New York Yankees (4-2) at Philadelphia Athletics (5-2)

(4-2, 1-2 road)@(5-2, 3-1 home)

New York Yankees (4-2) at Philadelphia Athletics (5-2)

First Meeting in 1948

April 27

Tuesday, April 27

Philadelphia 6, New York 2

Karl Drews only gave up his first hit of the game in the fourth, a two-run homer to Sam Chapman after Ferris Fain reached on an error. Chapman picked up another two RBIs with a single in the sixth and then the Athletics picked up another two runs the following inning for good measure.

BOXSCORE: 1948 New York Yankees At 1948 Philadelphia Athletics      4/27/1948
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rizzuto SS        5  0  1  0 .458     E.Joost SS          3  1  1  0 .382  
  T.Henrich RF        4  0  1  0 .353     B.McCosky LF        4  0  0  0 .474  
  C.Keller LF         3  0  1  1 .375     E.Valo RF           2  2  1  0 .167  
  J.Dimaggio CF       3  0  0  0 .400     F.Fain 1B           3  2  0  0 .250  
  Y.Berra C           4  0  0  0 .000     H.Majeski 3B        2  0  1  1 .344  
  B.Johnson 3B        4  0  2  0 .429     S.Chapman CF        4  1  2  4 .313  
  G.McQuinn 1B        4  1  2  1 .474     B.Rosar C           3  0  0  0 .400  
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     3  1  0  0 .222     P.Suder 2B          4  0  1  0 .286  
  K.Drews P           2  0  0  0 .000     J.Coleman P         4  0  0  0 .000  
A-B.Stewart PH        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  R.Gumpert P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-B.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .250                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  2  7  2                 Totals      29  6  6  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Drews In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gumpert In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  1
Athletics....... 0 0 0  2 0 2  2 0    -  6  6  0
 
Yankees (4-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Drews LOSS(0-1)         6       4   4   2   5   3   1   2.57  A1 C9
R.Gumpert                 2       2   2   2   1   0   0   9.00  D1
Totals                    8       6   6   4   6   3   1
 
Athletics (6-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Coleman WIN(2-0)        9       7   2   2   3   2   1   3.50  A1
Totals                    9       7   2   2   3   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,712 DATE- Tuesday, April 27th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8  Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Athletics: 0
ERRORS- G.McQuinn
DOUBLES- E.Joost(3rd), H.Majeski(2nd)
TRIPLES- T.Henrich(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.McQuinn(1st), S.Chapman(1st)
RBIs- C.Keller(7th), G.McQuinn(4th), H.Majeski(8th), S.Chapman-4(10th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Joost(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Majeski
WALKS- C.Keller, J.Dimaggio, S.Stirnweiss, E.Joost, E.Valo-2, F.Fain, H.Majeski,
       B.Rosar
STRIKE OUTS- G.McQuinn, S.Stirnweiss, S.Chapman, P.Suder, J.Coleman
GIDP- B.Rosar
PASSED BALLS- Y.Berra-2
2-out RBI- C.Keller, S.Chapman-2, H.Majeski
RLISP 2-out- Y.Berra-2, B.McCosky, J.Coleman, C.Keller, S.Chapman
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 4  Athletics: 2 for 8