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Browns 5 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
August 29, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 29, 1940 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Browns with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 29, 1940 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Browns
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherElden Auker  
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Game Winning RBIFrankie Crosetti 

Game Info

DateAugust 29, 1940 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Browns 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherElden Auker  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Sundra  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,865 
Time of Game2 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: George Moriarty
2B: (none)
3B: Eddie Rommel

St. Louis Browns Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Heffner  Second Baseman 
Chet Laabs  Right Fielder 
Rip Radcliff  Left Fielder 
Wally Judnich  Center Fielder 
Harlond Clift  Third Baseman 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Johnny Berardino  Shortstop 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
Elden Auker  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Right Fielder 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Buddy Rosar  Catcher 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Steve Sundra  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Browns 5 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
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         Game of 8/29/1940, game 2 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Heffner D, 2b         6  1  1  0   Gordon J, 2b          6  0  1  1   
Laabs C, rf           5  1  0  0   Rolfe R, 3b           6  0  1  0   
Radcliff R, lf        6  1  2  0   Henrich T, cf-1b      5  2  2  0   
Judnich W, cf         4  1  2  3   Keller C, rf          5  1  2  0   
Clift H, 3b           6  0  1  1   Selkirk G, lf         5  0  0  0   
McQuinn G, 1b         6  1  1  1   Rosar B, c            6  1  1  1   
Berardino J, ss       6  0  1  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Swift B, c            5  0  1  0   DiMaggio J, ph-cf     2  1  1  3   
Auker E, p            4  0  0  0   Crosetti F, ss        6  1  4  1   
                                   Sundra S, p           2  0  1  0   
                                   Dickey B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Murphy J, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  5  9  5                        48  6 13  6

St.Louis         201 010 000 010 0 --  5
New York         000 010 003 010 1 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Auker E (L)          12.2 13  6  6  3  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sundra S              8.0  7  4  3  4  1
Murphy J (W)          5.0  2  1  1  0  3

E -- Gordon J, Judnich W
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 9
2B -- Heffner D, Clift H, Radcliff R 2, Crosetti F, Keller C
HR -- Judnich W, DiMaggio J, McQuinn G
SH -- Murphy J, Keller C
WP -- Sundra S
T -- 2:42
A -- 7865

    

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