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August 9, 1936

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Pinky Higgins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .288
OBP .500 .353
At Bats 3 306
Hits 1 88
• Singles 1 65
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 0 30

Johnny Murphy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 1
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Yankee Stadium - August 9, 1936
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Out
Johnny Murphy
Bill Dickey
Lou Gehrig
Tony Lazzeri
Jack Saltzgaver
Frankie Crosetti
Roy Johnson
Joe DiMaggio
George Selkirk
Pinky Higgins
Bob Johnson
Chubby Dean
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Higgins hits a popup towards third. Saltzgaver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dean moves to second.
Top 10 Dean hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Crosetti scores.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Crosetti moves to third.
Bottom 9 Crosetti takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Moses hits a line drive towards the mound. Murphy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jack Saltzgaver now playing third base. Fink hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Red Ruffing pinch hits for Don Heffner. Ruffing strikes out.
Bottom 8 Herman Fink now pitching. Lazzeri hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Selkirk hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gehrig hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Niemiec strikes out.
Top 8 Newsome strikes out. There goes Hayes. The throw from Dickey to second, and Hayes is out.
Top 8 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Crosetti strikes out.
Bottom 7 Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Heffner strikes out.
Top 7 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnny Murphy now pitching. Murphy fires to third and has Johnson trapped. There's the throw to Crosetti who tags Johnson for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Dean scores.
Top 7 Dean hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Dean reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Moses strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lazzeri hits a popup towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Selkirk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dickey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moses. Dickey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Gehrig hits a popup towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kelley hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Niemiec hits a popup towards third. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Crosetti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Finney. Crosetti reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a fly ball into center field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Newsome hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 5 Higgins hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Moses scores. Dean goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Dean hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses moves to second.
Top 5 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Heffner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Heffner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Heffner strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lazzeri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Selkirk hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dickey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Gehrig hits a line drive towards first. Dean reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kelley hits a popup for a double play.
Top 4 Niemiec hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins scores. Newsome moves to third.
Top 4 Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higgins moves to third.
Top 4 Hayes bunts towards third. Heffner fields it and throws to first for the out. Higgins moves to second.
Top 4 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Crosetti bunts towards the mound. Kelley fields it and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gomez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dean strikes out.
Top 3 Moses is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley has Dickey trapped. There's the throw to Hayes and over to Higgins, who tags Dickey for the out. Selkirk moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Kelley spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kelley. Dickey moves to third. Selkirk moves to second.
Bottom 2 Selkirk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dickey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moses. Dickey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Finney strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Niemiec. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Niemiec steals second.
Top 2 Kelley hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Niemiec takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Newsome hits a popup towards third. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niemiec scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Crosetti strikes out.
Top 1 Hayes strikes out.
Top 1 Higgins takes first base on ball four. Dean moves to second.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dean hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Moses scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 There goes Moses. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Moses steals second.
Top 1 Moses bunts towards third. Heffner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Finney takes first base on ball four.