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Athletics 2 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
May 27, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on May 27, 1939 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 8 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 27, 1939 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 2 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 3
Runs: 8
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherLefty Gomez  
Losing PitcherRoy Parmelee  
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Game Winning RBIGeorge Selkirk 

Game Info

DateMay 27, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherRoy Parmelee  
Home Starting PitcherLefty Gomez  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game1 hour 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: Bill Grieve
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Gantenbein  Second Baseman 
Dee Miles  Right Fielder 
Sam Chapman  Center Fielder 
Bob Johnson  Left Fielder 
Nick Etten  First Baseman 
Bill Nagel  Third Baseman 
Frankie Hayes  Catcher 
Wayne Ambler  Shortstop 
Roy Parmelee  Pitcher 
Connie Mack  Manager 

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 
Lefty Gomez  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Athletics 2 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
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         Game of 5/27/1939, game 1 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Gantenbein J, 2b      1  0  0  1   Crosetti F, ss        4  0  1  2   
Lodigiani D, 2b       2  0  0  0   Rolfe R, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Miles D, rf           5  0  1  0   Henrich T, cf         4  0  0  0   
Chapman S, cf         5  0  1  0   Dickey B, c           2  2  0  0   
Johnson B, lf         3  1  0  0   Keller C, lf          3  2  2  2   
Etten N, 1b           2  0  0  0   Selkirk G, rf         2  1  0  1   
Nagel B, 3b           1  0  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          3  1  1  1   
McNamara B, ph-3b     3  0  1  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        3  1  0  1   
Hayes F, c            4  0  2  1   Gomez L, p            2  0  0  1   
Ambler W, ss          0  1  0  0                                      
Newsome S, ph-ss      3  0  0  0                                      
Parmelee R, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Beckmann B, p         4  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  2  6  2                        27  8  5  8

Philadelphia     011 000 000 --  2
New York         620 000 00x --  8

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Parmelee R (L)        0.2  1  5  5  3  0
Beckmann B            7.1  4  3  3  4  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez L (W)           9.0  6  2  1  5  5

E -- Gordon J, Chapman S, Crosetti F
DP -- Philadelphia 1, New York 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 10, New York 3
2B -- Hayes F 2
HR -- Keller C
SF -- Gantenbein J
HBP -- by Parmelee R (Dickey B)
T -- 1:50
A -- 0

    

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