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Yankees 8 @ Red Sox 5
Fenway Park
August 11, 1937

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 11, 1937 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 11, 1937 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 17
Runs: 8
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 17
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherJack Wilson  
SavePat Malone  
Game Winning RBIGeorge Selkirk 

Game Info

DateAugust 11, 1937 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherRed Ruffing  
Home Starting PitcherLefty Grove  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance36,127 
Time of Game3 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Kolls
1B: Cal Hubbard
2B: Bill Dinneen
3B: Steve Basil

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Jake Powell  Left Fielder 
Tony Lazzeri  Second Baseman 
Myril Hoag  Right Fielder 
Red Ruffing  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buster Mills  Left Fielder 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Joe Cronin  Shortstop 
Jimmie Foxx  First Baseman 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Eric McNair  Second Baseman 
Ben Chapman  Right Fielder 
Moe Berg  Catcher 
Lefty Grove  Pitcher 
Joe Cronin  Manager 

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Fenway Park
August 11, 1937

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         Game of 8/11/1937, game 1 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        8  2  1  0   Mills B, lf           7  0  1  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           6  1  1  2   Cramer D, cf          6  0  2  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        5  2  2  2   Cronin J, ss          7  0  1  0   
Gehrig L, 1b          7  0  3  2   Foxx J, 1b-c          7  2  3  0   
Dickey B, c           7  0  0  0   Higgins P, 3b         6  0  1  1   
Powell J, lf          7  1  4  0   McNair E, 2b-1b       5  1  1  1   
Lazzeri T, 2b         6  0  1  0   Chapman B, rf         5  1  1  1   
Hoag M, rf            6  0  2  0   Berg M, c             4  0  0  1   
Henrich T, ph-rf      0  1  0  0   Melillo S, pr         0  1  0  0   
Ruffing R, p          4  0  1  0   Desautels G, c        2  0  0  0   
Murphy J, p           1  0  0  0   Doerr B, 2b           0  0  0  0   
Selkirk G, ph         1  1  1  1   Grove L, p            2  0  0  0   
Makosky F, p          0  0  0  0   Dallessandro D, ph    0  0  0  0   
Malone P, p           0  0  0  0   Wilson J, p           2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     58  8 16  7                        53  5 11  5

New York         200 000 200 000 04 --  8
Boston           010 000 201 000 01 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ruffing R*            7.0  4  3  2  3  4
Murphy J (W)          6.0  5  1  1  5  3
Makosky F             0.1  2  1  1  0  1
Malone P (S)          0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grove L               9.0 11  4  3  3  7
Wilson J (L)          5.0  5  4  3  5  7
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Mills B, Rolfe R, Crosetti F, Cronin J
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 17, Boston 14
2B -- DiMaggio J, Powell J 3, Crosetti F, Ruffing R, Lazzeri T, Rolfe R, Foxx J
3B -- Gehrig L
HR -- DiMaggio J, McNair E, Chapman B
SH -- Lazzeri T
WP -- Grove L
T -- 3:51
A -- 36127

    

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