Yankees @ Athletics
August 18, 1940

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Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	3	2	0
Athletics	0	1	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	3	2	0
Athletics	0	1	0

Joe Gordon Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.288
OBP	1.000	.341
At Bats	1	379
Hits	1	109
• Singles	1	69
• Doubles	0	13
• Triples	0	6
• Home Runs	0	21
Walks	0	29
RBI’s	0	63

Porter Vaughan Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	3	0

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Shibe Park - August 18, 1940

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Porter Vaughan

Frankie Hayes

Dick Siebert

Crash Davis

Joe Gantenbein

Fred Chapman

Bob Johnson

Sam Chapman

Wally Moses

Joe Gordon

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Sundra strikes out.

Top 2 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Chapman strikes out.

Bottom 1 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Gantenbein hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Dahlgren hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Rosar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Rosar reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio scores. Keller scores.

Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Gordon scores. DiMaggio moves to third. Keller moves to second.

Top 1 Keller takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second.

Top 1 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Henrich hits a popup towards short. Chapman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Vaughan, and towards Chapman, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to second.

Top 1 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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