Philadelphia Athletics vs New York Yankees
May 8, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1936 at Yankee Stadium I. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Yankees 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Finney 1b 5 0 1 0
Moses cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 2 2 1 0
Puccinelli rf 4 1 3 2
Higgins 3b 3 0 0 0
Warstler 2b 3 0 3 0
Newsome ss 3 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters ss 0 0 0 0
Hayes c 4 0 0 0
Rhodes p 3 0 0 0
  Dietrich p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 3 0 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio lf 5 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 3 0 0 0
Dickey c 3 0 1 0
Hoag cf 2 1 0 0
Selkirk rf 3 1 1 0
Lazzeri 2b 3 0 1 2
Ruffing p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Philadelphia 102 000 000–390
New York 000 002 000–241
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rhodes  W(3-2) 7.1 4 2 2 8 2
  Dietrich  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
9
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  L(2-3) 9.0 9 3 3 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
5
  E–Dickey (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Newsome-Warstler-Finney, New York 1. Lazzeri-Gehrig.  2B–Philadelphia Warstler (2), New York Selkirk (4).  3B–Philadelphia Moses (2), New York Lazzeri (1).  HR–Philadelphia Puccinelli (4,3rd inning off Ruffing 1 on).  SH–Higgins (1); Crosetti (1); Ruffing (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–10.  U–George Moriarty, Steve Basil, Lou Kolls.  T–2:18.  A–10,000.
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