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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1944-06-18 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 30142 · 2:20

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 8–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 6 in the 1st. Russ Christopher earned the win and Joe Berry picked up the save. Nick Etten went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Joe Page SV: Joe Berry

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ford Garrison	6	0	0	0	0	1
Jo-Jo White	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bobby Estalella	5	1	2	0	1	2
Frankie Hayes	3	1	1	2	3	0
Dick Siebert	4	1	2	2	1	0
George Kell	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ed Busch	5	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Rullo	3	3	3	0	1	0
Russ Christopher	5	0	3	1	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	5	1	1	0	1
Bud Metheny	5	0	1	2	0
Larry Rosenthal	5	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lindell	5	2	3	0	0
Nick Etten	5	1	2	2	1
Mike Garbark	4	0	0	1	0
Oscar Grimes	4	1	1	0	0
Mike Milosevich	4	1	3	0	1
Al Lyons	4	0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	8.0	12	0	3
Joe Berry	1.0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Page	0.2	5	1	0
Al Lyons	8.1	8	6	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ford Garrison: 53
Jo-Jo White: HP
Bobby Estalella: SB2
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Dick Siebert: S.3-H;2-H
George Kell: T.1-H
Ed Busch: 8.3-H
Joe Rullo: S
Russ Christopher: D.1-H
Ford Garrison: 53

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: K
Bud Metheny: 9
Larry Rosenthal: 4/P

Top 2

Jo-Jo White: 43
Bobby Estalella: 2/P
Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: S.1-2
George Kell: WP.2-3;1-2
George Kell: 63

Bot 2

Johnny Lindell: S
Nick Etten: K
Mike Garbark: 64(1)/FO
Oscar Grimes: WP.1-2
Oscar Grimes: 63

Top 3

Ed Busch: E5
Joe Rullo: 13/SH.1-2
Russ Christopher: K
Ford Garrison: 2/P

Bot 3

Mike Milosevich: D
Al Lyons: 63
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Bud Metheny: S.2-H
Larry Rosenthal: 31

Top 4

Jo-Jo White: 53
Bobby Estalella: K
Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: W.1-2
George Kell: 43

Bot 4

Johnny Lindell: S.B-2(E2)
Nick Etten: 31.2-3
Mike Garbark: 9.3-H
Oscar Grimes: S
Mike Milosevich: S.1-2
Al Lyons: S.2-H;1-2
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ed Busch: 9
Joe Rullo: W
Russ Christopher: S.1-3
Ford Garrison: BK.3-H;1-2
Ford Garrison: 63
Jo-Jo White: 8

Bot 5

Bud Metheny: 31
Larry Rosenthal: 31
Johnny Lindell: 63

Top 6

Bobby Estalella: S
Frankie Hayes: 2/P
Dick Siebert: 9
George Kell: S.1-2
Ed Busch: 3/P

Bot 6

Nick Etten: S
Mike Garbark: 64(1)3/GDP
Oscar Grimes: 63

Top 7

Joe Rullo: S
Russ Christopher: D.1-3
Ford Garrison: K
Jo-Jo White: W
Bobby Estalella: K
Frankie Hayes: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dick Siebert: 6/P

Bot 7

Mike Milosevich: K23
Al Lyons: S
Snuffy Stirnweiss: S.1-2
Bud Metheny: 3/P
Larry Rosenthal: 3/P

Top 8

George Kell: 7
Ed Busch: 63
Joe Rullo: S
Russ Christopher: 4/P

Bot 8

Johnny Lindell: E4
Nick Etten: HR/9.1-H(UR)
Mike Garbark: 8
Oscar Grimes: 5/P
Mike Milosevich: S
Al Lyons: 8

Top 9

Ford Garrison: 53
Jo-Jo White: 4/P
Bobby Estalella: S
Frankie Hayes: 53

Bot 9

Snuffy Stirnweiss: E4.B-2
Bud Metheny: SB3
Bud Metheny: 9.3-H(UR)
Larry Rosenthal: 8
Johnny Lindell: S
Nick Etten: 6/P