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Senators 4 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
September 24, 1940

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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 September 24, 1940 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Senators with a score of 9 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 24, 1940 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 4 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 2
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherJoe Krakauskas  
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Game Winning RBIJoe DiMaggio 

Game Info

DateSeptember 24, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Krakauskas  
Home Starting PitcherSpud Chandler  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance15,155 
Time of Game1 hour 39 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Moriarty
1B: Red Ormsby
2B: (none)
3B: Eddie Rommel

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Center Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Right Fielder 
Gee Walker  Left Fielder 
Cecil Travis  Third Baseman 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Jack Sanford  First Baseman 
Jimmy Pofahl  Shortstop 
Jake Early  Catcher 
Joe Krakauskas  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Buddy Rosar  Catcher 
George Selkirk  Right Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Spud Chandler  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Senators 4 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
September 24, 1940

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         Game of 9/24/1940, game 2 -- Washington at New York (D)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Case G, cf            2  1  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          3  1  1  2   
Lewis B, rf           3  0  1  0   Rolfe R, 3b           3  0  0  1   
Walker G, lf          2  0  0  0   Keller C, lf          2  1  1  0   
Welaj J, lf           1  0  0  0   DiMaggio J, cf        4  1  1  1   
Travis C, 3b          3  1  2  1   Rosar B, c            1  1  0  0   
Bloodworth J, 2b      3  1  1  1   Dickey B, c           2  0  0  0   
Sanford J, 1b         3  1  1  1   Selkirk G, rf         3  2  1  1   
Pofahl J, ss          3  0  1  1   Dahlgren B, 1b        3  2  2  3   
Early J, c            3  0  1  0   Crosetti F, ss        3  1  1  1   
Krakauskas J, p       1  0  0  0   Chandler S, p         2  0  1  0   
Haynes J, p           1  0  0  0   Murphy J, p           0  0  0  0   
Carrasquel A, p       1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     26  4  7  4                        26  9  8  9

Washington       000 400 0 --  4
New York         005 130 x --  9

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Krakauskas J (L)*     3.0  6  6  6  4  3
Haynes J              1.1  2  3  3  3  0
Carrasquel A          1.2  0  0  0  2  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chandler S            3.2  6  4  4  1  0
Murphy J (W)          3.1  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 4th

DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Washington 2, New York 8
2B -- Chandler S, Pofahl J
3B -- DiMaggio J, Travis C, Sanford J
HR -- Dahlgren B, Gordon J
T -- 1:39
A -- 15155

    

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