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Miley BB CD 1938 World Series Game 2
Called by John Harrington and Pat Flanagan

Dizzy Dean pitches a gritty game, but he's at the tail end of his career and there isn't much left in his tank.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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New York Yankees 6, Chicago Cubs 3

World Series Game 2 Played on Thursday, October 6, 1938 (D) at Wrigley Field

NY  A    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  2  -   6  7  2
CHI N 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Crosetti ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 5 3
Rolfe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Henrich rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
DiMaggio cf 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0
Gehrig 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 6 0
Dickey c 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Selkirk lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Powell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 3
Gomez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hoag ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6 2 4 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Crosetti-Gordon-Gehrig, Gordon-Crosetti-Gehrig.
E: Rolfe 2 (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Gordon (2,off Dean).
HR: Crosetti (1,8th inning off Dean 1 on 2 out); DiMaggio (1,9th inning off
Dean 1 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 2.
Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hack 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 3
Herman 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 5
Demaree rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Marty cf 4 0 3 3 0 0 2 0
Reynolds lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Hartnett c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Collins 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 0
Jurges ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
Dean p 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
French p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavarretta ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3 2 6 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Herman-Jurges-Collins.
BATTING - 
2B: Marty (1,off Gomez).
SH: Demaree (1,off Gomez).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Marty (1,2nd base by Gomez/Dickey).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gomez W(1-0) 7 9 3 3 1 5 0 29
Murphy SV(1) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8
Totals 9 11 3 3 2 6 0 37
Chicago Cubs                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Dean L(0-1) 8 7 6 6 1 2 2 31
French 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
Totals 9 7 6 6 2 4 2 35
Dean faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
Umpires: HP - Lou Kolls, 1B - Ziggy Sears, 2B - Cal Hubbard, 3B - Charlie Moran