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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1943-09-16 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 2552 · 1:40

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 7th. Marius Russo earned the win. Charlie Keller went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
NYA	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0		5	11

W: Marius Russo L: Lum Harris SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Mayo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jo-Jo White	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Staller	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	2	1	0	0
Irv Hall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lum Harris	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Welaj	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Weatherly	2	0	1	0	2	0
Bud Metheny	4	1	1	1	1	0
Billy Johnson	4	1	3	2	0	0
Charlie Keller	4	1	2	2	0	0
Nick Etten	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	2	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marius Russo	4	2	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lum Harris	7.0	10	4	1
Lou Ciola	1.0	1	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marius Russo	9.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Mayo: 63
Jo-Jo White: 43
George Staller: 43

Bot 1

Roy Weatherly: S
Bud Metheny: 46(1)3/GDP
Billy Johnson: S
Charlie Keller: S.1-3
Nick Etten: 3/G

Top 2

Bobby Estalella: W
Dick Siebert: S.1-2
Irv Hall: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Hal Wagner: 6/P

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: 5/L
Joe Gordon: 5/FL
Frankie Crosetti: 63

Top 3

Pete Suder: 63
Lum Harris: K
Eddie Mayo: 13

Bot 3

Marius Russo: 3/FL
Roy Weatherly: W
Bud Metheny: 2/FL
Billy Johnson: 8

Top 4

Jo-Jo White: S
George Staller: 14/SH.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 9
Dick Siebert: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Irv Hall: 63

Bot 4

Charlie Keller: 43
Nick Etten: 3/FL
Bill Dickey: W
Joe Gordon: K

Top 5

Hal Wagner: 9
Pete Suder: E6
Lum Harris: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Marius Russo: S
Roy Weatherly: 43.1-2
Bud Metheny: W
Billy Johnson: S7.2-H;1X3(76)

Top 6

Eddie Mayo: 4/P
Jo-Jo White: 3/G
George Staller: S
Bobby Estalella: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 31
Nick Etten: 6/P
Bill Dickey: W
Joe Gordon: S.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 8

Top 7

Dick Siebert: 63
Irv Hall: 53
Hal Wagner: 43

Bot 7

Marius Russo: S
Roy Weatherly: 53/SH.1-2
Bud Metheny: D7.2-H
Billy Johnson: S.2-H
Charlie Keller: HR/9.1-H
Nick Etten: 4/P
Bill Dickey: 43

Top 8

Pete Suder: 7
Johnny Welaj: 2/FL
Eddie Mayo: 9

Bot 8

Joe Gordon: 8/L
Frankie Crosetti: S
Marius Russo: 7
Roy Weatherly: W.1-2
Bud Metheny: 2/FL

Top 9

Jo-Jo White: 5/L
George Staller: K
Bobby Estalella: 8/8D