New York Yankees (0-0) at Washington Senators (0-0)

(0-0, 0-0 road)@(0-0, 0-0 home)

New York Yankees (0-0) at Washington Senators (0-0)

First Meeting in 1948

April 19-21

Monday, April 19

New York 15, Washington 3

With the president in attendance, the Senators got out to a great start with three runs in the second. From there on out, all of the scoring was done by the Yankees with hit after hit leading to 15 runs by the end of the game. Charlie Keller hit a pair of two-run homers and an RBI single with seven other starters contributing to the scoring.

BOXSCORE: 1948 New York Yankees At 1948 Washington Senators         4/19/1948
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     5  2  2  1 .400     E.Yost 3B           4  0  1  0 .250  
  T.Henrich RF        6  4  4  3 .667     A.Kozar 2B          3  0  1  0 .333  
  C.Keller LF         5  2  3  5 .600     G.Coan LF           4  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Dimaggio CF       5  1  2  1 .400     M.Vernon 1B         4  1  1  0 .250  
  G.McQuinn 1B        6  2  4  1 .667     L.Culberson CF      3  1  0  0 .000  
  B.Johnson 3B        5  0  2  1 .400     S.Robertson RF      3  1  1  1 .333  
  P.Rizzuto SS        3  2  2  2 .667     M.Christman SS      4  0  2  2 .500  
  G.Niarhos C         4  2  1  1 .250     J.Early C           3  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Reynolds P        4  0  1  0 .250     E.Wynn P            2  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-J.Wooten PH         1  0  1  01.000  
                                          R.Garcia P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-A.Evans PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 15 21 15                 Totals      32  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 4  2 0 2  2 2 3  - 15 21  0
Senators........ 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  7  0
 
Yankees (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Reynolds WIN(1-0)       9       7   3   3   4   6   0   3.00  A1
Totals                    9       7   3   3   4   6   0
 
Senators (0-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Wynn LOSS(0-1)          7      14  10   9   0   2   2  11.57  A1 D7
R.Garcia                  2       7   5   5   3   1   0  22.50  D8
Totals                    9      21  15  14   3   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 14,322 DATE- Monday, April 19th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill McGowan, Cal Hubbard, Bill McKinley, 
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8  Senators: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2  Senators: 1
DOUBLES- S.Stirnweiss(1st), G.McQuinn(1st), P.Rizzuto(1st), S.Robertson(1st),
         M.Christman(1st)
TRIPLES- T.Henrich(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Keller-2(2nd)
RBIs- S.Stirnweiss(1st), T.Henrich-3(3rd), C.Keller-5(5th), J.Dimaggio(1st),
      G.McQuinn(1st), B.Johnson(1st), P.Rizzuto-2(2nd), G.Niarhos(1st),
      S.Robertson(1st), M.Christman-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Reynolds
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Stirnweiss, P.Rizzuto, G.Niarhos
WALKS- C.Keller, J.Dimaggio, P.Rizzuto, A.Kozar, L.Culberson, S.Robertson,
       J.Early
STRIKE OUTS- S.Stirnweiss, A.Reynolds-2, M.Vernon-2, L.Culberson-2, E.Wynn-2
GIDP- B.Johnson, G.Coan, J.Early
PASSED BALLS- J.Early
2-out RBI- T.Henrich-3, C.Keller-3, G.McQuinn, J.Dimaggio
RLISP 2-out- E.Yost-2, S.Stirnweiss, B.Johnson-2, G.McQuinn
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 8 for 12  Senators: 2 for 9

Tuesday, April 20

Washington 10, New York 9
Up 6-0 in the second inning, it appeared that the Yankees were once again on their way to a blowout victory. The Senators started to bring the deficit down in the middle innings, but entering the final frame still trailed by four. Going for a win in his Yankees debut, Ed Lopat gave up three straight singles to start the inning before he was pulled for Joe Page. Page allowed two of the next three men to reach base before the inning turned into a disaster. An error by Bill Johnson turned what could've been a game-ending double play into a one-run lead with two outs still to go. Then Page unleashed a wild pitch to allow the tying run to score. The following batter, Gil Coan, hit a walk-off RBI single to finish off the comeback. Leon Culberson was 4-for-5 for Washington and scored four different times in the game.
BOXSCORE: 1948 New York Yankees At 1948 Washington Senators         4/20/1948
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     5  1  2  1 .400     E.Yost 3B           6  0  2  2 .300  
  T.Henrich RF        6  1  2  1 .500     A.Kozar 2B          4  1  3  0 .571  
  C.Keller LF         4  1  1  1 .444     G.Coan LF           6  0  1  1 .100  
  J.Dimaggio CF       4  2  2  1 .444     M.Vernon 1B         5  1  2  1 .333  
  G.McQuinn 1B        5  1  2  2 .545     L.Culberson CF      5  4  4  0 .500  
  B.Johnson 3B        4  1  3  1 .556     T.McBride RF        3  2  3  11.000  
  P.Rizzuto SS        4  1  1  0 .429     M.Christman SS      5  0  1  2 .333  
  G.Niarhos C         3  0  1  1 .286     A.Evans C           4  1  1  0 .200  
  E.Lopat P           3  1  0  0 .000     S.Hudson P          2  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Page P            0  0  0  0 ----     M.Pieretti P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-J.Wooten PH         1  0  0  0 .500  
                                          R.Scarborough P     0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-J.Difani PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          T.Ferrick P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-S.Robertson PH      1  1  1  1 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  9 14  8                 Totals      43 10 18  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pieretti In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Scarborough In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ferrick In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 3 3 0  0 3 0  0 0 0  -  9 14  2
Senators........ 0 1 1  0 0 2  1 0 5  - 10 18  2
 
Yankees (1-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Lopat                   8      16   8   8   3   3   0   9.00  A1 E6
J.Page LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  0 1/3   2   2   2   2   1   0  54.00  E7
Totals                    8 1/3  18  10  10   5   4   0
 
Senators (1-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Hudson                  4 2/3  11   9   9   4   1   0  17.36  A1 D2
M.Pieretti                1 1/3   2   0   0   1   1   0   0.00  D3 D9
R.Scarboroug              2       0   0   0   1   0   0   0.00  E1 E6
T.Ferrick WIN(1-0)        1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  E7
Totals                    9      14   9   9   6   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 6,928 DATE- Tuesday, April 20th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Charlie Berry, Eddie Hurley, , Bill Grieve
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:11  Senators:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2  Senators: 1
ERRORS- J.Dimaggio, B.Johnson, A.Kozar, A.Evans
DOUBLES- S.Stirnweiss(2nd), J.Dimaggio(1st), A.Kozar(1st), L.Culberson(1st),
         T.McBride(1st)
TRIPLES- T.Henrich(2nd), G.McQuinn(1st)
RBIs- S.Stirnweiss(2nd), T.Henrich(4th), C.Keller(6th), J.Dimaggio(2nd),
      G.McQuinn-2(3rd), B.Johnson(2nd), G.Niarhos(2nd), E.Yost-2(2nd),
      G.Coan(1st), M.Vernon(1st), T.McBride(1st), M.Christman-2(4th),
      S.Robertson(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Rizzuto(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Lopat
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Stirnweiss, C.Keller
WALKS- J.Dimaggio, B.Johnson, P.Rizzuto, G.Niarhos-2, E.Lopat, A.Kozar-2,
       T.McBride-2, A.Evans
STRIKE OUTS- E.Lopat-3, E.Yost-2, M.Vernon, M.Christman
GIDP- B.Johnson, G.Coan, L.Culberson
WILD PITCHES- J.Page
2-out RBI- G.Niarhos, G.McQuinn-2, B.Johnson, T.Henrich, E.Yost-2, M.Christman
RLISP 2-out- E.Lopat-4, M.Vernon, E.Yost-2, T.Henrich-2, S.Hudson, C.Keller,
             A.Kozar, A.Evans
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 4 for 13  Senators: 7 for 22

Wednesday, April 21

Washington 1, New York 0
Mark Christman's solo homer in the 4th was the only run of the game as both teams bats fell silent for the most part. There were no other extra base hits in the game and neither team managed to get any hit with a runner in scoring position. Mickey Haefner earned the complete game shutout by holding the Yankees to just five hits, after they had 35 in the first two games of the series, but did walk five batters, as well.
BOXSCORE: 1948 New York Yankees At 1948 Washington Senators         4/21/1948
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     5  0  1  0 .333     E.Yost 3B           4  0  0  0 .214  
  T.Henrich RF        4  0  1  0 .438     A.Kozar 2B          4  0  2  0 .545  
  J.Lindell LF        3  0  0  0 .000     G.Coan LF           4  0  1  0 .143  
  J.Dimaggio CF       2  0  1  0 .455     M.Vernon 1B         4  0  1  0 .308  
  S.Souchock 1B       4  0  0  0 .000     L.Culberson CF      3  0  0  0 .364  
  B.Johnson 3B        3  0  0  0 .417     S.Robertson RF      4  0  1  0 .375  
  P.Rizzuto SS        3  0  1  0 .400     M.Christman SS      3  1  1  1 .333  
  G.Niarhos C         3  0  1  0 .300     J.Early C           3  0  1  0 .167  
  V.Raschi P          3  0  0  0 .000     M.Haefner P         3  0  1  0 .333  
A-Y.Berra PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  0  5  0                 Totals      32  1  8  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Raschi In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Senators........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  1  8  1
 
Yankees (1-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Raschi LOSS(0-1)        8       8   1   1   1   6   1   1.13  A1
Totals                    8       8   1   1   1   6   1
 
Senators (2-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Haefner WIN(1-0)        9       5   0   0   5   4   0   0.00  A1
Totals                    9       5   0   0   5   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 11,308 DATE- Wednesday, April 21st 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Johnny Stevens, Bill Summers, Red Jones
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10  Senators: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Senators: 1
ERRORS- M.Christman
HOME RUNS- M.Christman(1st)
RBIs- M.Christman(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Niarhos
WALKS- J.Lindell, J.Dimaggio-2, B.Johnson, P.Rizzuto, L.Culberson
STRIKE OUTS- J.Dimaggio, S.Souchock, P.Rizzuto, Y.Berra, E.Yost, A.Kozar,
             L.Culberson-3, M.Haefner
GIDP- G.Niarhos
RLISP 2-out- S.Souchock, M.Haefner-2, L.Culberson, S.Stirnweiss-2, B.Johnson,
             T.Henrich, G.Coan
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 0 for 7  Senators: 0 for 5