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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1941-09-07 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 22822 · 2:07

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 8–5. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 3rd. Lefty Gomez earned the win and Johnny Murphy picked up the save. Joe Gordon went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	13
NYA	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0		8	12

W: Lefty Gomez L: Jack Wilson SV: Johnny Murphy

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	6	1	2	0	0	1
Lou Finney	5	1	1	1	0	0
Ted Williams	4	1	3	1	1	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	2	2	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	2	1	2	1
Bobby Doerr	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Peacock	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ryba	1	1	1	0	1	0
Stan Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Flair	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Carey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Pytlak	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Sturm	5	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Rizzuto	4	2	2	0	0	0
Tommy Henrich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	2	2	2	2	1	0
George Selkirk	3	1	2	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	1	3	2	0	0
Joe Gordon	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jerry Priddy	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lefty Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Wilson	2.0	6	1	1
Mike Ryba	4.0	5	0	2
Earl Johnson	2.0	1	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	5.0	9	6	2
Johnny Murphy	4.0	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: K/C
Lou Finney: 9
Ted Williams: D9
Jim Tabor: 5

Bot 1

Johnny Sturm: 7
Phil Rizzuto: S8
Tommy Henrich: SB2
Tommy Henrich: 43.2-3
Charlie Keller: W
George Selkirk: HP.1-2
Bill Dickey: S8.3-H;2XH(852);1-2

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: W
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: K/C
Johnny Peacock: 9
Jack Wilson: 8

Bot 2

Joe Gordon: HR/7
Jerry Priddy: 63
Lefty Gomez: 3/G
Johnny Sturm: K

Top 3

Skeeter Newsome: 5/FL
Lou Finney: 8
Ted Williams: S9
Jim Tabor: W.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Doerr: 8

Bot 3

Phil Rizzuto: S
Tommy Henrich: S9.1-3
Charlie Keller: D9.3-H;1-H
George Selkirk: K
Bill Dickey: S6.2-H(E6)(UR)
Joe Gordon: SB2
Joe Gordon: K
Jerry Priddy: 3/G

Top 4

Dom DiMaggio: 9
Johnny Peacock: 43
Mike Ryba: S8
Skeeter Newsome: S7.1-2
Lou Finney: 53

Bot 4

Lefty Gomez: 3/G
Johnny Sturm: 8
Phil Rizzuto: 7

Top 5

Ted Williams: D8
Jim Tabor: 5
Jimmie Foxx: S7.2-H
Bobby Doerr: 2/FL
Dom DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Tommy Henrich: 8
Charlie Keller: S9
George Selkirk: S9.1-3(E9)
Bill Dickey: S8.3-H;1-3
Joe Gordon: S8.3-H;1-3
Jerry Priddy: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Lefty Gomez: 7

Top 6

Johnny Peacock: S8
Mike Ryba: W.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: S.2-3;1-2
Lou Finney: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ted Williams: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jim Tabor: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: K
Stan Spence: 8
Dom DiMaggio: 9

Bot 6

Johnny Sturm: 3/G
Phil Rizzuto: 7
Tommy Henrich: 9

Top 7

Johnny Peacock: 3/G
Al Flair: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 13

Bot 7

Frenchy Bordagaray: K
George Selkirk: S9
Bill Dickey: 36(1)/FO
Joe Gordon: 13

Top 8

Lou Finney: 63
Ted Williams: 8
Jim Tabor: S9
Jimmie Foxx: S.1-2
Tom Carey: 7

Bot 8

Jerry Priddy: 63
Johnny Murphy: K
Johnny Sturm: 9

Top 9

Dom DiMaggio: S7
Johnny Peacock: 2/FL
Frankie Pytlak: K
Skeeter Newsome: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Boston manager Cronin ejected by HP umpire Grieve for arguing that Henrich had foul tipped pitch on which Rizzuto stole; umpire ruled it swing and miss

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