Yankees @ Red Sox
August 5, 1940

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Yankees 1 7 1
Red Sox 4 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 1 7 1
Red Sox 4 10 0

Bill Knickerbocker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .350
At Bats 4 104
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 16
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 8

Fritz Ostermueller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 0
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Fenway Park - August 5, 1940
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Out
Fritz Ostermueller
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Finney
Bobby Doerr
Jim Tabor
Joe Cronin
Doc Cramer
Dom DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Bill Knickerbocker
Buster Mills

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 1 7 1 9
Boston Red Sox 4 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Fritz Ostermueller
Losing Pitcher Tiny Bonham
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Lou Finney
Attendance 5,100
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Buster Mills pinch hits for Tiny Bonham. Mills hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Mills reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henrich scores. Keller moves to third.
Top 8 Keller takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to second.
Top 8 Henrich takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Knickerbocker hits a line drive into left field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Finney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Foxx strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cronin strikes out.
Top 7 Bonham strikes out.
Top 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cramer hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ostermueller moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rosar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finney hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Foxx hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Cronin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cramer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ostermueller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Knickerbocker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bonham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball towards right. Henrich settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Henrich. Tabor scores. Ostermueller moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Ostermueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tabor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Doerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tabor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Finney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crosetti hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gordon hits a popup towards third. Tabor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foxx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cramer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio bunts towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tabor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Keller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second.
Top 3 Henrich takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Knickerbocker hits a popup towards third. Tabor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tabor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Finney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Finney reaches second base with a double. Williams scores.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rosar hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Foxx hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cramer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Knickerbocker strikes out.