New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 8, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1943 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 8, Philadelphia Athletics 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 1 1 1
Metheny rf 5 0 0 0
Etten 1b 5 0 2 2
Keller lf 4 1 1 0
Gordon 2b 3 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 2 1 1
Hemsley c 3 1 1 0
Lindell cf 4 1 1 2
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Dickey ph 1 0 0 1
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Sears ph 1 0 1 1
  Stirnweiss pr 0 1 0 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Heffner 2b 2 0 1 0
  Mayo 3b 2 1 0 0
Welaj cf,lf 5 1 2 2
Valo rf 5 1 2 1
Ripple lf 4 0 1 0
  White cf 0 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 1
Suder 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Hall ss 4 0 0 0
Swift c 3 1 1 0
  Wagner c 1 0 1 0
Flores p 3 0 2 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Wolff p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
New York 000 010 030 4–891
Philadelphia 100 020 010 0–4100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   7.0 7 3 3 0 2
  Murphy  W(9-4) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Zuber  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
0
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Flores   7.0 2 3 3 3 4
  Black   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Wolff  L(8-10) 2.2 6 4 4 0 2
Totals
10.0
9
8
8
3
6
  E–Crosetti (7).  DP–New York 2. Gordon-Crosetti-Etten, Murphy-Gordon, Philadelphia 1. Heffner-Siebert.  2B–New York Etten 2 (24); Keller (10), Philadelphia Heffner (5); Welaj (11); Flores (1).  3B–New York Lindell (10).  SH–Hemsley (5); Heffner (3).  Team LOB–2.  Team–5.  SB–Welaj (10).  U–Bill McGowan, Charlie Berry, George Pipgras.  T–2:26.  A–24,449.
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