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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1947-08-13 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 16454 · 1:59

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 2nd. Vic Raschi earned the win. Barney McCosky went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vic Raschi L: Carl Scheib SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	5	1	3	1	0	1
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Binks	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ferris Fain	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Buddy Rosar	4	0	3	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Adams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Fowler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jesse Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Snuffy Stirnweiss	3	2	1	0	1
Phil Rizzuto	3	3	2	0	1
Yogi Berra	4	1	2	2	0
Allie Clark	4	0	1	4	0
George McQuinn	3	0	1	1	1
Billy Johnson	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lindell	4	1	2	0	0
Aaron Robinson	4	0	0	0	0
Vic Raschi	4	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Carl Scheib	1.1	4	2
Russ Christopher	0.2	3	0
Dick Fowler	3.0	0	1
Jesse Flores	3.0	3	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Raschi	9.0	7	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: D/89
Eddie Joost: 6
George Binks: 3
Ferris Fain: 9

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: W
Phil Rizzuto: W.1-2
Yogi Berra: T7.2-H;1-H
Allie Clark: 63.3-H
George McQuinn: 7/L
Billy Johnson: 43

Top 2

Sam Chapman: K
Buddy Rosar: S
Pete Suder: 4
Hank Majeski: 8

Bot 2

Johnny Lindell: D7
Aaron Robinson: 41.2-3
Vic Raschi: S.3-H
Snuffy Stirnweiss: S.1-2
Phil Rizzuto: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Yogi Berra: 8
Allie Clark: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
George McQuinn: S.2-H;1-3
Billy Johnson: 3/G

Top 3

Dick Adams: 7
Barney McCosky: 63
Eddie Joost: 2/FL

Bot 3

Johnny Lindell: 13
Aaron Robinson: 31
Vic Raschi: 53

Top 4

George Binks: 5/FL
Dick Fowler: 3/FL
Sam Chapman: 7

Bot 4

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 53
Phil Rizzuto: 63
Yogi Berra: 7

Top 5

Buddy Rosar: 8
Pete Suder: 9
Hank Majeski: 4

Bot 5

Allie Clark: 7
George McQuinn: W
Billy Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Dick Adams: 7
Barney McCosky: S
Eddie Joost: 7
George Binks: W.1-2
Pat Cooper: K

Bot 6

Johnny Lindell: 9
Aaron Robinson: 8
Vic Raschi: 8

Top 7

Sam Chapman: K
Buddy Rosar: S
Pete Suder: 4
Hank Majeski: 7/L

Bot 7

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63
Phil Rizzuto: S
Yogi Berra: S.1-3
Allie Clark: 53.3-H;1-2
George McQuinn: 7

Top 8

Dick Adams: 8
Barney McCosky: HR/9
Eddie Joost: 9
George Binks: E3/G
Jesse Flores: E6/G.1-2
Sam Chapman: 3/FL

Bot 8

Billy Johnson: 9
Johnny Lindell: DGR/7
Aaron Robinson: 9
Vic Raschi: 63

Top 9

Buddy Rosar: D7/7L
Pete Suder: 63
Hank Majeski: S.2-H
Dick Adams: 8/L
Barney McCosky: K

Notes & reviews

a blue plastic screen was hung in front of the CF bleachers to make it easier for the batters to see the ball; the plastic was transparent, allowing the fans to see the field but masking their white shirts from the players

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