1941 Philadelphia Athletics Remix

    GM’S 73,74. JULY 6, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES

ATHLETICS MANAGE SPLIT WITH YANKS IN TWINBILL

    PHI.    3 6 1

   N.Y.     5 10 1

WP-ATLEY DONALD LP-JOE ROGAN(7-5) SV-NORM BRANCH

HR-TOMMY HEINRICH

   PHI.    6 10 0

   N.Y.    5 10 2

WP-SMOKEY JOE WILLIAMS(1-4) LP-JOHN MURPHY

HR-CHARLIE KELLER, JOE GORDON

  The Athletics managed a split with New York, dropping the first contest, 5-3 and winning the second, 6-5. Bullet Joe Rogan lost the opener, dropping to 7-5; while Joe Williams notched his first victory in game two, improving to 1-4.

  The Yankees provided all the power in both games, getting long balls from Tommy Heinrich in the first game and from Charlie Keller and Joe Gordon in the second game.

  Philadelphia holds a five game advantage, heading into the All Star break.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 6, 1941

    TEAM/GAMES/WON/LOST/TIED/PCT/GAMES BEHIND

PHILADELPHIA/74/51/23/0/.689/—

NEW YORK/76/46/28/2/.605/5

CLEVELAND/77/40/37/0/.519/12.5

CHICAGO/74/37/37/0/.500/14

BOSTON/74/36/37/1/.486/14.5

DETROIT/79/36/43/0/.456/17.5

ST. LOUIS/72/27/45/0/.375/23

WASHINGTON/74/27/46/1/.365/23.5