1941 Philadelphia Athletics Remix

GM#’S 113, 114 AUGUST 17, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES

YANKEES TAKE BOTH GAMES OF DOUBLE HEADER; 4-2, 9-8

PHI 2 10 0

N.Y. 4 7 0

WP-SPUD CHANDLER LP-FRED CALIGIURI(13-4)

HR-JOE DIMAGGIO, JOE GORDON; BENNY MCCOY(4)

A pair of two run home runs did all the damage, as New York handed Fred Caligiuri his fourth loss of the season, 4-2. Joe DiMaggio and Joe Gordon each went deep, DiMaggio, in the first and Gordon in the sixth.

The Athletics broke through with a run in the eighth on Josh Gibson’s sac fly, then Benny McCoy homered in the ninth. Philadelphia outhit New York, 10 to 7, but failed to make enough hits count.

PHI 8 11 1

N.Y. 9 13 0

WP-JOHNNY MURPHY LP-PORTER VAUGHAN(2-5)

HR-RED ROLFE 2, JOE GORDON; JAMES BELL(8), BUCK LEONARD(15)

The Athletics trailed, 7-1, after one inning. Starter, Lum Harris allowed four runs, then Bump Hadley relived and gave up a home run to Red Rolfe, his second of the game. All his runs were unearned however, due to a Brancato error. Smokey Joe Williams stepped in and pitched three scoreless innings. That allowed Philadelphia to battle back. They scored two in the third, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the top of the ninth, tying the game at eight all. Porter Vaughan gave up the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh, in the 9-8 loss.

Philadelphia doesn’t play on August 18th. Standings will be posted then.