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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1945-07-26 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 9752 · overcast · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 13–4. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 8th. Red Ruffing earned the win and Al Gettel picked up the save. Bud Metheny went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	7
NYA	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	4		13	14

W: Red Ruffing L: Jesse Flores SV: Al Gettel

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Jones · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Irv Hall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Peck	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Estalella	2	2	1	0	2	1
Buddy Rosar	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bill McGhee	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Kell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Busch	1	0	1	0	1	0
Jesse Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Metro	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mayo Smith	2	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Wilkins	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Knerr	2	0	1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	2	2	1	0	1	0
Bud Metheny	5	3	3	3	0	0
Hersh Martin	4	2	1	1	1	0
Nick Etten	4	1	1	1	1	0
Oscar Grimes	4	2	2	0	1	0
Tuck Stainback	4	1	2	2	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	2	3	0	0
Aaron Robinson	4	0	0	1	1	0
Red Ruffing	3	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Milosevich	1	1	1	1	1	0
Al Gettel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	4.1	6	3	1
Lou Knerr	3.2	8	3	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	6.0	4	2	5
Al Gettel	3.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Irv Hall: 5/FL
Hal Peck: K
Dick Siebert: 9

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: W
Bud Metheny: S9.1-H(E9)(TH3);B-3
Hersh Martin: 43.3-H(UR)
Nick Etten: 31
Oscar Grimes: 8

Top 2

Bobby Estalella: K
Buddy Rosar: 9
Bill McGhee: K

Bot 2

Tuck Stainback: 7
Frankie Crosetti: 4/L
Aaron Robinson: W
Red Ruffing: K

Top 3

George Kell: 4/L
Ed Busch: S9
Jesse Flores: 13/SH.1-2
Irv Hall: 4/L

Bot 3

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Bud Metheny: 9
Hersh Martin: 43

Top 4

Hal Peck: K
Dick Siebert: 6/P
Bobby Estalella: T9
Buddy Rosar: 2/FL

Bot 4

Nick Etten: W
Oscar Grimes: 2/FL
Tuck Stainback: T7.1-H
Frankie Crosetti: 43/SH.3-H
Aaron Robinson: 43

Top 5

Bill McGhee: 8
George Kell: 7
Ed Busch: W
Jesse Flores: 4/P

Bot 5

Red Ruffing: 9
Snuffy Stirnweiss: T7
Bud Metheny: S9.3-H
Hersh Martin: S.1-2
Nick Etten: S.2-H;1-2
Oscar Grimes: W.2-3;1-2
Tuck Stainback: 7
Frankie Crosetti: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Aaron Robinson: 6/P

Top 6

Irv Hall: 43
Charlie Metro: 8
Dick Siebert: K

Bot 6

Red Ruffing: T/89
Mike Milosevich: S.3-H
Bud Metheny: 9
Hersh Martin: 8
Nick Etten: 3/G

Top 7

Bobby Estalella: W
Buddy Rosar: S.1-2
Mayo Smith: S.2-H;1-2
George Kell: S.2-H;1-2
Bobby Wilkins: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Lou Knerr: S.3-H
Irv Hall: 3/P

Bot 7

Oscar Grimes: S
Tuck Stainback: 13/SH.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: S.2-3
Aaron Robinson: 7.3-H
Al Gettel: 99

Top 8

Charlie Metro: K
Dick Siebert: 6/P
Bobby Estalella: W
Buddy Rosar: D.1-H
Mayo Smith: 43

Bot 8

Mike Milosevich: W
Bud Metheny: HR.1-H
Hersh Martin: W
Nick Etten: 99
Oscar Grimes: S.1-2
Tuck Stainback: D.2-H;1-3
Frankie Crosetti: 99.3-H
Aaron Robinson: 99

Top 9

George Kell: 99
Bobby Wilkins: 99
Lou Knerr: 99

Notes & reviews

Single to RF, wild throw to 3B
Metheny ran into fence but stayed in game
Started to spinkle
Stirnweiss suffered badly bruised shoulder when hit by warmup throw from catcher Robinson before the Athletics batted in the 5th inning; he could not see the ball in the dark
Play stopped for 40 minutes for rain and darkness at 3:25 PM
Greek George ejected by HP umpire Cal Hubbard; ej,simma101,C,hubbc901,Bench jockeying
Athletics Coach Al Simmons ejected by HP umpire Cal Hubbard
pbp ends here, rest deduced

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