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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1944-09-17 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 2:05

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 7th. Russ Christopher earned the win. Larry Rosenthal went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Tiny Bonham SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Ernie Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ford Garrison	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Epps	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frankie Hayes	4	2	2	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill McGhee	4	2	2	0	0	0
George Kell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Busch	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Hamlin	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	0	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	1	1	2	0	0
Russ Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bud Metheny	5	1	2	0	0	0
Russ Derry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Lindell	4	2	2	1	0	0
Nick Etten	4	1	3	0	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	2	2	0	0
Oscar Grimes	3	0	1	1	1	1
Mike Garbark	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tiny Bonham	3	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Hamlin	6.0	8	1	3
Russ Christopher	3.0	3	1	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tiny Bonham	9.0	8	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 43
Ford Garrison: 2/FL
Hal Epps: K

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: W
Bud Metheny: PO1(13)#
Bud Metheny: 3
Russ Derry: K

Top 2

Frankie Hayes: S
Dick Siebert: S/8.1-3
Bill McGhee: 6(B)3(1)/LDP
George Kell: E4.3-H(UR)
Ed Busch: 43

Bot 2

Johnny Lindell: S/8
Nick Etten: SB2#
Nick Etten: 8
Frankie Crosetti: 63
Oscar Grimes: S/7.2-H
Mike Garbark: SB2
Mike Garbark: 53

Top 3

Luke Hamlin: 7
Irv Hall: S/7
Ford Garrison: 2/FL
Hal Epps: 9

Bot 3

Tiny Bonham: 7
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Bud Metheny: S/8
Russ Derry: 43

Top 4

Frankie Hayes: 63
Dick Siebert: 43
Bill McGhee: 63

Bot 4

Johnny Lindell: 5/FL
Nick Etten: S/8
Frankie Crosetti: 8
Oscar Grimes: K

Top 5

George Kell: 9
Ed Busch: 8
Luke Hamlin: 63

Bot 5

Mike Garbark: 9
Tiny Bonham: 2/FL
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 3

Top 6

Irv Hall: 63
Ford Garrison: E5
Hal Epps: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Bud Metheny: S/9
Russ Derry: 14(B)/SH.1-2
Johnny Lindell: S/7.2-H
Nick Etten: D/9.1-3
Frankie Crosetti: S/8.3-H;2-H
Oscar Grimes: 54(1)/FO
Mike Garbark: K/C

Top 7

Frankie Hayes: HR/9
Dick Siebert: 8
Bill McGhee: D/7
George Kell: S.2-3
Ed Busch: FC3.3-H(E3/TH)(UR);1-3;B-2
Bobby Estalella: IW
Irv Hall: K
Ford Garrison: 43

Bot 7

Tiny Bonham: K
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 53
Bud Metheny: 43

Top 8

Hal Epps: K
Frankie Hayes: K/C
Dick Siebert: 43

Bot 8

Russ Derry: 43
Johnny Lindell: 13
Nick Etten: S/9
Frankie Crosetti: S/8.1-2#
Oscar Grimes: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Garbark: K

Top 9

Bill McGhee: S/8
Larry Rosenthal: HR/9.1-H
Ed Busch: 8
Russ Christopher: 8
Irv Hall: 9

Bot 9

Paul Waner: 13
Snuffy Stirnweiss: D/9
Bud Metheny: 31.2-3
Russ Derry: 53