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Senators 2 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators, played on August 15, 1939 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Senators with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1939 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 2 H: 3 E: 0 LOB: 1
Runs: 2
Hits: 3
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 1
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherLefty Gomez  
Losing PitcherKen Chase  
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Game Winning RBICharlie Keller 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1939 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherKen Chase  
Home Starting PitcherLefty Gomez  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,049 
Time of Game1 hour 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Pipgras
1B: Steve Basil
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Summers

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Right Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Third Baseman 
Sam West  Center Fielder 
Bobby Estalella  Left Fielder 
Charlie Gelbert  Shortstop 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Tony Giuliani  Catcher 
Ken Chase  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Charlie Keller  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Lefty Gomez  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Senators 2 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/15/1939 -- Washington at New York (D)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Case G, rf            4  1  0  0   Crosetti F, ss        5  0  1  1   
Lewis B, 3b           4  0  0  0   Rolfe R, 3b           5  1  1  0   
West S, cf            4  0  0  0   Keller C, rf          4  0  2  1   
Estalella B, lf       4  0  2  1   DiMaggio J, cf        3  0  0  0   
Gelbert C, ss         3  1  1  1   Dickey B, c           4  0  0  0   
Bloodworth J, 2b      4  0  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          4  1  1  1   
Vernon M, 1b          2  0  0  0   Selkirk G, lf         3  1  0  0   
Giuliani T, c         3  0  0  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        2  0  0  0   
Chase K, p            3  0  0  0   Gomez L, p            4  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  3  2                        34  3  6  3

Washington       000 100 100 0 --  2
New York         010 000 100 1 --  3
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chase K (L)           9.2  6  3  3  4  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez L (W)          10.0  3  2  1  2  5

E -- Crosetti F
DP -- Washington 1, New York 2
LOB -- Washington 1, New York 7
2B -- Estalella B, Keller C
HR -- Gordon J, Gelbert C
SB -- Case G
CS -- Estalella B
HBP -- by Chase K (Dahlgren B)
WP -- Chase K
T -- 1:56
A -- 8049

    

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