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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 2, 1945
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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 2, 1945 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Russ Christopher |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Gettel |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: (none) 3B: George Pipgras |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Rosenthal | Left Fielder |
| Hal Peck | Right Fielder |
| Irv Hall | Second Baseman |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Bobby Estalella | Center Fielder |
| Ed Busch | Shortstop |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Russ Christopher | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Second Baseman |
| Hersh Martin | Left Fielder |
| Russ Derry | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Lindell | Center Fielder |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Joe Buzas | Shortstop |
| Oscar Grimes | Third Baseman |
| Mike Garbark | Catcher |
| Al Gettel | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 2, 1945
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Gettel
Rosenthal is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Gettel
Peck takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Gettel
Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Gettel
There goes Peck. The throw from Garbark and he is out, Stirnweiss applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Christopher
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Christopher
Martin bunts towards the mound. Christopher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stirnweiss moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Derry vs. Christopher
Derry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lindell vs. Christopher
Lindell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin scores. Derry moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Etten vs. Christopher
Etten hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Buzas vs. Christopher
There goes Lindell. The throw from Hayes to Hall and they have Lindell trapped. The throw over to Siebert, who applies the tag for the out. Derry scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buzas vs. Christopher
Buzas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Gettel
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Gettel
Siebert strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Gettel
Estalella hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Christopher
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Christopher
There goes Grimes. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Grimes steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garbark vs. Christopher
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christopher fields it and throws to first for the out. Grimes moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gettel vs. Christopher
Gettel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christopher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stirnweiss vs. Christopher
Stirnweiss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Martin vs. Christopher
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grimes scores. Stirnweiss moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Derry vs. Christopher
Derry takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lindell vs. Christopher
Lindell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Gettel
Busch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Gettel
Kell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Busch moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Christopher vs. Gettel
Christopher bunts towards the mound. Gettel fields it and throws to first for the out. Busch moves to third. Kell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rosenthal vs. Gettel
Rosenthal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Peck vs. Gettel
Peck hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Busch scores. Kell moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hall vs. Gettel
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Christopher
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Estalella throws the ball in to Hall who tags Etten trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buzas vs. Christopher
Buzas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Christopher
Grimes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Christopher
There goes Buzas. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Buzas steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garbark vs. Christopher
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Gettel
Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garbark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Gettel
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Gettel
Estalella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busch vs. Gettel
Busch hits a popup in front of the plate. Garbark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gettel vs. Christopher
Gettel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Busch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stirnweiss vs. Christopher
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Gettel moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Christopher
Martin bunts towards first. Siebert fields the ball and throws to Christopher covering. Safe. Gettel moves to third. Stirnweiss moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Derry vs. Christopher
Derry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lindell vs. Christopher
Lindell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gettel scores. Stirnweiss scores. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Etten vs. Christopher
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Gettel
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGhee vs. Gettel
Bill McGhee pinch hits for Russ Christopher.
McGhee hits a fly ball into right field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Gettel
Rosenthal hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buzas vs. Gassaway
Charlie Gassaway now pitching.
Buzas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Gassaway
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Gassaway
Garbark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gettel vs. Gassaway
Gettel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Gettel
Peck hits a fly ball into right field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Gettel
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Gettel
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Gassaway
Stirnweiss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Gassaway
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Derry vs. Gassaway
There goes Stirnweiss. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Stirnweiss steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Derry vs. Gassaway
Derry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lindell vs. Gassaway
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Gettel
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Gettel
Estalella hits a fly ball into right field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busch vs. Gettel
Busch hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Gassaway
Etten hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buzas vs. Gassaway
Buzas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Gassaway
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Gassaway
Garbark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Gettel
Tuck Stainback now playing right field.
Kell hits a line drive into right field. Stainback picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stainback. Kell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Gettel
Joe Burns pinch hits for Charlie Gassaway.
Burns hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kell moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rosenthal vs. Gettel
Rosenthal bunts towards the mound. Gettel picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gettel. Kell scores. Burns moves to third. Rosenthal moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Peck vs. Gettel
Peck hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burns scores. Rosenthal moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hall vs. Gettel
Hall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hayes vs. Gettel
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rosenthal scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Gettel
Siebert strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gettel vs. Scheib
Carl Scheib now pitching.
Gettel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Scheib
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Scheib
Martin hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Gettel
Estalella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes juggles the ball. That's an error on Grimes. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busch vs. Gettel
Busch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Gettel
Kell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cicero vs. Gettel
Joe Cicero pinch hits for Carl Scheib.
Cicero hits a fly ball into left field. Martin 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 5/2/1945 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Rosenthal L, lf 3 1 1 1 Stirnweiss S, 2b 3 2 2 0
Peck H, rf 3 0 0 2 Martin H, lf 5 1 3 1
Hall I, 2b 4 0 0 0 Derry R, rf 3 1 1 1
Hayes F, c 4 0 1 1 Stainback T, rf 0 0 0 0
Siebert D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lindell J, cf 4 0 2 3
Estalella B, cf 4 0 1 0 Etten N, 1b 4 0 1 0
Busch E, ss 3 1 0 0 Buzas J, ss 3 0 0 0
Kell G, 3b 4 1 2 0 Grimes O, 3b 1 1 0 0
Christopher R, p 0 0 0 0 Garbark M, c 4 0 0 0
McGhee B, ph 1 0 0 0 Gettel A, p 4 1 0 0
Gassaway C, p 0 0 0 0
Burns J, ph 1 1 1 0
Scheib C, p 0 0 0 0
Cicero J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 4 6 4 31 6 9 5
Philadelphia 001 000 030 -- 4
New York 310 200 00x -- 6
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Christopher R (L) 4.0 9 6 5 4 3
Gassaway C 3.0 0 0 0 3 2
Scheib C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gettel A (W) 9.0 6 4 4 3 5
E -- Busch E, Stainback T, Gettel A, Grimes O
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 5, New York 8
SB -- Grimes O, Buzas J, Stirnweiss S
CS -- Peck H, Lindell J
SH -- Christopher R
A -- 0
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