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July 7, 1940

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Athletics 10 12 0

Babe Dahlgren Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .257
OBP .000 .327
At Bats 3 222
Hits 0 57
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 27

Nels Potter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Shibe Park - July 7, 1940
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Home Run
Nels Potter
Frankie Hayes
Dick Siebert
Benny McCoy
Al Rubeling
Bill Lillard
Al Simmons
Sam Chapman
Bob Johnson
Babe Dahlgren
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Dahlgren hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dickey for the out.
Bottom 8 Potter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Potter for the out.
Bottom 8 Rubeling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. Hayes moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gordon is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Selkirk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson who is chasing the ball. Selkirk reaches third base with a triple. Keller goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCoy 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 7 Simmons hits a line drive to right field. Keller throws towards third. Knickerbocker fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Knickerbocker. Rubeling scores. Lillard moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Lillard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Potter bunts towards the mound. Hildebrand fields it and throws to first for the out. Rubeling moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rubeling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Oral Hildebrand now pitching. Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buster Mills pinch hits for Atley Donald. Mills hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dickey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Siebert reaches second base with a double. Lillard scores. McCoy scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four. McCoy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Atley Donald now pitching. McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. Lillard moves to third.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rubeling scores. Lillard moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lillard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Rubeling moves to third.
Bottom 6 Potter bunts towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. Rubeling moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Selkirk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio moves to third.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Keller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebert scores.
Bottom 5 Siebert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keller. Siebert reaches second base with a double. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McCoy hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gomez strikes out.
Top 5 Dahlgren strikes out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Potter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Rubeling strikes out.
Top 4 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Potter covering, for the out.
Top 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Selkirk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hayes takes first base on ball four. McCoy scores. Johnson moves to third. Siebert moves to second.
Bottom 3 Siebert takes first base on ball four. McCoy moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCoy moves to second.
Bottom 3 McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Lillard hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Dickey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Potter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rubeling hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gomez hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gordon scores.
Top 2 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Potter covering, for the out. Selkirk scores. Gordon moves to third.
Top 2 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Selkirk moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Top 2 Selkirk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Siebert reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 McCoy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.