Johnny Murphy	1.0	2	0	0
Marius Russo	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: W
Ken Keltner: S8.1-2
Gee Walker: 8
Jeff Heath: 36(1)/FO.2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR)
Soup Campbell: SB2
Soup Campbell: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Sturm: 43
Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: 2/FL
Joe DiMaggio: 8/L

Top 2

Hal Trosky: S3
Ray Mack: 46(1)/FO
Rollie Hemsley: DGR/7.1-3
Al Milnar: K/C
Lou Boudreau: 2/FL

Bot 2

Buddy Rosar: 4/8S
Joe Gordon: 5/P
Charlie Keller: 43

Top 3

Ken Keltner: 63
Gee Walker: 9
Jeff Heath: S/89
Soup Campbell: S8.1-3
Hal Trosky: 4/P

Bot 3

Phil Rizzuto: S7
Lefty Gomez: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Sturm: S8.2-H
Red Rolfe: 5/P
Tommy Henrich: 3/P

Top 4

Ray Mack: 5/P
Rollie Hemsley: S9/L
Al Milnar: K
Lou Boudreau: HR/7.1-H
Ken Keltner: 5/FL

Bot 4

Joe DiMaggio: 4/L
Buddy Rosar: W
Joe Gordon: HR/7.1-H
Charlie Keller: S8
Phil Rizzuto: S5/BG.1-2
Lefty Gomez: 43.1-2;2-3
Johnny Sturm: 43

Top 5

Gee Walker: 63
Jeff Heath: W
Soup Campbell: S7.1-2
Hal Trosky: 9(B)5(2)/9S/DP

Bot 5

Red Rolfe: 9
Tommy Henrich: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: D7
Buddy Rosar: 9

Top 6

Ray Mack: W
Rollie Hemsley: 64(1)3/GDP
Al Milnar: 4/9S/P

Bot 6

Joe Gordon: W
Charlie Keller: K
Phil Rizzuto: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Lou Boudreau: 43
Ken Keltner: 43
Gee Walker: S6/6D
Jeff Heath: W.1-2
Soup Campbell: S8.1-2;2-H
Hal Trosky: 4/P

Bot 7

Frenchy Bordagaray: 4/P
Johnny Sturm: 4/P
Red Rolfe: S9
Tommy Henrich: S5.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Top 8

Ray Mack: S7
Rollie Hemsley: 64(1)3/GDP
Al Milnar: S6
Lou Boudreau: 53

Bot 8

Buddy Rosar: 8/8D
Joe Gordon: S7
Charlie Keller: 36(1)/FO
Phil Rizzuto: W.1-2
Red Ruffing: E6.1-2;2-3
Bill Dickey: S9.1-3;2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Red Rolfe: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Tommy Henrich: W.2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Top 9

Ken Keltner: 4/P
Gee Walker: 3/L
Jeff Heath: K

Notes & reviews

Crosetti was spiked in the hand and left the game.
Henrich intentionally dropped the ball. Heath running at his own risk was out at third. Trosky was also ruled out under the rule forbidding intentionally dropping a fly ball. Time was called on account of rain.

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