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Yankees 13 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 23, 1947

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on August 23, 1947 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 13 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1947 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 13 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 13
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 6 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherAllie Reynolds  
Losing PitcherRed Embree  
SaveJoe Page  
Game Winning RBIJoe DiMaggio 

Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1947 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherAllie Reynolds  
Home Starting PitcherRed Embree  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance17,242 
Time of Game2 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Rue
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Joe Paparella

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Snuffy Stirnweiss  Second Baseman 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Billy Johnson  Third Baseman 
Johnny Lindell  Left Fielder 
Aaron Robinson  Catcher 
Allie Reynolds  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dale Mitchell  Center Fielder 
Hank Edwards  Left Fielder 
Hal Peck  Right Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Red Embree  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Yankees 13 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 23, 1947

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         Game of 8/23/1947 -- New York at Cleveland (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Stirnweiss S, 2b      4  1  0  0   Mitchell D, cf        5  2  3  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         6  2  2  1   Edwards H, lf         5  1  3  1   
Henrich T, rf         5  3  3  3   Peck H, rf            2  0  0  0   
DiMaggio J, cf        6  1  2  1   Seerey P, rf          2  2  1  1   
McQuinn G, 1b         2  1  1  2   Boudreau L, ss        3  0  1  1   
Phillips J, 1b        2  0  0  0   Conway J, ss          1  0  1  1   
Johnson B, 3b         6  1  2  3   Robinson E, 1b        2  0  0  0   
Lindell J, lf         5  3  3  2   Fleming L, 1b         2  0  1  1   
Robinson A, c         5  0  2  0   Keltner K, 3b         1  0  0  0   
Reynolds A, p         4  1  2  1   Bockman E, 3b         3  1  1  1   
Page J, p             0  0  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          2  0  1  0   
                                   Doby L, 2b            2  0  0  0   
                                   Hegan J, c            0  0  0  0   
                                   Ruszkowski H, ph-c    4  0  0  0   
                                   Embree R, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Willis L, p           3  0  0  0   
                                   Lemon B, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Stephens B, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45 13 17 13                        38  6 12  6

New York         281 110 000 -- 13
Cleveland        001 011 300 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Reynolds A (W)        8.2 12  6  6  4  3
Page J (S)            0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Embree R (L)          1.1  3  7  5  4  0
Willis L              6.2 14  6  3  3  1
Stephens B            1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Boudreau L, Conway J, Bockman E
DP -- New York 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- New York 12, Cleveland 9
2B -- Edwards H, Johnson B, Robinson A, Rizzuto P
3B -- DiMaggio J, Mitchell D
HR -- Lindell J, Seerey P, Bockman E
T -- 2:26
A -- 17242

    

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