1949 AL Game: Was. @ NY

July 8, 1949

 Due to injury, New York's Joe DiMaggio's 1949 season didn't begin until June 28th. Since coming back, DiMaggio has been red hot and today's game was one for the ages. In a slugfest against the Washington Senators, DiMaggio belted 3 homeruns and drove in 10. His last homer was a 3-run walk off blast in the bottom of the 9th giving New York a 15-12 victory.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Washington Senators At 1949 New York Yankees          7/8/1949
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Robertson 2B      4  1  0  0 .246     J.Coleman 2B        4  2  1  1 .282  
  B.Lewis RF          4  2  2  4 .254     P.Rizzuto SS        5  2  1  0 .253  
  B.Stewart LF        5  1  2  2 .292     H.Bauer RF          5  3  2  1 .233  
  C.Vollmer CF        4  1  1  0 .276     J.Dimaggio CF       6  3  4 10 .432  
  E.Robinson 1B       5  1  1  2 .273     Y.Berra C           5  1  3  0 .275  
  E.Yost 3B           3  2  2  1 .183     B.Johnson 1B        2  1  0  0 .217  
  S.Dente SS          5  1  2  2 .246   D-D.Kryhoski PH       1  0  1  0 .320  
  J.Early C           4  1  0  0 .000   E-J.Phillips PR,1B    0  0  0  0 .362  
  M.Harris P          0  0  0  0 .278     J.Lindell LF        5  1  3  1 .242  
A-A.Evans PH          1  0  0  0 .320     S.Stirnweiss 3B     4  1  1  1 .322  
  D.Weik P            0  0  0  0 .333     C.Marshall P        4  0  2  1 .222  
B-A.Kozar PH          1  0  0  0 .280     J.Page P            0  0  0  0 .167  
  J.Haynes P          0  0  0  0 .333   G-C.Silvera PH        1  0  1  0 .289  
C-J.Simmons PH        0  2  0  1 .261   H-G.Niarhos PR        0  1  0  0 .138  
  D.Welteroth P       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
F-R.Weigel PH         0  0  0  0 .143                                          
  M.Haefner P         0  0  0  0 .269                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36 12 10 12                 Totals      42 15 19 15
 
A-Pinch Hit For Harris In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Weik In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Haynes In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Kryhoski In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Welteroth In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Page In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Ran For Silvera In 9th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 0 0  1 0 0 11 0 0  - 12 10  2
Yankees......... 5 2 0  0 0 4  0 0 4  - 15 19  1
 
Senators (30-44)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Harris                  1       4   5   5   2   0   1   4.41
D.Weik                    2       4   2   2   0   3   0   5.40
J.Haynes                  3       7   4   4   2   2   1   3.84
D.Welteroth HOLD(1st)     2       1   0   0   0   2   0   5.37
M.Haefner L(4-7) BS(1st)  0 2/3   3   4   4   1   0   1   5.58
Totals                    8 2/3  19  15  15   5   7   3
 
Yankees (51-25)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Marshall                6 1/3   6   5   4   5   3   0   6.34
J.Page WIN(5-4)           2 2/3   4   7   7   7   1   1   3.80
Totals                    9      10  12   7  12   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 54,173 DATE- Friday, July 8th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:14
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 9  Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 0  Yankees: 2
ERRORS- S.Robertson, E.Yost, C.Marshall
DOUBLES- S.Dente-2(10th), H.Bauer(2nd), Y.Berra(11th)
TRIPLES- J.Coleman(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Lewis(2nd), J.Dimaggio-3(6th)
RBIs- B.Lewis-4(18th), B.Stewart-2(24th), E.Robinson-2(30th), E.Yost(18th),
      S.Dente-2(27th), J.Simmons(8th), J.Coleman(28th), H.Bauer(22nd),
      J.Dimaggio-10(23rd), J.Lindell(15th), S.Stirnweiss(12th), C.Marshall
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Coleman
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Stirnweiss
WALKS- S.Robertson-2, B.Lewis-2, B.Stewart, C.Vollmer, E.Yost-2, J.Early,
       J.Simmons-2, R.Weigel, J.Coleman, P.Rizzuto, H.Bauer, B.Johnson-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Robertson, E.Robinson, J.Early-2, P.Rizzuto, H.Bauer-2,
             J.Dimaggio, Y.Berra, J.Lindell, S.Stirnweiss
GIDP- C.Vollmer, S.Dente
BALKS- J.Haynes
WILD PITCHES- D.Welteroth
2-out RBI- C.Marshall, B.Lewis-4, J.Dimaggio-3
RLISP 2-out- E.Robinson, C.Marshall, A.Evans, A.Kozar, B.Johnson-2, J.Coleman,
             J.Lindell, B.Stewart
TEAM RISP- Senators: 5 for 14  Yankees: 7 for 16
 
Joe Dimaggio slammed 3 homeruns and had 10 RBI at Yankee Stadium as the
powerful New York Yankees pulled off a dramatic comeback beating the slumping
Washington Senators by the count of 15 to 12.
 
New York scored the decisive runs in a big 9th inning scoring 4 runners on 3
hits.  The key at-bat was by Dimaggio who made the New York fans a happy lot
when he belted a three-run homer.  New York kept the scorekeepers busy in the
1st inning which saw them score 5 runs on 4 hits, the 6th inning when they
had 4 runs on 5 hits and the 9th inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 3
hits.  Overall New York out-hit Washington 19 to 10.  
 
Joe Page(5-4) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 and 2/3 innings and
allowing 7 runs. Mickey Haefner(4-7) absorbed the loss in relief.  
 
'We just wouldn't give up,' Dimaggio said. 'Much of the credit goes to our
fans - they were with us the whole way.'