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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1945-09-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · 11 innings · Att: 36021 · 2:56

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–6. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 1st. Ken Holcombe earned the win. Charlie Keller went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
NYA	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	14
PHA	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	11

W: Ken Holcombe L: Jesse Flores SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	6	2	4	0	0	1
Bud Metheny	4	1	0	0	1	1
Russ Derry	4	2	1	0	2	1
Charlie Keller	6	2	3	4	0	2
Nick Etten	5	0	2	2	1	0
Bill Drescher	6	0	2	1	0	0
Oscar Grimes	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Milosevich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Monk Dubiel	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Holcombe	2	0	1	0	0	1
Hersh Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mayo Smith	5	1	2	1	1	0
Ernie Kish	6	2	2	1	0	0
Irv Hall	5	1	1	0	1	1
Bobby Estalella	5	0	2	1	1	0
Dick Siebert	5	0	1	0	1	0
George Kell	5	1	1	1	0	0
Al Brancato	5	1	0	0	0	1
Greek George	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Berry	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bill McGhee	0	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Rosar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monk Dubiel	6.0	8	4	3
Ken Holcombe	5.0	3	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Black	1.0	3	1	0
Joe Berry	7.0	9	1	4
Jesse Flores	3.0	2	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: T9
Bud Metheny: W
Russ Derry: 13.1-2;3-3
Charlie Keller: T8.3-H;2-H
Nick Etten: 63.3-H
Bill Drescher: 43

Bot 1

Mayo Smith: S8
Ernie Kish: 46(1)/FO
Irv Hall: W.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 9/F.2-3
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 2

Oscar Grimes: S7
Mike Milosevich: 3/FL
Monk Dubiel: 5/FL
Snuffy Stirnweiss: K

Bot 2

George Kell: S8
Al Brancato: K
Greek George: S7.1-2
Joe Berry: W.2-3;1-2
Mayo Smith: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ernie Kish: 146(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bud Metheny: K
Russ Derry: S1/BG
Charlie Keller: 7
Nick Etten: 3/G

Bot 3

Irv Hall: 4/L
Bobby Estalella: 6/L
Dick Siebert: 7

Top 4

Bill Drescher: S9
Oscar Grimes: 43.1-2
Mike Milosevich: 8
Monk Dubiel: K

Bot 4

George Kell: 3/FL
Al Brancato: 7/L
Greek George: K

Top 5

Snuffy Stirnweiss: D8
Bud Metheny: 13/SH.2-3
Russ Derry: W
Charlie Keller: K
Nick Etten: S9.3-H;1-3#
Bill Drescher: S9.3-H;1-2
Oscar Grimes: 13

Bot 5

Joe Berry: 8
Mayo Smith: S9
Ernie Kish: D9.1-H
Irv Hall: E5/TH.2-2;B-1#
Bobby Estalella: D7.2-H;1-3
Dick Siebert: IW
George Kell: 7/78.3-H(UR)
Al Brancato: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Mike Milosevich: 43
Monk Dubiel: 6
Snuffy Stirnweiss: T9
Bud Metheny: 6

Bot 6

Greek George: 5
Joe Berry: K
Mayo Smith: 43

Top 7

Russ Derry: 8
Charlie Keller: HR/9
Nick Etten: 9/L
Bill Drescher: 31

Bot 7

Ernie Kish: S9
Irv Hall: S7.1-2
Bobby Estalella: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Siebert: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
George Kell: 53

Top 8

Oscar Grimes: 7
Mike Milosevich: 43
Ken Holcombe: S7
Snuffy Stirnweiss: D7.1-3
Bud Metheny: 2

Bot 8

Al Brancato: E5/TH.B-2
Greek George: 34/SH.2-3
Bill McGhee: WP.3-H(UR)#
Bill McGhee: W
Mayo Smith: 43.1-2
Ernie Kish: 3/G

Top 9

Russ Derry: K
Charlie Keller: K
Nick Etten: S9
Bill Drescher: 8

Bot 9

Irv Hall: 43
Bobby Estalella: 53
Dick Siebert: S9
George Kell: 9

Top 10

Oscar Grimes: 4
Hersh Martin: 8/L
Ken Holcombe: K

Bot 10

Al Brancato: 8
Buddy Rosar: 63
Jesse Flores: S6
Mayo Smith: 43

Top 11

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Bud Metheny: 7
Russ Derry: W
Charlie Keller: D7.1-H
Nick Etten: IW
Bill Drescher: 7

Bot 11

Ernie Kish: 5
Irv Hall: K
Bobby Estalella: S6
Dick Siebert: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Greek George ejected by HP umpire Joe Rue; they had been arguing about balls and strikes throughout the game and George punched Rue; the two were separated by players and umpires

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