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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 27, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 27, 1938 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bump Hadley |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Rue 1B: Lou Kolls 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Al Milnar | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| Myril Hoag | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Joe Glenn | Catcher |
| Bump Hadley | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 27, 1938
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Hadley
Lary hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Hadley
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hadley
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Henrich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Hadley
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Averill for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Hadley
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops it up and throws to first, with Hadley covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Hadley
Pytlak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Hadley
There goes Pytlak. The throw from Glenn and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Hadley
Keltner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Milnar
Gehrig strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Milnar
Hoag hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Hadley
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milnar vs. Hadley
Milnar is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Hadley
Lary hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Hadley
There goes Hale. The throw from Glenn and he is safe. Hale steals second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Hadley
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Milnar
Glenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Milnar
Hadley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Milnar
There goes Crosetti. The throw from Pytlak and he is out, Lary applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hadley
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Hadley
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henrich throws the ball in to Crosetti who tags Averill trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Hadley
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pytlak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Milnar
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hoag vs. Milnar
Hoag hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Hadley
Pytlak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Hadley
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Hadley
Hale hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Hadley
Milnar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Hadley
Lary bunts towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lary for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Milnar
Glenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Milnar
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Hadley
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hadley
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Hadley
Averill hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Hadley
Trosky hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Trosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pytlak vs. Hadley
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill, who is chasing the ball. DiMaggio reaches third base with a triple. Rolfe goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gehrig vs. Milnar
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Milnar covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Hadley
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Hadley
Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milnar vs. Hadley
Milnar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Milnar
Hoag hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoag moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Glenn vs. Milnar
Glenn hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoag scores. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ruffing vs. Milnar
Red Ruffing pinch hits for Bump Hadley.
Ruffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Babe Dahlgren pinch runs for Red Ruffing.
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Milnar, and towards Hale, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Dahlgren moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hale. Dahlgren scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Averill throws the ball in to Lary who relays the ball to Hale who tags Henrich trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rolfe moves to third. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Lary takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Murphy
Campbell bunts towards the mound. Murphy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Murphy
Heath takes first base on ball four. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Murphy
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. Lary moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Murphy
Trosky hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill, who is chasing the ball. DiMaggio reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gehrig vs. Milnar
Gehrig strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hoag vs. Milnar
Hoag hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Murphy
Pytlak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Murphy
Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pytlak moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Murphy
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gordon. Pytlak scores. Keltner moves to third. Hale moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Solters vs. Murphy
Moose Solters pinch hits for Al Milnar.
Solters hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Solters reaches third base with a triple. Keltner scores. Hale scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lary vs. Andrews
Ivy Andrews now pitching.
Lary hits a popup towards second. Gordon catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Gordon. Solters scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Andrews
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Andrews
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Galehouse
Denny Galehouse now pitching.
Glenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Allen
Jake Powell pinch runs for Joe Glenn. Johnny Allen now pitching. Bill Dickey pinch hits for Ivy Andrews.
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Allen
Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Allen
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Allen
Bill Knickerbocker pinch runs for Bill Dickey.
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knickerbocker scores. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Allen
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill who is chasing the ball. DiMaggio reaches third base with a triple. Rolfe scores. Henrich goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/27/1938, game 1 -- Cleveland at New York (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Lary L, ss 4 0 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 5 0 1 0
Campbell B, rf 5 0 0 0 Rolfe R, 3b 5 2 1 0
Heath J, lf 4 0 0 0 Henrich T, rf 5 1 3 1
Averill E, cf 4 1 2 1 DiMaggio J, cf 4 1 3 3
Trosky H, 1b 4 0 1 0 Gehrig L, 1b 4 0 1 0
Pytlak F, c 3 2 2 0 Hoag M, lf 4 1 1 1
Keltner K, 3b 4 1 1 0 Gordon J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Hale O, 2b 3 2 1 2 Glenn J, c 4 0 1 1
Milnar A, p 3 0 0 0 Powell J, pr 0 0 0 0
Solters M, ph 1 1 1 2 Hadley B, p 1 0 0 0
Galehouse D, p 0 0 0 0 Ruffing R, ph 1 0 1 1
Allen J, p 0 0 0 0 Dahlgren B, pr 0 1 0 0
Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0
Andrews I, p 0 0 0 0
Dickey B, ph 1 0 0 0
Knickerbocker B, pr 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 8 5 38 8 13 7
Cleveland 000 021 004 -- 7
New York 000 001 313 -- 8
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar A 8.0 9 5 4 2 2
Galehouse D* 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Allen J (L) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hadley B 7.0 5 3 3 2 1
Murphy J+ 1.0 3 4 2 2 0
Andrews I (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 9th
E -- Glenn J, Crosetti F, Hale O, Gordon J 2
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Cleveland 5, New York 6
2B -- Henrich T, Trosky H
3B -- DiMaggio J 3, Solters M
HR -- Hale O, Averill E
SB -- Pytlak F, Hale O
CS -- Crosetti F
T -- 2:27
A -- 0
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