White Sox @ Yankees
August 27, 1940

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Taffy Wright Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .297
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 3 202
Hits 1 60
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 24

Johnny Murphy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 8
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Yankee Stadium - August 27, 1940
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Out
Johnny Murphy
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
George Selkirk
Tommy Henrich
Charlie Keller
Taffy Wright
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 9 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 9 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. Dahlgren moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rosenthal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Keller moves to second.
Bottom 8 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Henrich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores.
Bottom 8 Rolfe bunts towards the mound. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Larry Rosenthal now playing left field. Mike Kreevich now playing center field. Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rosenthal. Gordon reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Rigney strikes out.
Top 8 Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Murphy now pitching. Tresh hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Rosar pinch hits for Spud Chandler. Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Crosetti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Appling takes first base on ball four. Solters moves to second.
Top 7 Solters hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kuhel hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Selkirk hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Keller hits a fly ball into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hayes strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Rigney. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Rigney steals second.
Top 6 Rigney takes first base on ball four. Wright scores. Kennedy moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wright moves to second.
Top 6 Tresh strikes out.
Top 6 Wright takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rolfe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Chandler strikes out.
Top 5 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Solters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Rosenthal scores. Kuhel moves to second.
Top 5 Kuhel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rosenthal moves to third.
Top 5 Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dickey hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 4 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Selkirk hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Henrich hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Appling hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuhel scores.
Top 3 Solters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuhel moves to third.
Top 3 Kuhel takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rosenthal hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chandler is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keller scores. Dickey scores. Dahlgren moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four. Keller moves to third. Dickey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dickey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kennedy. Keller moves to second.
Top 2 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Wright scores. Tresh moves to third.
Top 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Rolfe. Wright moves to third. Tresh moves to second.
Top 2 Wright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon strikes out.
Top 1 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Solters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuhel moves to second.
Top 1 Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Rosenthal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.