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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 2, 1946
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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 May 2, 1946 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1946 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 2, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vic Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Spud Chandler |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 21,511 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 59 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Jones 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: (none) 3B: Jim Boyer |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Case | Left Fielder |
| Bob Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Hank Edwards | Right Fielder |
| Les Fleming | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Vic Johnson | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Spud Chandler | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 2, 1946
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Chandler
Case hits a popup in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Chandler
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Chandler
Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fleming vs. Chandler
Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Chandler covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Johnson
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Johnson
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Johnson
Henrich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Johnson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Chandler
Keltner strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Chandler
Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey 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: ---
Keller vs. Johnson
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fleming scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Johnson
Etten takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Johnson
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Etten moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickey vs. Johnson
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Chandler
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Chandler
Case hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Johnson
Chandler 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: ---
Rizzuto vs. Johnson
Rizzuto strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Johnson
Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Chandler
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Chandler
Edwards is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fleming vs. Chandler
Fleming 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: 1--
Keltner vs. Chandler
There goes Lemon. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Gordon applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Johnson
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Johnson
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Johnson
Keller bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henrich moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Etten vs. Johnson
Etten hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Johnson
Gordon hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Johnson
Dickey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chandler vs. Johnson
Chandler hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Case. Chandler reaches second base with a double. Dickey moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rizzuto vs. Johnson
Rizzuto is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stirnweiss vs. Ferrick
Tom Ferrick now pitching.
Stirnweiss takes first base on ball four. Dickey scores. Chandler moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Henrich vs. Ferrick
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chandler scores. Rizzuto scores. Stirnweiss moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Ferrick
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Ferrick
Keller takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Etten vs. Klieman
Ed Klieman now pitching.
Etten hits a line drive towards short. Boudreau catches it and throws to second to double up DiMaggio. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Chandler
Keltner hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Keller fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Keller. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Keltner scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Chandler
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a line drive towards third. Stirnweiss catches it and throws to first to double up Hayes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Klieman
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Klieman
Dickey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chandler vs. Klieman
Chandler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rizzuto vs. Klieman
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klieman vs. Chandler
Klieman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Chandler
Case hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Chandler
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Klieman
Pat Seerey now playing left field. Don Ross now playing third base. Dutch Meyer now playing second base.
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Klieman
Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Klieman
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Chandler
Edwards 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, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Chandler
Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Chandler
Ross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ross moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Chandler
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Klieman
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Klieman
Etten hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Seerey. Etten reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Klieman
Gordon hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Etten moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickey vs. Klieman
Dickey takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chandler vs. Klieman
Chandler hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rizzuto vs. Klieman
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Chandler
Meyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Meyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodling vs. Chandler
Gene Woodling pinch hits for Ed Klieman.
Woodling hits a line drive towards short. Rizzuto catches it and steps on second to double up Meyer. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Chandler
Seerey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stirnweiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Chandler
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Center
Pete Center now pitching. Jack Conway now playing shortstop.
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Center
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Center, and towards Ross, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Center
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Center
Keller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Chandler
Edwards 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, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Chandler
Fleming hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Chandler
Ross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Ross reaches second base with a double. Fleming moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Conway vs. Chandler
Conway hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon misplays the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Fleming scores. Ross moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hayes vs. Chandler
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meyer vs. Chandler
Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1946 -- Cleveland at New York (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Case G, lf 3 0 0 0 Rizzuto P, ss 4 1 0 0
Seerey P, lf 1 0 1 0 Stirnweiss S, 3b 4 1 0 1
Lemon B, cf 3 0 1 0 Henrich T, rf 4 1 2 2
Edwards H, rf 4 0 1 0 DiMaggio J, cf 3 1 1 1
Fleming L, 1b 4 1 1 0 Keller C, lf 4 1 1 0
Keltner K, 3b 2 1 1 0 Etten N, 1b 3 1 2 4
Ross D, 3b 2 0 2 0 Gordon J, 2b 3 0 2 0
Boudreau L, ss 3 0 1 1 Dickey B, c 2 1 1 0
Conway J, ss 1 0 0 1 Chandler S, p 4 1 1 0
Hayes F, c 3 0 0 0
Mack R, 2b 2 0 0 0
Meyer D, 2b 2 0 1 0
Johnson V, p 1 0 0 0
Ferrick T, p 0 0 0 0
Klieman E, p 1 0 0 0
Woodling G, ph 1 0 0 0
Center P, p 0 0 0 0
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33 2 9 2 31 8 10 8
Cleveland 000 010 001 -- 2
New York 000 800 00x -- 8
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson V (L) 3.1 5 7 7 5 1
Ferrick T* 0.0 2 1 1 2 0
Klieman E 3.2 3 0 0 2 0
Center P 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler S (W) 9.0 9 2 1 2 5
* Pitched to 4 batters in 4th
E -- Keller C, Gordon J
DP -- Cleveland 3, New York 3
LOB -- Cleveland 6, New York 9
2B -- Chandler S, Keltner K, Etten N, Meyer D, Ross D
HR -- Etten N
CS -- Lemon B
T -- 1:59
A -- 21511
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