Yankees @ Athletics
August 15, 1937

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Yankees 4 7 2
Athletics 5 6 2

Lou Gehrig Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .378
OBP .333 .489
At Bats 3 360
Hits 1 136
• Singles 1 72
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 75
RBI’s 1 105

Eddie Smith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 11 2
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Shibe Park - August 15, 1937
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Walk
Eddie Smith
Earle Brucker
Lou Finney
Rusty Peters
Billy Werber
Skeeter Newsome
Bob Johnson
Jesse Hill
Wally Moses
Lou Gehrig
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gehrig takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 There goes Moses. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Lazzeri applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Newsome trying to get to home. Crosetti throws to Dickey who tags Newsome for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 7 Newsome hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Powell. Newsome reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Brucker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hoag hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Lazzeri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moses scores.
Bottom 5 Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hoag who is chasing the ball. Moses reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses throws the ball in to Peters who tags Powell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gehrig scores. Dickey moves to third.
Top 5 Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Gehrig moves to second.
Top 5 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Smith, and towards Peters, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Peters moves to second.
Bottom 4 Peters takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Brucker hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ruffing hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoag strikes out.
Top 4 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome misplays the ball. That's an error on Newsome. Dickey moves to third. Powell moves to second.
Top 4 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehrig scores. Dickey moves to second.
Top 4 Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehrig moves to second.
Top 4 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hill hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a fly ball towards center. DiMaggio settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on DiMaggio. Werber goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Werber takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ruffing, and towards Lazzeri, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ruffing hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Peters bunts towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hill scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Brucker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hill hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on DiMaggio. Johnson goes all the way around to score. Hill moves to third.
Bottom 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hoag strikes out.
Top 2 Lazzeri strikes out.
Top 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Finney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out.
Top 1 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dickey for the out.
Top 1 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney scoops it up and throws to first, with Smith covering, for the out. Rolfe scores. DiMaggio moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a fly ball towards center. Hill settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Hill. Rolfe moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 1 Rolfe is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.