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Yankees 5 @ Indians 1
League Park
May 6, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on May 6, 1939 at League Park. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 6, 1939 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 1 H: 3 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 3
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherMonte Pearson  
Losing PitcherLefty Sullivan  
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Game Winning RBIMonte Pearson 

Game Info

DateMay 6, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherMonte Pearson  
Home Starting PitcherLefty Sullivan  
BallparkLeague Park 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance10,000 
Time of Game2 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: John Quinn
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

New York Yankees Lineup 

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

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roy Weatherly  Center Fielder 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Ben Chapman  Right Fielder 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Jim Shilling  Second Baseman 
Skeeter Webb  Shortstop 
Lefty Sullivan  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Indians 1
League Park
May 6, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/6/1939 -- New York at Cleveland (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        2  1  0  1   Weatherly R, cf       4  0  0  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           4  0  1  0   Hemsley R, c          4  0  0  0   
Henrich T, cf         5  0  1  0   Trosky H, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Dickey B, c           4  1  2  1   Chapman B, rf         4  0  0  0   
Keller C, lf          4  0  0  0   Heath J, lf           3  0  0  0   
Selkirk G, rf         2  1  0  0   Keltner K, 3b         3  1  1  0   
Gordon J, 2b          4  1  2  1   Shilling J, 2b        3  0  2  1   
Dahlgren B, 1b        2  1  0  0   Webb S, ss            2  0  0  0   
Pearson M, p          4  0  2  2   Campbell B, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Grimes O, ss          0  0  0  0   
                                   Sullivan L, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Dobson J, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Averill E, ph         0  0  0  0   
                                   Drake T, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  5  8  5                        29  1  3  1

New York         031 000 100 --  5
Cleveland        000 010 000 --  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pearson M (W)         9.0  3  1  1  2  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sullivan L (L)        1.2  3  3  3  2  1
Dobson J              6.1  4  2  2  4  0
Drake T               1.0  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- New York 1, Cleveland 3
LOB -- New York 8, Cleveland 3
2B -- Gordon J, Dickey B, Pearson M
3B -- Henrich T, Keltner K
SF -- Crosetti F
HBP -- by Sullivan L (Selkirk G), by Drake T (Crosetti F)
T -- 2:02
A -- 10000

    

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