New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 26, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1940 at Shibe Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 2, Philadelphia Athletics 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Rolfe 3b 5 0 0 0
Keller lf 3 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 0
Selkirk rf 3 0 1 0
Dickey c 2 0 0 1
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 0 1
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 3 0 1 0
Chapman cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Hayes c 4 0 1 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 0
McCoy 2b 4 0 1 0
Gantenbein 3b 3 0 0 0
Brancato ss 3 0 1 0
Ross p 2 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
New York 000 002 000–240
Philadelphia 000 000 000–041
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W(8-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
6
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ross  L(5-10) 8.0 4 2 2 6 2
  Potter   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
6
2
  E–McCoy (34).  3B–Philadelphia McCoy (5).  SH–Dahlgren (3).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U–Red Ormsby, Bill Grieve, John Quinn.  T–1:52.  A–7,212.
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